Engineers & Constructors
of Biotech & Pharma Facilities

About us

We are specialised and structured to plan and realise biotech, biopharmaceutical and pharma facilities world-wide.

Our team of specialists has sustained experience and thorough state-of-the-art knowledge in the fields of biotechnology and pharmaceutical processing. The staff consists of highly qualified scientists, process and mechanical engineers, building engineers, project managers, quality inspectors as well as validation and GMP experts. This enables us to provide our customers a cohesive design and the capability of managing complete projects from initial design concepts through to construction and operation.

Expertise

History

1988

Foundation within the Motor Columbus Group in Baden (Switzerland)

1990

First Validation Master Plan (VMP) and reinforcement of the qualification services

1994

Management buyout, foundation of BIDECO Holding Ltd.

1995

Foundation of BIDECO GmbH in Biberach (Germany)

2012

First large scale greenfield biotech facility in Asia (Mechanical completion)

2014

First antibody drug conjugate (ADC) facility (Foundation stone-laying)

2016

Large-scale blood fractionation facility

2019

First large-scale mRNA production facility

2020

ATMP facilities: viral vector and CAR-T production facility

A Selection of our Experts

cGMP Layout, Site Master Plan, Project Management

Dr.-Ing. Martin Krahe 
Dübendorf, Switzerland
+41 (0)43 399 29 13

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Automation

Urs Hongler 
Dübendorf, Switzerland
+41 (0)43 399 29 03

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Clean Utilities, Project Management

Sven Kiesewetter 
Dübendorf, Switzerland
+41 (0)43 399 29 15

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Steffen Schnabel

Project Management, USP & DSP, Fill & Finish

Steffen Schnabel 
Biberach, Germany
+49 (0)7351 302 30 16

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Julian da Luz

Project Management, USP & DSP, mRNA, ATMP

Dr.-Ing. Julian da Luz 
Biberach, Germany
+49 (0)7351 302 30 21

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CAR-T Cell Therapy, mRNA

Dr.-Ing. Oscar Platas Barradas 
Dübendorf, Switzerland
+41 (0)43 399 29 08

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Adrian Meier

Qualification & cGMP-Compliance

Adrian Meier 
Dübendorf, Switzerland
+41 (0)43 399 29 45

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Daniel Konrad

Process Engineering, Control & Automation Strategies

Daniel Konrad 
Dübendorf, Switzerland
+41 (0)43 399 29 07

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Johan Mendes

Clean Utilities, Start Up & Commissioning

Johan Camilo Méndez 
Dübendorf, Switzerland
+41 (0)43 399 29 25

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Nadine Salzmann

mRNA & LNP, Fill & Finish

Nadine Salzmann 
Biberach, Germany
+49 (0)7351 302 30 15

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Patrick Bailer

Robotics, Solvent and Buffer Supply, Packaging

Patrick Bailer 
Biberach, Germany
+49 (0)7351 302 30 22

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Veronika Schneider

Process design, USP & DSP, mRNA

Veronika Schneider
Biberach, Germany
+49 (0)7351 302 30 18

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