East Walpole, Mass.
German pharmaceutical company Bayer AG will break ground in July 2006 on a $100-million expansion of its manufacturing facility in East Walpole, Mass. The facility, occupied by Bayer's medical diagnostics division, produces reagents used in diagnostic tests for cancer and heart disease. The 400,000-sf building will be expanded by 116,000 sf of additional manufacturing, warehouse, and storage space. Completion is expected by year-end 2008.