EAST HILLS, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pall Corporation (NYSE: PLL), the global leader in filtration, separations and purification, announces plans to expand its Life Sciences manufacturing operations in Fajardo, Puerto Rico. The planned establishment of a Life Sciences Center of Excellence will significantly expand Pall’s capacity on the island enhancing its ability to meet the increasing demand for its high quality technologies by the world’s leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, blood centers and hospitals. Pall expects to invest around $50 million in facilities, machinery and equipment and add more than 250 full-time jobs in Puerto Rico by the year 2010. The Hon. Aníbal Acevedo-Vilá, Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico and Eric Krasnoff, Chairman and CEO of Pall made the announcement today at the Pall Fajardo plant.