Press release summary
WILMINGTON, Mass. — Charles River Laboratories has expanded manufacturing, instrument service, and sustainability programs across its global Microbial Solutions network, the company announced Nov. 12. The investments support quality-control laboratories serving pharmaceutical, biotechnology, cell and gene therapy, and medical-device manufacturers.
In Dublin, Charles River added a dedicated production suite for Endosafe Accessories glassware. The facility uses custom automation intended to improve consistency and reduce manual handling. Twelve glassware formats are now produced there, and the expansion includes three validated depyrogenation ovens used to remove endotoxins before sterile processing. The company also opened an instrument service depot in South Korea for complex repairs and maintenance across Asia-Pacific markets.
Charles River said its Celsis Application Laboratory in Charleston, South Carolina, earned Gold-Level My Green Lab certification. Participating laboratories have collectively reported annual savings of more than 584,000 kilowatt-hours of energy and about 1.4 million liters of water, plus an estimated 306-metric-ton reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
For laboratory readers, the changes matter because they affect supplies, instrument uptime, and the environmental footprint of microbial quality-control operations. The release did not provide investment totals, production-volume increases, or independent verification of the sustainability figures.
Original source: Charles River Laboratories news release, Nov. 12, 2026.
Featured image: Laboratory glassware, photo by Hans Reniers via Unsplash.
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