Industry News

Fraunhofer Institute for Circuits and Systems (IMS) completed a €26.2 million RFID research building in Duisburg, Germany, in early summer of 2009. The three-story InHaus2 facility provides laboratories and offices for developing advanced radio frequency identification tags, including building monitoring and construction technologies. The general contractor for the project was Hochtief.

City University of New York is constructing phase one of the $59 million Advanced Science Research Center. The 200,000-sf laboratory building will support research in photonics, nanotechnology, water and environmental sensing, structural biology, and neuroscience. Featuring a core cleanroom for diagnosis and fabrication, the Advanced Science Research Center will house advanced imaging instrumentation, a rooftop observatory, a 100-seat auditorium, a café, and an education center.

The University of Wyoming broke ground in June of 2009 on a $24.9 million BSL-3 laboratory in Laramie. Located at the Wyoming State Veterinary Laboratory, the facility will support infectious disease research and testing. The laboratory will enable rapid diagnosis of disease agents affecting wildlife, herd animals, and humans. Completion is expected in 2011.

Coca Cola began construction in summer of 2009 on a $19 million bottling facility in Inner Mongolia, China. Slated for completion in 2010, the 140,000-sm project will produce 576 million bottles annually. The facility is Coca Cola’s 39th bottling plant worldwide.

Japanese pharmaceutical company Eisai opened its £100 million European Knowledge Centre in Hatfield, U.K., in early July of 2009. Located on 14.5 acres in the Hatfield Business Park, the facility will accommodate 500 employees. The project includes a research laboratory, a manufacturing facility, an office building, and shared facilities. The European Knowledge Centre integrates the functions of discovery research, clinical development, production, packaging, marketing, and administration.