Holly Springs, a global biomanufacturing hub located in Wake County, North Carolina, is home of FUJIFILM Biotechnologies’ largest end-to-end cell culture biopharmaceutical CDMO facility in North America.
This facility offers large-scale cell culture manufacturing of bulk drug substance production with 8 X 20,000 L bioreactors with purification trains.
People
Every once in a while, a chance comes by to build a workplace culture that is unique, energetic, and united by a common purpose. This is happening at our site in Holly Springs, NC. Laser-focused on delivering best-in-class design, processes, and organizational structure, we are building a community of colleagues who realize they are working on something that has never been done before.
They are passionate about impacting patients, passionate about pushing the envelope of innovation, and passionate about maintaining a highly engaging and enthusiastic teamwork environment.
Place
Holly Springs, North Carolina, is an up-and-coming area where you can experience community in every sense of the word. Conveniently located near the state’s capital city of Raleigh, you can easily enjoy the metropolitan scene of a big city, or you can bathe in the warmth of true Southern hospitality with the small-town feel. The area is quickly becoming known as a mecca for those seeking high-tech occupations, and we are in the center of it all.
We were excited to hold the opening ceremony for this site in September 2025. Read more in the Press Release and view our facility tour:
Take a look at this video to see how our Holly Springs facility is progressing.
Planet
As a keystone for our global climate strategy, Partners for the Planet, we are taking the opportunity to incorporate leading-edge sustainability aspects by design with this project. We set strong targets early on, and we are steadily building our way to achieving them.
Sustainability At a Glance
Of Power is Carbon-Free
Reduction in Water Use
Landfill Avoidance in Operations
Waste Diversion in Construction
Reduction in Biohazard Waste
Pounds Composted
Partnerships
What does Partners for Life look like in action? For us it means fostering an integrated, supportive local ecosystem grounded in trust. We focus on workforce development, transportation improvements, sustainability, and community involvement, building that quality of place that makes Holly Springs unique and a community role-model.
Active engagement with strong community partners brings greater success for all, and our local partners include:
BTEC
- Economic Development Partnership of NC
- Holly Springs Chamber of Commerce
- Japan-America Society of NC
- NC Business Committee on Education
- NC Biotechnology Center
- NC Community Colleges
- NC Department of Commerce
- Raleigh Chamber of Commerce
- Wake Early College
- Regional Transportation Alliance
- Triangle Women in STEM
- Wake Tech
- Wake County Chamber of Commerce
Edge
- ISPE Carolina – South Atlantic Chapter
- Town of Holly Springs
- NC Central University
- NC State University
- The NC Biosciences Organization
- Wake County Economic Development
- Wake County Public School System
- RDU – International Airport
- Research Triangle Regional Partnership
- Business Sustainability Roundtable
