Trent Gateway

Discover Upperton’s cutting-edge Nottingham facility

After operating for over 24 years, we are expanding our expertise in the UK, Trent Gateway is Upperton’s newest facility offering a tenfold increase in our drug development and manufacturing capacity.

This new state-of-the-art Nottingham site brings 10 new GMP manufacturing suites, quality control laboratories and dedicated analytical and formulation development laboratories with pilot plant facilities. With greater capabilities and the latest technological advancements, Trent Gateway offers faster turnaround times, increased efficiency and greater flexibility to accommodate your ever-evolving pharmaceutical needs.

Trent Gateway has been specifically designed to cater to a wide range of development and manufacturing projects, offering processing of non-sterile dosage forms including solids, liquids, semi-solids, nasal and inhaled products.

Whether you’re in the early stages of formulation development, in need of clinical trial supplies from Phase 1 to Phase 3 or seeking niche-scale commercial manufacturing, Trent Gateway is fully equipped to fulfil your requirements with precision and excellence.

Trent Gateway in numbers

GMP Manufacturing footprint
increased to
12,000 sqft

Analytical footprint
increase to
8,000 sqft

10 contained GMP manufacturing rooms up to
700 sqft

From concept to build in 10 months

October 2021

Decision to expand

New site identified

QC Labs Open

October 2023

QC Labs Open

October 2023

QC Labs Open

October 2023

Hear from Upperton staff about first seeing Trent Gateway.