ABC Shows Off New Facility

Dan McCune, president and CEO of Allegheny Bradford Corporation, shows off a tank that will hold purified water for pharmaceutical giant Merck & Company. Merck will use the $600,000 tank during production of Gardasil, a vaccine that helps guard against cervical cancer. Lewis Run Mayor Albert Montecalvo is one of the people looking on during McCune's tour of the plant.

McCune said representatives from Merck spent a week at the Lewis Run plant simulating their manufacturing process using the tank.

Another one of the projects ABC is currently working on is making modules that will be shipped to China to make Hepatitis B vaccine.

During today's open house to show off the new Lincoln Drive facility, McCune said people would be hard pressed to get through a year without taking a medication Allegheny Bradford had a part in manufacturing.


In the top picture, McCune explains how the automated seam welder works. He also pointed out that most jobs in the plant -- even welding -- require computer skills. In the background is the machine that polishes the products. Pictured below is a mixer laying on its side.