Okayama, Japan
Asahi Kasei Chemicals will break ground in July of 2016 on a $27 million research complex at its Mizushima Works campus in Okayama, Japan. Consolidating and expanding the company's R&D facilities, the project will enable the development of new technologies for the health care, energy, and environmental science sectors. Designed to promote collaboration and innovation, the complex will include laboratories for petrochemical processing, catalyst chemistry, and organic/inorganic synthesis. The six-story, 63,500-sf building and adjoining support structures is slated for occupancy in June of 2017, when renovation will commence on the adjacent research facilities, with completion expected in June of 2018.
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