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Blood Grouping Gel Card Production

Gel-card, antisera and screening-cell production for controlled immunohaematology testing.

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Indicative CAPEX
USD 3.2–8.5M
Delivery period
14–22 months to validated pilot batches, excluding authority review
Installed capacity
Tier 1: 3–8M cards/year
Regulatory endpoint
ISO 13485 QMS readiness, IVDR classification-specific technical documentation, biological-material controls and local registration
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What the facility produces and why it matters locally

Gel-card, antisera and screening-cell production for controlled immunohaematology testing. The investment case is tested against import dependency, procurement demand, supply resilience, attainable local content and regional export access. Portfolio definition precedes equipment selection so capital is not locked into an incompatible process.

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Indicative capital band

USD 3.2–8.5M. The range covers core equipment, controlled environments, process utilities, installation, qualification, technology transfer and initial training at the stated tier. Preliminary engineering range; excludes land, finance cost, taxes and import duty. Final scope and price are confirmed at the feasibility gate.

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Footprint and clean environment

1,500–3,500 m² gross; 450–1,100 m² controlled reagent, cell and card production areas, typically ISO 8 with ISO 7 local filling protection.

ISO 8 is typical for controlled card production; ISO 7 local protection may be used over open filling. Cell/reagent preparation is segregated from plastics, packaging and microbiology testing.

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Programme from design basis to operation

01 Feasibility & design basis02 Architecture & process engineering03 Infrastructure & clean environment04 Equipment procurement and FAT05 Installation, SAT and qualification06 Process validation and training07 Operational handover

14–22 months to validated pilot batches, excluding authority review. Permit, authority review, civil-condition, customs and client approval delays sit outside the base programme unless expressly contracted.

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Installed capacity tiers

Tier 1: 3–8M cards/year; Tier 2: 12–25M cards/year; two shifts, card configuration and reagent portfolio dependent.

Capacity assumes qualified materials, stated shifts, planned maintenance and validated yield; it is not the sum of nominal machine speeds.

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Process flow and utilities

Core process

  • Gel preparation, degassing and viscosity control
  • Antisera or reagent-cell preparation and qualification
  • Microcolumn card filling
  • Foil alignment, sealing and leak inspection
  • Cell-panel standardisation and cold storage
  • Centrifugation/reaction performance and stability release

Site and utilities

Purified water, controlled 2–8°C storage, backup power, clean compressed air, controlled HVAC, biological-waste management and temperature-mapped logistics.

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Regulatory and quality endpoint

ISO 13485 QMS readiness, IVDR classification-specific technical documentation, biological-material controls and local registration. Facility/QMS readiness typically 12–18 months.

Infinity IVD delivers the contracted facility, QMS, validation and dossier work. Certification or market authorisation is granted only by the competent independent authority.

08

Staffing and transfer of know-how

Indicative 35–85 FTE including immunohaematology specialists, biological QC, QA and engineering; 8–16 weeks training plus supervised comparability and stability work.

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Equipment classes and procurement boundary

  • Gel mixing and vacuum-degassing systems
  • Precision microcolumn filling and foil sealing
  • Card injection moulding or qualified component supply
  • Immunohaematology analysers, incubators and centrifuges
  • Cell processing, microscopy and cold-chain systems

The feasibility equipment register identifies supplied equipment, client-supplied items, spares, initial consumables, FAT/SAT responsibility, calibration and qualification ownership.

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Critical process risks and operating economics

  • Gel density or column variation
  • Reagent-cell potency drift
  • Seal leakage and evaporation
  • Non-specific agglutination
  • Biological material traceability failure

Operating economics are issued as a sensitivity model using local labour, utilities, materials, yield, utilisation and financing assumptions; they are not a guaranteed return.

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Relevant delivery evidence

  • Egypt — gel-card production programme, in progress
  • Türkiye — gel-card production portfolio
  • Azerbaijan — blood-grouping localisation scope

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