Project Farma

Project Farma

End-to-end biomanufacturing facilities for cell/gene therapies

Overview

Project Farma provides end-to-end biomanufacturing services for cell and gene therapies. It helps biotech startups, pharma companies, and research labs design, build, validate, and operate GMP-compliant facilities for producing advanced therapies. The company offers turnkey solutions—covering facility construction, validation, quality and regulatory engineering, automation, and ongoing project management—so clients can move from planning to scaled manufacturing with strong compliance. Unlike firms that only offer consulting or a single niche service, Project Farma combines strategic business support with technical execution across the entire lifecycle of a biomanufacturing project, ensuring facilities meet Good Manufacturing Practices and regulatory standards. The goal is to help clients bring safe, effective therapies to patients faster by providing coordinated, compliant, and efficient operations from concept to launch.

Significant Headcount Growth

About Project Farma

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Why Project Farma is rated
B-
Rated B on Competitive Edge
Rated B on Growth Potential
Rated C on Differentiation

Industries

Robotics & Automation

Consulting

Biotechnology

Healthcare

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Acquired

Total Funding

N/A

Headquarters

Chicago, Illinois

Founded

2016

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What believers are saying

  • August 11, 2026 SimoTech deal expands automation and digital manufacturing capabilities worldwide.
  • June 2026 Oracle Primavera Cloud partnership deepens Project Farma’s project-controls revenue per program.
  • March 2026 executive hiring and seven senior placements signal aggressive reshoring-driven growth.

What critics are saying

  • SimoTech still needs regulatory approval; closing delays will disrupt 2026 integration plans.
  • August 2026 platform integration risks customer churn if SimoTech teams and systems misalign.
  • Biopharma capital budgets stay volatile, and delayed facility builds hit consulting demand immediately.

What makes Project Farma unique

  • August 2026 SimoTech acquisition adds DCS, MES, SCADA, and GMP IT.
  • Project Farma pairs CQV and project controls with Oracle Primavera Cloud managed service.
  • PerkinElmer’s 2025 acquisition gives Project Farma global distribution and capital backing.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Paid Vacation

Company Paid Maternity and Parental Leave

Continuing Education Assistance

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

11%

1 year growth

11%

2 year growth

11%
SimoTech
Aug 11th, 2026
SimoTech acquired by Project Farma, bringing end-to-end GMP automation and digital manufacturing capabilities to life sciences customers worldwide.

SimoTech acquired by Project Farma, bringing end-to-end GMP automation and digital manufacturing capabilities to life sciences customers worldwide. Acquisition brings together PerkinElmer's Project Farma's CQV, project delivery, and quality expertise with SimoTech's DCS, MES, SCADA, and GMP IT experience to strengthen global manufacturing services platform. Cork, Ireland, August 11, 2026 - Project Farma, PerkinElmer's leading provider of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) manufacturing services, today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire SimoTech, a trusted provider of manufacturing automation and GMP IT solutions to the life sciences industry. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Cork, Ireland, SimoTech has grown to become the largest Irish-owned automation and manufacturing IT company, serving 10 of the top 20 global pharma and biotech manufacturers. SimoTech partners with multinational life science organizations to design, build, and operate critical process automation systems that fast-track project delivery and provide operational efficiency and manufacturing agility, while achieving regulatory compliance. This acquisition marks the latest step in Project Farma's expansion of its manufacturing and engineering solutions platform, further solidifying its standing as a premier provider of life sciences engineering and technical services, helping customers accelerate the manufacturing of life-saving treatments and bringing therapies to patients faster worldwide. Project Farma's expertise spans facility commissioning, qualification and validation (CQV), project management, scheduling and controls, and quality, regulatory and compliance. These capabilities have made it a trusted partner for the industry's most complex challenges. SimoTech brings the automation, digital manufacturing, and GMP IT capabilities customers have sought most consistently. Together, the platforms offer a complete end-to-end solution from strategic planning and project execution to operational readiness and ongoing operations. Pat Desmond, SimoTech Chief Executive Officer, commented, "Joining Project Farma is a transformational chapter for SimoTech. For more than a decade, we've built our reputation by partnering with the world's leading biopharma manufacturers to design, build, operate, and optimize their most critical automation and digital systems. That mission hasn't changed, and neither have the teams our customers rely on. Joining Project Farma gives us the global reach, commercial infrastructure, and resources to deliver for our customers at a scale that maximizes our impact worldwide." "SimoTech's capabilities are a natural complement to Project Farma's platform. Together, we are well positioned to offer customers a more complete, integrated manufacturing services solution" said Rich Tree, Project Farma President. "For a company founded on the belief that better manufacturing means faster access to life-saving treatments, this acquisition is a direct expression of our mission", he concluded. SimoTech's customer teams, relationships, and ways of working will continue unchanged as SimoTech joins Project Farma, with existing customers receiving the same expert support from the team that has earned their trust. The transaction is expected to close following the satisfaction of customary closing conditions, including receipt of applicable regulatory approvals.

