Rohm and Haas Company Celebrates Ground Breaking for New China Research and Development Center

01-Jul-2005

Rohm and Haas Company celebrated the official ground breaking for its new China Research and Development Center in Shanghai. Located on 33,000 square meters (over eight acres) in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Pudong New Area, the world class facility will serve as the company's primary research and technical service headquarters for China and the Asia-Pacific region. Rohm and Haas's new China Research and Development Center will include two buildings: a four story research facility and a four story administration building. Modern laboratory space, which will feature state-of-the-art equipment and air handling systems, will be highly flexible to meet future research needs. Meeting and conference rooms, a training center, and offices will be located in the administration building, which will also serve as the site's main entrance. Both buildings will be shaped in a "C" surrounding a landscaped internal garden. The garden will capture the spirit of traditional Chinese landscape design, but interpreted with modern materials. The new site, expected to open in mid-2006, will initially employ about 350 Rohm and Haas researchers, technical service personnel, commercial and sales professionals and functional staff. It has the flexibility to grow with at least one additional multipurpose building for R&D, technical service, customer service and commercial offices. The initial 350 employees will be relocated from other Rohm and Haas facilities throughout Shanghai, but the site is capable of employing up to 1,500 employees. Rohm and Haas will invest $30 million (U.S.) initially, although the total project is estimated at up to $60 million (U.S.) if long-term growth necessitates site expansion.

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