γδ-T lymphocytes are cells of the innate immune system exerting potent natural cytotoxicity against bacteria, viruses and tumours. This ability, coupled with their negligible alloreactivity, makes them attractive for adoptive immunotherapy approaches. To achieve a cell product suitable for clinical use, a protocol offering the possibility to generate and expand high numbers of polyclonal γδ-T cells is required. In this study, we designed a robust protocol to either manually or automatically expand high numbers of functional polyclonal memory γδ-T cells under good manufacturing practice conditions, with the additional possibility of gene-modification to improve anti-tumour activity, proving the feasibility of establishing an allogeneic “third-party T-cell bank” for off-the-shelf use. Engineered artificial antigen-presenting cells (aAPCs) expressing CD86/41BBL/CD40L and the cytomegalovirus (CMV)-antigen-pp65 were used for γδ-T cell production. The presence of CMV-pp65 and CD40L proved to be crucial for expansion of the memory Vδ1 subpopulation. To allow clinical translation and guarantee patient safety, aAPCs were stably transduced with an inducible suicide gene. The proposed cell product represents an attractive therapeutic option endowed with broad clinical applications, including treatment of viral infections in highly immunocompromised patients, treatment of aggressive malignancies refractory to conventional approaches and, ultimately, innovative platform for development of off-the-shelf CAR-T-cell products.