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appearing every week in the Site Selection Project Bulletin are
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thousands of records of corporate end-user facility investments across all industry
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Ansan, Gyeonggi
Province, South Korea
ST Pharm company officials gathered
last week for the groundbreaking of its second manufacturing plant in
Ansan.
Photo courtesy of ST
Pharm
Pharmaceutical manufacturer ST Pharm recently held its groundbreaking ceremony for its
second oligonucleotide plant in the South Korean city of Ansan, located in Gyeonggi
Province. The $830.9 million investment goes toward the build-out of a seven-story,
117,326-sq.-ft. facility. Large, medium and small-scale production will take place on the
first five levels of the building, while the sixth and seventh levels serve as reserve
spaces that would allow for two additional large-scale production lines to support future
growth. ST Pharm plans to integrate an advanced automation system to control operations
and eco-friendly features for heating, water and cleaning technologies. The company
anticipates reaching $746 million in oligonucleotide sales by 2030 as the facility’s
production capacity will average two to seven tons of oligonucleotide active
pharmaceutical ingredient annually. According to the company, this move signifies the
first step to becoming a global leader in the oligonucleotide contract development and
manufacturing organization domain.
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Mason, West
Virginia
Fidelis plans to bring its Mountaineer GigaSystem ™
and Monarch Cloud Campus ™ to West Virginia by 2028.
Rendering courtesy of Fidelis New Energy
Energy transition company Fidelis New Energy has plans for an $8 billion net-zero carbon
hydrogen production facility in Mason, West Virginia, located at a bend in the Ohio River
between Huntington and Parkersburg. The site will feature a low carbon microgrid for the
company’s planned data centers, featuring FidelisH2® technology that allows for hydrogen
production with net-zero carbon emissions. The company selected carbon storage site
developer Battelle Carbon Solutions to handle subsurface data collection for safe carbon
sequestration produced by the project. Construction will take place over four phases
costing about $2 billion each, with the first phase expected to be operational by 2028.
Hydrogen produced at the site will be used for the data center campus, planned greenhouse
system, transportation and steel production. The site will produce 500 metric tons of
hydrogen per day, equating to 10 million metric tons of CO2 to be permanently stored per
year.
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Regensburg,
Germany
Ams Osram plans to invest over $1 billion in
expansions at its sites in Germany and Malaysia.
Photo courtesy of Ams Osram
Austria-based semiconductor manufacturer Ams Osram announced plans to upgrade its
50-year-old Regensburg, Germany, site with the support of $318 million from Germany’s
Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. The company did not disclose how
much it would be investing in the expansion, although it has said that around $1.07
billion would be going toward its Kulim, Malaysia, and Regensburg operations. With
governmental support Ams Osram will introduce 8-inch micro-LED fabrication to replace the
current 6-inch wafer processes, allowing for economical production in comparison. LEDs
produced at this site primarily cater toward automotive, industrial and horticultural
uses. Funding will be used to introduce production of micro-LEDs used for “an all-new type
of display,” which the company did not provide further details about, and UV-C LEDs. In
addition, the company plans to invest in new clean room and lab facilities for R&D and
pilot production. Construction has begun on the site and the expansion will create 400 new
jobs upon completion.
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While economists fret over bubbles of another kind, the leading maker of bubble drinks is stretching its wings. Lollicup USA Inc., the specialty beverage manufacturer, supplier and retailer, is moving from 140,000 sq. ft. (13,000 sq. m.) in two separate locations in Walnut and Industry, Calif., to one shiny new 300,300-sq.-ft. (27,898-sq.-m.) facility in the San Bernardino County community of Chino. The company plans to add to its payroll of 150 once the relocation is complete in mid-third quarter 2013.
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