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Cell Shuttles at Cellares' Bridgewater Smart Factory
Jan 29, 2026

Cellares raises $257M to scale automated cell therapy

The financing will help expand automated cell therapy manufacturing, funding global Smart Factories and boosting production for commercial use.

Cellares' Kashiwa City facility rendering
Jun 30, 2025

Cellares expands global reach with cell therapy tech

The company is growing quickly in New Jersey and internationally with Smart Factories, an FDA designation and key partnerships to advance scalable, cost-effective cell therapy manufacturing.

Cellares’ new 118,000-square-foot state-of-the-art Smart Factory in Bridgewater – a site formerly occupied by Pfizer – represents the world’s first Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization Smart Factory dedicated to clinical and industrial-scale cell therapy manufacturing.
Feb 5, 2024

New Cellares facility a win for NJ’s innovation, life sciences sectors

“We are aligning ourselves with the state goals, with the goals of the township – to create new jobs, especially in the high-tech industry and in biopharmaceutical manufacturing,” said CEO and co-founder Fabian Gerlinghaus during the Jan. 29 ribbon cutting for the company's Smart Factory in Bridgewater.