FOR RELEASE: December 20, 2024

GLOBAL LIFE SCIENCE COMPANY GETINGE CELEBRATES GRAND OPENING IN EAST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP

Mayor Janice S. Mironov, along with Deputy Mayor David Russell and Council Members Anthony Katawick, Johnnie Whittington and John Zoller, joined Getinge Logistics Americas executives Vice President Frank Kozar, Chief Financial Officer Agreta Palmer and Chief Logistics Officer Christopher Lambrant to celebrate Getinge’s grand opening in the new 165,500 square-foot building in the Innovation Park complex on Princeton-Hightstown Road and One Mile Road.

Getinge, founded in Sweden in 1904, is a global medical device technology company which develops and produces innovative equipment and systems to healthcare industries, to improve peoples' quality of life and save lives. Getinge, using digital advances, is helping to create an improved work environment for healthcare staff with products that simplify their work, lead to increased productivity and save more lives. Getinge assists, among other items, with devices and systems for intensive care, cardiovascular procedures, operating rooms and sterile processing. The company has over 11,000 employees operating in 40 countries and 25,000 customers in over 130 countries.

Mayor Mironov stated, “East Windsor is excited that successful global life science company Getinge has chosen to locate in the prominent landmark Innovation park complex. Getinge Pharmaceutical is a global leader in their chosen business segments, innovating medical equipment and systems technologies to support healthcare industries for both professionals and patients.                                                                      Getinge Pharmaceutical is an ideal fit for the modern Innovation Park facility, and their high-tech operations are consistent with the Township’s vision for the property as a larger part of the East Windsor designated Einstein’s Alley area. Getinge joins several other globally established high- tech and pharmaceutical-related corporations that have chosen to make the Route 571 corridor in East Windsor home, including Shiseido America, Aurobindo Pharma, Hovione, QTS Data Centers, R.K. Pharma and ForDoz Pharma.

“We are excited to have East Windsor, New Jersey, serve as the homebase for Getinge’s North America Distribution Center, where we ensure life-saving medical devices are packaged and shipped safely to healthcare facilities worldwide,” said Frank Kozar, President, at Getinge Group Logistics Americas. “Many thanks to Mayor Janice Mironov and East Windsor Township for helping make this happen.”

This new Getinge location in the East Windsor Innovation Park facility will join facilities in France, China, Germany, Poland, Sweden, Turkey, Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The newly constructed modern Innovation Park, located on 86.97 acres formerly occupied by McGraw Hill and comprised of two buildings, was designed to attract innovative high-tech business and incorporates modern unique architectural features and extensive outdoor green areas and landscaped public spaces, benches and a walking pathway.

Mayor Janice S. Mironov and Council Members join Getinge executives to celebrate the grand opening of Getinge in the new Innovation Park complex at the intersection of Princeton-Hightstown Road and One Mile Road. Pictured (from left to right) are: Council Member Johnnie Whittington; Council Member John Zoller; Frank Kozar, Vice President, Logistics Americas, Getinge; Mayor Janice S. Mironov; Agreta Palmer, CFO, Getinge; Christopher Lambrant, Chief Logistics Officer, Getinge; Deputy Mayor David Russell, and Council Member Anthony Katawick.