Inside Briggs of Burton’s Pharmaceutical Systems Assembly (PSA)

Did you know Briggs of Burton has a state-of-the-art Pharmaceutical Systems Assembly (PSA) facility at our Global Technical Centre in Burton on Trent?

This facility spans 890 square metres, designed to meet the needs of the pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors. With a multi-million pound investment, it features six dedicated assembly bays, two 20-tonne cranes, and the capacity to pre-assemble a range of skids every year.

We can construct your future facility within ours. Our off-site pre-assembled systems are ready for seamless integration into your production site. From design and build to commissioning, qualification, and validation, we are your one-stop destination for pharmaceutical engineering.

If you are looking to expand or build your next pharmaceutical facility get in touch with our team today


About Briggs of Burton

If you have eaten or drunk it there is a chance that Briggs of Burton has helped to produce it.

Briggs are the engineers behind supplying the equipment, engineering and automation to the world’s largest food, alcoholic beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturers

Today Briggs employs over 300 colleagues across six sites in the UK, Scotland, USA, Mexico, China, and Australia. The team deliver turnkey engineering projects for leading household brands covering North America, Europe, Central America, Africa, Australia, and Asia. Briggs’ benefits from a global network of stainless-steel manufacturing facilities, including their own located in Burton on Trent and Prestonpans, Scotland.

Briggs is actively developing sustainable engineering solutions, focusing on their customer’s requirements towards carbon neutrality.

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Briggs of Burton attends RDD 2024 offering pMDI mixing systems solutions

Katy Bragg (Head of Sales) and Grace Yow (Senior Process Engineer) had a productive week at the Respiratory Drug Delivery (2024) conference in Tucson, Arizona, which coincided with World Asthma Day.

They gained valuable insights from our customers, industry experts, and suppliers on the shift towards greener propellant manufacturing globally.

Did you know?

Our team are actively designing and building advanced pressurised Metered-Dose Inhaler (pMDI) production systems. These systems, crucial for treating asthma and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), are already in use by several major pharmaceutical companies. We’re at the forefront of helping manufacturers in transitioning to greener propellants like #HFA152a and #HFO1234ze.

We also highlighted our Pharmaceutical Systems Assembly facility in Burton on Trent, UK at the conference. This facility is set to manufacture bespoke pMDI systems for leading inhalant manufacturers globally.

Thanks to everyone who connected with us at RDD 2024. We are looking forward to meeting the respiratory community at DDL in Edinburgh later this year.

About Briggs of Burton

If you have eaten or drunk it there is a chance that Briggs of Burton has helped to produce it.

Briggs are the engineers behind supplying the equipment, engineering and automation to the world’s largest food, alcoholic beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturers

Today Briggs employs over 350 colleagues across six sites in the UK, Scotland, USA, Mexico, China, and Australia. The team deliver turnkey engineering projects for leading household brands covering North America, Europe, Central America, Africa, Australia, and Asia. Briggs’ benefits from a global network of stainless-steel manufacturing facilities, including their own located in Burton on Trent and Prestonpans, Scotland.

Briggs is actively developing sustainable engineering solutions, focusing on their customer’s requirements towards carbon neutrality. 

Posted in Pharmaceutical

Meet Briggs at RDD 2023

The Briggs Pharma team will be exhibiting at the RDD Conference in Nice this week promoting our projects in the inhalant manufacturing industry. Briggs of Burton are market leaders in designing, engineering and installing pressurised Metered Dose Inhaler (pMDI) mixing systems for HFA-134a, HFA-152a and HFO-1234ze propellants.

Interfacing with up/ downstream equipment suppliers Briggs lead the end to end project delivery. Our engineering experts provide a wide range of inhouse services including detailed design, engineering, bespoke manufacturing, inhouse automation, installation, commissioning and a fully ASME BPE validated system.

In anticipation of a planned legislative change to reduce the use of GWP propellants, our team are helping customers transition towards the new generation of pMDI’s. Our engineers have evolved the design of our pilot and commercial mixing systems to incorporate the latest sustainable technologies.

To get an insight into how pressurised Metered Dose Inhalers are made, follow this link: (2) Briggs of Burton pMDI mixing system – YouTube

About Briggs of Burton

If you have eaten or drunk it there is a chance that Briggs of Burton has helped to produce it.

Briggs are the engineers behind supplying the equipment, engineering and automation to the world’s largest food, alcoholic beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturers

Today Briggs employs over 300 colleagues across six sites in the UK, Scotland, USA, Mexico, China, and Australia. The team deliver turnkey engineering projects for leading household brands covering North America, Europe, Central America, Africa, Australia, and Asia. Briggs’ benefits from a global network of stainless-steel manufacturing facilities, including their own located in Burton on Trent and Prestonpans, Scotland.

