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news.Merck KGaA has said that it is investing E47 million in a new R&D center to be built at the Darmstadt site for the chemicals business sector.
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This is claimed to be the largest single investment to date in chemicals R&D. Construction will begin in June 2008 and is expected to be completed by the end of 2009. Most of the key R&D activities of the chemicals business sector and the approximately 340 employees involved in these activities will be located in the center, which will consist of three laboratory and pilot-plant buildings.
The activities to be housed in the new facility include the research departments of the Liquid Crystals division currently located at sites in Darmstadt, Frankfurt and Mainz, as well as R&D activities of the Performance & Life Science Chemicals division. In addition, the entire business development chemicals activities will move into the new R&D center. Corresponding central support and logistics functions will also be added.