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AbbVie to Build $195 Million API Facility in North Chicago

Construction is set to begin this autumn under an Illinois EDGE deal that secures 50 new jobs as part of AbbVie’s more than $10 billion U.S. capital plan.

Abbvie Headquarters on the Abbott Labs campus in Abbott Park on Aug. 7, 2014. (E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune)
AbbVie aims to enhance its chemical synthesis capabilities in the US. Credit: © AbbVie Inc. All rights reserved.
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Overview

  • The new facility will locally produce active pharmaceutical ingredients critical for current and future neuroscience, immunology and oncology treatments.
  • Construction is scheduled to start this autumn with full operations slated by 2027.
  • This project follows AbbVie’s announced commitment of more than $10 billion for U.S. capital investments over the next decade.
  • Under an Illinois EDGE agreement, the company has agreed to create at least 50 new full-time positions within three years.
  • The expansion enhances a U.S. manufacturing network that already supports over 6,000 jobs across 11 sites and bolsters Illinois’ biomanufacturing ecosystem.