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AMPAC Fine Chemicals

Virginia officials and AMPAC Fine Chemicals executives held a shovel ceremony May 4 in Petersburg to celebrate an expansion of AFC’s site. Photo courtesy SK Global Development Group
Jul 17, 2024

Reports: Novo Nordisk in talks to buy Petersburg Ampac plant

Two South Korean media outlets have reported that the South Korean owner of Ampac Fine Chemicals may sell its manufacturing plant in Petersburg to Novo Nordisk, the Danish global pharmaceutical company. Sources told The Korea Economic Daily that the Seoul-based manufacturing conglomerate SK Group, which purchased Ampac in 2018 for a reported $576 million, is […]

May 4, 2021

AMPAC expanding Petersburg operation, adding 156 jobs

AMPAC Fine Chemicals plans to grow its Petersburg manufacturing facility, investing $25 million and creating 156 jobs, Gov. Ralph Northam announced Tuesday. AMPAC manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and is a partner with Richmond-based Phlow Corp., Virginia Commonwealth University‘s Medicines for All Institute and nonprofit drugmaker Civica Inc., on a federally funded, $354[...]

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