Germany
After three years of construction, Australia-based biotech company CSL
last week inaugurated its new R&D site on the grounds of the research
campus in Marburg’s Görzhausen Industrial Park. “Covering around 40,000
square meters [430,570 sq. ft.], the M600 R&D center provides space for
up to 500 R&D employees, making it CSL’s largest R&D center worldwide
and combining all disciplines under one roof,” the company said.
“Investing in Marburg makes sense for us as this region helped shape CSL
today,” said Paul Perreault, CSL CEO and managing director, noting that
Marburg was “where Emil von Behring, one of the founders of our CSL
Behring business unit who won the first Nobel Prize in Medicine for
pioneering the use of plasma to treat patients suffering from
diphtheria, lived and worked.” Dr. Bill Mezzanotte, head of R&D and
chief medical officer for CSL, said, “The science and innovation taking
place in Marburg and across the region will help us to shape CSL’s
future in a sustainable way, and we hope that it will drive further
development of the region into a globally recognized innovation center.”
CSL’s growing R&D organization employs more than 2,000 in nine
countries, including sites in Melbourne, Australia; Bern, Switzerland;
Amsterdam, Netherlands; King of Prussia, Pennsylvania; Pasadena,
California; and Waltham, Massachusetts.
Missouri
Wisconsin-based American Foods Group broke ground last week on a new
beef processing facility near Wright City in Warren County, Missouri,
located west of St. Louis along I-70. AFG plans to create more than
1,300 new jobs in the region with an annual payroll of approximately $80
million (which breaks down to an average salary of $61,538). “As a
third-generation farmer and cattleman myself, I am proud to welcome AFG
to Missouri,” said Missouri Governor Mike Parson, noting that
agriculture is the state’s No. 1 sector with an annual contribution of
$94 billion to the economy. Steve Van Lannen, president and COO of
American Foods Group, said beef demand will be fulfilled thanks to the
“addition of industry-needed hook space.” The project was originally
announced in November 2021, when Mike Deering, executive vice president
of the Missouri Cattlemen’s Association, said “Bringing processing this
close to cattle production reduces the costs and energy needed, and it
is good for Missouri cattle producers and consumers.” AFG, which plans
to process 2,400 cattle per day at the facility, is family-owned by the
Rosen family and employs more than 4,500 across the U.S., including five
other processing facilities in the upper Midwest.
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