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GlobalFoundries Plans Malta R&D Center
GlobalFoundries will build the $2 billion Technology Development Center on its Fab 8 campus in Malta, N.Y. The 565,000-sf, three-story R&D facility will include a 90,000-sf cleanroom for advanced chip manufacturing. Construction will begin in spring of 2013 with completion expected in 2014.
RTI Biologics Breaks Ground on Logistics and Technology Center
RTI Biologics broke ground on the $14 million Logistics and Technology Center in January of 2013. Located in Alachua, Fla., the 41,165-sf facility provides cleanrooms, R&D offices, laboratories, and support space. RTI is a manufacturer of sterile biological implants. The expansion brings RTI's total campus footprint to approximately 200,000 sf.
National Institute of Virology Opens Pune BSL-4 Lab
The National Institute of Virology opened a BSL-4 laboratory in December of 2012 in Pune, India. The $12 million facility is the first level four biocontainment lab in the country and will support the detection and study of infectious disease agents and pathogens. The National Institute of Virology campus also includes existing BSL-3 and BSL-2 laboratories.
Sanofi Builds Manufacturing Facility in Saudi Arabia
Sanofi-Aventis broke ground in December of 2012 on a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility in King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia. Sited on a 377,000-sf plot of land near the city of Thuwal, the building will support the production of cardiovascular and oral anti-diabetic products.
Fermilab Plans First Phase of Neutrino Project
Fermilab is planning to build a $50 million facility in Lead, S.D., as the first phase of the $867 million Long-Baseline Neutrino Experiment (LBNE) project. Housing a $250 million neutrino detector, the building will feature concrete walls ten feet thick to provide temperature insulation and shielding from cosmic rays. The detector itself will contain 10 kilotons of liquid Argon to provide cryostasis, the process of cooling to low sub-zero temperatures. The facility will be sited near the Sanford Underground Research Facility.