SAMSUNG E&A, a total solutions provider for the global energy industry, has won a contract for the main construction of the Songdo Bio Raw Materials Plant from global life science company Sartorius. 

The company has signed a KRW 518.62 billion contract with Sartorius Korea Operations LLC for the ‘Sartorius Songdo Campus’ in Korea. The contract signing ceremony held at E&A’s Global Engineering Center (GEC) in Sangil-dong, Gangdong-gu, Seoul, was attended by top executives from both companies, including Hong Namkoong, President and CEO of SAMSUNG E&A, and Doug Sang Kim, Managing Director of Sartorius Korea Operations. 

The plant will be built in the Incheon Free Economic Zone in Songdo, Incheon, serving as a production and research facility for raw materials used in biopharmaceuticals. It will manufacture sterile bags, membrane filters, and cell culture media, and also provide Non-clinical CRO(Contract Research Organization) services. 

Based on its prior design work, SAMSUNG E&A will independently handle equipment procurement and construction and target completion for 2027. 

Namkoong stated: “We will successfully carry out the project with our abundant execution experience, differentiated innovation, and technological prowess, and further strengthen our position in the bio plant market.”