German to English Tech/Engineering Cinema, Film, TV, Drama

I have a film script here about this great company that plans, designs, constructs, etc. production plants.

The film is a promotional video for potential customers/clients.

The sentence is: "Herstellanlagen für biotechnologische Produkte hat Pharmaplan vom Labor- bis zum Produktionsmaßstab ausgeführt."

I wanted to translate this as "from the drawing board to the plant itself", but I am unsure of the exact meaning of the German here. Somewhere along the line I may have found "laboratory scale" and "production scale", but what does that mean and would artistic license permit me to view "drawing board" as an equivalent for something like "laboratory scale"

Thanks in advance!