Yahoo Finance
Aug 11th, 2026
Project Farma acquires SimoTech to expand GMP automation and digital manufacturing services

Project Farma, PerkinElmer's GMP manufacturing services provider, has acquired SimoTech, an Irish automation and manufacturing IT company serving life sciences firms. Financial terms were not disclosed. Founded in 2011 and based in Cork, SimoTech is Ireland's largest domestically owned automation company, working with 10 of the top 20 global pharma and biotech manufacturers. The company specialises in designing and operating process automation systems for regulatory compliance and operational efficiency. The acquisition combines Project Farma's commissioning, qualification, validation and project delivery expertise with SimoTech's capabilities in DCS, MES, SCADA and GMP IT systems. Together, they will offer end-to-end manufacturing solutions from strategic planning through ongoing operations. SimoTech's existing teams and customer relationships will remain unchanged. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions and regulatory approvals.

Associated Press
Jun 4th, 2026
Project Farma partners with Oracle Primavera Cloud to enhance pharma project controls after managing $6B+ in capital investments

Project Farma, PerkinElmer's life sciences consulting firm, has partnered with Oracle Primavera Cloud to enhance its project controls and capital programme delivery capabilities for pharmaceutical and biotech organisations. The collaboration expands Project Farma's Project Management Information System offering, combining integrated software and consulting solutions. Project Farma brings experience from over 100 facility builds and more than $6 billion in managed capital investments to the partnership. The company will provide a fully managed Oracle Primavera offering, delivering both platform technology and expertise for complex capital programmes. The service includes flexible options for PMIS implementation, project controls consulting and ongoing programme support. Clients receive a dedicated Oracle environment designed to protect project data whilst maintaining clean controls for inspection-ready facility delivery.

Project Farma
May 28th, 2026
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Interested in learning more about Project Farma? Contact Project Farma. Project Farma partners with Valkit.ai to modernize digital validation with AI. As AI continues to reshape digital validation across life sciences manufacturing, organizations are looking for modern, data-driven approaches to commissioning, qualification, and validation activities that can improve visibility, streamline execution, and reduce manual burden while maintaining compliance. To help support this industry shift, Project Farma has partnered with Valkit.ai, expanding its digital validation AI capabilities for pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturers. Valkit.ai develops digital validation technologies designed to support life sciences applications through modern, data-driven approaches to validation and compliance activities. By combining Project Farma's deep validation and manufacturing expertise with Valkit.ai's AI-driven platform, this partnership strengthens its ability to help clients streamline execution, improve traceability, reduce documentation burden, and accelerate the path to delivering therapies to patients. For clients, that means fewer delays and greater confidence in their validation programs. For patients, it means faster access to life-changing therapies. As digital validation AI tools become increasingly relevant across regulated manufacturing environments, Project Farma is committed to expanding its technology partnerships to ensure its clients have access to the most modern and effective approaches available. This partnership with Valkit.ai represents an important step in that direction, delivering a trusted and streamlined approach that supports faster project execution while maintaining the high standards required in regulated manufacturing environments. Click Here to read the full announcement on the PerkinElmer newsroom for additional details on the partnership and its significance for the future of digital validation in life sciences.