Briggs are actively developing sustainable engineering solutions, focusing on their customer’s requirements towards carbon neutrality. 

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Record breaking year sees further expansion at Global Technical Centre

Briggs of Burton is increasing its pharmaceutical manufacturing capability with further expansion plans at our multi-million-pound Global Technical Centre.

Briggs has started work to create a brand new purpose-built clean assembly manufacturing facility at our headquarters in Burton on Trent. Only two years after completing a major extension to our Global Technical Centre the investment is set to further enhance staff facilities while creating additional job opportunities at our Burton on Trent HQ.

Breaking ground, the work follows continued growth for the Briggs Pharmaceutical division in the pressurised metered dose inhalers (pMDI) sector used to treat patients with respiratory conditions such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Briggs have been actively designing and building end to end pMDI mixing systems across the UK and Europe as the market shifts towards a greener propellant.

The project will deliver an additional 890m2 flexible hygienic clean production area which will include six assembly bays, equipment stores and kitting areas. It will be used to build hygienic and sanitary modular skid units, specialist self-contained process systems used in pharmaceutical manufacturing, for projects across the UK, Europe, and North America.

Robert Buxton, Managing Director at Briggs of Burton said the expansion plans show the company’s continued commitment to supporting the engineering solutions of the future following robust growth in the pharmaceutical area.

 “Our growth in the pharmaceutical sector has been born from a passion and desire to offer market leading technologies to major blue chip companies across the entire production process. Briggs of Burton are leading exciting new projects in the pharmaceutical market and are developing engineering solutions to help our customers with their sustainability targets.”

A new staff welfare area will be built as part of the project creating a dedicated space for the Production team to take a break along with an extended outdoor area which will be used in the summer months.

BHB Architects, Norder Designs and Derwent Valley Construction, who will lead the project, are the same project partners for the recent Global Technical Centre expansion. The build is expected to generate several new manufacturing roles when completed later in the year.

George Crombie, Briggs Engineering Director, said it was important for the firm to support local businesses as it continued to grow.

 “We are proud to be continuing our partnership with local architectural, design and construction partners in delivering this important project for the area.

Briggs has a longstanding connection with manufacturing in the Midlands as well as contributing to the UK Manufacturing and Engineering sector as a whole, and as we continue to grow our global reach it is important that we are able to support the region where our heritage first begun.”

The news comes as Briggs has been recognised as one of the fastest growing engineering companies in the UK being singled out in the prestigious Make UK national manufacturing awards.

The Make UK National Manufacturing Awards 2023 celebrate the best of UK manufacturing and engineering with Briggs recognised in the UK for the Business Growth and Strategy Award.

Briggs unveiled their new look Global Technical Centre in April 2021 following a major revamp of the current building and multi-million-pound extension to the site updating and creating new facilities.

Focusing on environmental and wellbeing benefits, the site not only created additional office space, break out areas and conference suites but also planted many hundreds of trees and shrubs, together with over an acre of wildflower and grassland into the surrounding landscape. The business has recently upgraded their electric supply and invested in six new EV charging stations for their team and visiting customers to access encouraging the usage of electrical vehicles. Briggs’ Global Technical Centre is heated by air source heat pumps providing energy efficient and low carbon heating solutions.

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Come and meet Briggs at DDL 2022

The Briggs Pharma team will be exhibiting at the upcoming Drug Delivery to the Lungs (DDL) conference in Edinburgh from the 7th-9th December.

We are world renowned for designing, building, and installing current and next generation pressurised Metered Dose Inhaler (pMDI) Mixing Systems for the biggest pharmaceutical manufacturers. Whether it be the design of a HFA conditioning tank, or a turnkey implementation of a complete mixing system from the Drug Addition Vessel up to the filling line, our Pharma team are with you every step of the way.
Come and speak to Steven Marshall and Jonathan Carter on Stand 350 to discuss your pMDI project requirements.

To find out more about our Pharma capabilities. Follow the link – Pharma | Briggs of Burton (briggsplc.com)

To get an insight into how pMDI’s are made, follow this link: (2) Briggs of Burton pMDI mixing system – YouTube

About Briggs of Burton

If you have eaten or drunk it there is a chance that Briggs of Burton has helped to produce it.

Briggs are the engineers behind supplying the equipment, engineering and automation to the world’s largest food, alcoholic beverage, and pharmaceutical manufacturers

Today Briggs employs over 300 colleagues across six sites in the UK, Scotland, USA, Mexico, China, and Australia. The team deliver turnkey engineering projects for leading household brands covering North America, Europe, Central America, Africa, Australia, and Asia. Briggs’ benefits from a global network of stainless-steel manufacturing facilities, including their own located in Burton on Trent and Prestonpans, Scotland.

Briggs is actively developing sustainable engineering solutions, focusing on their customer’s requirements towards carbon neutrality. 

Posted in Pharmaceutical