Article: Bigger is better Pharmaceutical ingredient maker Cambridge Major is expanding its Germantown plant's capacity

Germantown -- Cambridge Major Laboratories will dedicate a new manufacturing plant Thursday that greatly expands its capacity.

The expansion signals that Cambridge Major, a supplier of active ingredients to the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, intends to compete aggressively in an area where Asian companies are taking more market share.

Cambridge Major spent more than $40 million on the facility, said Michael Major, its president and chief executive officer.

The expansion has already prompted the hiring of 60 employees, bringing the total to 175, including 110 in Germantown, said Brian W. Scanlan, chief business officer.

Over the next few years, it could help the company double revenue ...

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