Automated cell therapy manufacturing platform with integrated development and production
Cellares operates as both a drug developer and contract manufacturer (IDMO) using an Industry 4.0 automation stack centered on SAP, MES, LIMS, and WMS. Current projects reveal the company is mid-transformation: SAP implementation across supply chain and quality, integration of enterprise systems with manufacturing execution layers, and process translation onto their Cell Shuttle platform. Hiring skews heavily toward engineering and manufacturing roles (16 of 26 open positions), with director-level talent concentrated in technical areas — a profile consistent with scaling production automation and regulatory compliance rather than commercial expansion.
Cellares manufactures cell therapies using an integrated platform called Cell Shuttle, designed to automate the entire manufacturing workflow end-to-end. The company operates both as a developer of these therapies and as a contract manufacturer (IDMO) — meaning it develops proprietary manufacturing technology and also offers manufacturing services to biotech and pharma partners. Production is centered at a Smart Factory in Bridgewater, New Jersey, with commercial operations in the United States and Netherlands. The technology stack combines manufacturing execution systems (MES), laboratory information systems (LIMS), warehouse management (WMS), and enterprise resource planning (SAP) to manage both the biology and the operational overhead of regulated drug manufacturing at scale.
Cellares operates an Integrated Development and Manufacturing Organization (IDMO) that develops and operates cell therapy manufacturing technology. Its core product, Cell Shuttle, automates the full manufacturing workflow for living cell therapies.
Manufacturing execution (MES), laboratory information systems (LIMS), warehouse management (WMS), SAP S/4HANA for enterprise operations, Snowflake and Tableau for analytics, and regulatory compliance tooling including PagerDuty and Smartsheet.
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