Klein Hersh
Mar 12th, 2026
Delivering Leaders to Power Project Farma's Onshoring Expansion

Delivering leaders to power Project Farma's onshoring expansion. March 12, 2026 Klein Hersh partnered with Project Farma, a leading engineering services provider supporting the biotech and pharmaceutical industries, to accelerate a large-scale leadership expansion during one of the most pivotal periods in U.S. biomanufacturing. Within months, its team successfully placed seven senior executives, with three outstanding searches underway, helping Project Farma scale its capabilities, deepen client engagement, and strengthen its position as a key driver of the nation's pharmaceutical reshoring movement. The Challenge: As U.S. policy and market forces drove pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies to reshore manufacturing operations, Project Farma faced a unique opportunity and challenge. The company, renowned for its engineering including project management and controls, CQV, quality and operational readiness expertise, was tasked with scaling quickly to meet surging demand from life sciences partners seeking to localize production and fortify supply chains. Having already partnered with Klein Hersh to recruit its Chief Operating Officer in April of 2025, Project Farma returned with an ambitious goal: hire ten senior leaders within two quarters. These included Vice Presidents of Technical Operations, Client Engagement, and Process & Manufacturing Sciences, as well as leaders in quality, CQV, operational excellence and other senior roles essential to driving strategic growth. The challenge was twofold: meeting the scale and speed of delivery required to sustain the company's momentum, while ensuring that each hire aligned with Project Farma's patient-focused, people-first, technically astute culture. Rapid expansion in a services organization demanded not only executional excellence but cultural stewardship, maintaining the collaborative and high-integrity ethos that defines the Project Farma brand. The Approach: Klein Hersh brought deep industry insight and a high-touch search process to deliver on Project Farma's accelerated hiring goals. * Strategic Context and Market Insight: Understanding the broader impact of the onshoring movement, Klein Hersh targeted leaders with the operational acumen and vision to support complex domestic manufacturing initiatives. Against a backdrop of historic investment across the life sciences sector, as organizations commit billions to reshore supply chains and expand U.S. production capacity, Project Farma needed executives who could guide clients through this transformation and large-scale growth. * Collaborative, Cross-Practice Execution: Leveraging its specialized networks, Klein Hersh, to date, has engaged over 850 candidates, streamlining outreach and selection to deliver results within an accelerated timeframe. Working closely with Project Farma's leadership, Klein Hersh International refined role requirements, aligned hiring priorities, and ensured quality and continuity across each placement. * Culture-Driven Fit: Beyond technical excellence, Klein Hersh International focused on candidates who could embody Project Farma's collaborative and entrepreneurial spirit. Every executive placed represented both the skill and mindset necessary to sustain the company's reputation for excellence and partnership in a rapidly evolving marketplace. The Results: Through this ongoing partnership, Klein Hersh has already placed seven senior leaders, with three outstanding searches in progress, a testament to both executional speed and long-term relationship strength. Early feedback from Project Farma leadership has underscored the exceptional caliber and cultural fit of each hire. Anshul Mangal, President at Project Farma, states, "Without much direction, Klein Hersh was able to quickly attack our search and identify leaders in life science manufacturing that were technically and culturally a great fit. The collaboration with Klein Hersh has directly impacted our ability to quickly respond to our pharma partner to scale facilities and infrastructure that will deliver life changing therapies." These placements are directly contributing to Project Farma's mission of enabling pharmaceutical and biotech organizations to bring advanced therapies to market faster, safer, and closer to home. The impact extends beyond one company. These hires are helping shape the next phase of U.S. life sciences manufacturing by ensuring that talent and leadership are aligned with the nation's onshoring priorities. While measurable growth data is forthcoming, the collaboration has already positioned Project Farma to capture significant new business opportunities, expand its service capabilities, and lead the next wave of innovation in biomanufacturing engineering and operational excellence. Looking Ahead As the reshoring of pharmaceutical and biotech manufacturing continues to reshape the industry, companies need more than recruiters. They need partners who understand both the science and the business of growth. Klein Hersh continues to serve as a trusted advisor to life sciences organizations, connecting transformative leadership talent with mission-critical opportunities in executive, fractional, and interim staffing. Contact Klein Hersh to discuss how Klein Hersh International can partner with your organization to build teams that power both innovation and long-term impact in life sciences and healthcare. Todd Rosengarten Todd Rosengarten is the leader of the non-small molecule CMC development, technical operations, and manufacturing practice at Klein Hersh. He joined Klein Hersh in 2008 and has driven the growth of the practice, working closely with large biopharma companies and small biotechs developing cell and gene therapy products and novel biologics drugs. As the leader of the non-small molecule CMC...

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