APIs and Intermediates Site Receives 2012 Plant Engineering Top Plant Award

Pfizer's Kalamazoo production site has been honored with the 2012 Top Plant Award from Plant Engineering magazine. The facility, in Michigan, US, is part of the worldwide manufacturing internal/external network operated by Pfizer Global Supply, which supports Pfizer’s internal supply needs and Pfizer CentreSource (PCS), which is the business-to-business marketing arm for Pfizer’s Global Supply network. PCS has a global customer base, which sources a broad range of goods and contract services, expanding Pfizer’s impact on patients throughout the world. The Kalamazoo plant produces APIs and fine chemical intermediates marketed by PCS.

The Top Plant honour is awarded annually by Plant Engineering, a leading magazine serving industrial plant engineers and plant managers globally. The award recognises manufacturing facilities that have demonstrated outstanding achievements in production, maintenance, productivity and safety. Prior winners of the elite award include Toyota Industrial Equipment Manufacturing, Hewlett Packard, Siemens and BMW.

“Pfizer Global Supply is an outstanding example of a manufacturer that meets both its responsibility to its employees and to its customers every day,” said Bob Vavra, Plant Engineering Editor and Content Manager. “The plant’s management has emphasised improving productivity and reducing waste while operating a safe and efficient facility. As a result, Pfizer Global Supply can deliver a safe, high-quality product that is vital to its customers while delivering a safe, high-quality work environment for its employees.”

Plant Engineering reported that Pfizer’s Kalamazoo site has achieved significant reductions in water and energy use, reductions in production waste and improvements in yields while enhancing maintenance procedures,and improving safety, among other accomplishments. Many of the advances are attributed to training provided to plant operators in the principals of operational excellence and empowering operators to pursue improvements.

“At Pfizer, quality and safety are at the core of all that we do,” said Frank Foley, Plant Manager at the Pfizer plant in Kalamazoo. “Achieving this level of success is a testament to Pfizer Global Supply’s culture of quality and continued quest for excellence. I’m proud of every colleague at the Kalamazoo plant, whose commitment to delivering quality every hour of every day enabled our achievement of this prestigious award.”

Michael J. Kosko, President of Pfizer CentreSource, said: “The Top Plant Award is an affirmation of deeply ingrained Pfizer values that provide direct benefits to our clients. When customers entrust their business to us, they expect PCS to uphold the highest standards for quality, safety and responsibility. The Top Plant Award earned by our Kalamazoo site reflects Pfizer’s commitment to building, operating and maintaining world-class manufacturing capabilities that our own company and our customers can have total confidence in and be proud of. We congratulate Pfizer Global Supply for award-winning performance that extends beyond Kalamazoo to each site in Pfizer’s global manufacturing network. Every PCS customer benefits from their commitment to excellence.”

Plant Engineering is a globally respected industry trade journal read by more than 113,000 plant engineers, plant managers and maintenance professionals responsible for all aspects of manufacturing, preventative maintenance and safety operations in industrial plants worldwide.

Pfizer CentreSource, +1 269 833 4436, kennith.f.ball@pfizer.com, www.pfizer.com.