Purdue Research Park
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| Park Information | |||||
| Name: | Purdue Research Park | ||||
| Motto: | The Idea Economy is Here | ||||
| Locations: | West Lafayette, Indiana | Indianapolis, Indiana | Merrillville, Indiana | New Albany, Indiana | |
| Affiliation: | Purdue University | ||||
| Companies: | Nearly 200 | ||||
| Land: | 725 acres (2.93 km2) | 78 acres (0.32 km2) | 40 acres (0.16 km2) | ||
| Incubation Space: | 356,000 square feet (33,100 m2) | 55,000 square feet (5,100 m2) | 48,000 square feet (4,500 m2) | 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) | |
The Purdue Research Parks are a network of four research parks located in Indiana, United States. The 725-acre (2.93 km2) flagship West Lafayette park is located less than 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Purdue University's West Lafayette campus, and is the largest university-affiliated research park in the United States. The other facilities are located in Merrillville, Indianapolis, and New Albany. The parks were developed by the Purdue Research Foundation.
Under development since the late 1990s, the Purdue Research Parks are now home to nearly 200 companies encompassing numerous industries and fields of study, including biology, materials science, and information science, among others. It represents the largest cluster of research and development oriented business operations in Indiana.[1]
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Facilities [edit]
As the largest university-affiliated, high-tech park in the United States, the West Lafayette Purdue Research Park is made up more than 50 distinct buildings. The following are the key buildings that make up the research park.
Incubation facilities [edit]
- Business and Technology Center
- Purdue Technology Center
- Herman and Heddy Kurz Purdue Technology Center
Graduation facilities [edit]
- International Technology Center
- Lakeview Technology Center
- Pritsker Building
- Ross Enterprise Center
- Vistech 1
Other affiliated facilities [edit]
- The Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing
- Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems
Research [edit]
Purdue University and Purdue Research Foundation operate business incubation programs to assist organizations in the process of commercializing innovative technologies.[2]
Among the companies with facilities in the Purdue Research Park - West Lafayette include:
- Arxan Technologies, Inc.
- Akina, Inc.
- Stephen G. Hall
- Butler International
- The Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing
- Cook Biotech, Inc.
- CoVideo
- C-SPAN Archives
- Delphi E&S - Verification Lab
- Dow AgroSciences
- Endocyte
- Endocyte, a pharmaceutical company, is developing EC145 (Vintafolide), a candidate drug for use in chemotherapy-resistant patients with non-small-cell lung cancer. EC145 has undergone a Phase II clinical trial.[3]
- ICx Griffin Analytical Technologies
- Imaginestics LLC
- Cook MED Institute
- Quadraspec Inc.
- Simulex Inc.
References [edit]
- ^ http://www.purdueresearchpark.com/
- ^ http://www.purdueresearchpark.com/satellite/westlafayette/index.asp
- ^ Staff (2009), "Clinical Trials Update", Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News 29 (8): 58
External links [edit]
- Purdue Research Park Home Page
- Purdue Research Park Praise
- Purdue Research Foundation
- Lonergan Partners Introduces Silicon Valley Investors
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