Research Triangle Park

Research Triangle Park headquarters

RTP headquarters at 12 Davis Drive
Founded	1959
Headquarters	Research Triangle Park, NC

The Research Triangle Park (RTP) is a research park in the United States. It is located near Durham, Raleigh, and Chapel Hill, in the Research Triangle region of North Carolina. A small part of the Park stretches into Wake County, but the majority of the land is in Durham County.^{[citation needed]}

Overview

It is one of the most prominent high-tech research and development centers in the United States. It was created in 1959 by state and local governments, nearby universities, and local business interests. Karl Robbins bought the land where the park is now built. The park is 7,000 acres (2,833 ha) situated in a pine forest with approximately 630 acres (255 ha) for development.^{[citation needed]} The park is an unincorporated area, and state law prohibits municipalities from annexing areas within the park.

The park is adjacent to Interstate 40 and the Durham Freeway. It is managed by the Research Triangle Foundation, a private non-profit organization.^{[citation needed]}

The park is home to the second largest IBM operation in the world, dwarfed only by the one in India; the company has around 11,000 employees in RTP. The park hosts one of GlaxoSmithKline's largest R&D centers with approximately 5,000 employees.^{[citation needed]}

Companies and institutions in or near the Research Triangle Park

• A Small Orange
• Accurate Electronics, Inc.
• Advanced Liquid Logic, Inc.
• Aerie Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
• Alion Science and Technology Corporation
• AlphaVax
• American Association of Textile Chemists and Colorists (AATCC)
• ANXeBusiness Corp
• Aten, Inc
• Attagen, Inc
• Avaya
• Avioq, Inc
• AXA
• BASF
• Bayer
• BD Technologies (Becton Dickinson)
• Biofuels Research Institute
• Biogen Idec
• BioMedica USA, LLC
• Biomedomics, Inc
• Bioptigen
• BioShape Solutions
• BP Media Works
• Burroughs Wellcome Fund
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics
• CertiRx Corporation
• Chaperone Therapeutics, Inc.
• Cheminova
• Chemogenics BioPharma
• Ciena Corporation
• Cisco Systems
• CivaTech Oncology
• Copernicus Group IRB
• Craig Davis Properties
• Credit Suisse
• Cree Inc.
• CSC
• Delta Electronics
• Drug Discovery Center of Innovation
• Drug Safety Alliance
• DuPont Electronic Technologies
• Eisai Co.
• ElectroChemical Systems, Inc.
• Electronic Consulting Services
• Eloquentix
• EMC Corporation
• Emergent Game Technologies
• Endacea, Inc
• ENVIGEN Pharmaceuticals, Inc
• Ericcson
• Eton BioScience
• Expression Analysis
• Extreme Networks
• Family Health Network
• Fidelity Investments
• First Flight Venture Center
• Freudenberg IT
• Frontier Communications
• GENBAND
• GSA Defense Logistics Information Service
• Geomagic, Inc
• Gilbarco
• GlaxoSmithKline
• Global Vaccines
• Green Cooling Group
• Hamner Institutes for Health Sciences
• Hitchhikers Robotics Group
• Howard Associates, LLC
• Humacyte
• IBM
• ICON Clinical PLC
• iContact
• INC Research, LLC
• Innovative Emergency Management
• International Society of Automation (ISA)
• Integrated Laboratory Systems
• Intel
• International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry
• Intersil
• Intersouth Ventures
• K&L Gates
• LabCorp
• Linde
• Lenovo
• MED-EL Corporation
• Merck & Co.
• Microsoft
• Monsanto Company
• Motricity
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• National Humanities Center
• National Semiconductor
• NetApp
• Netsertive
• Nextlot
• Nortel Networks
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• Nufarm
• Ogilvy
• Open-Silicon
• Overture Networks
• PBM Graphics
• Pharmaceutical Product Development
• Premier Research Group
• Qualcomm
• Quintiles
• RadarFind Corporation
• Red Hat
• Relevance
• Research In Motion
• ReverbNation.com
• RTI International (Research Triangle Institute)
• S&R Communications Group
• SAS Institute
• Scenera Research
• Semiconductor Research Corporation
• Shoeboxed.com
• Sigma Xi
• Sony Ericsson
• Southern Capitol Ventures
• Spirent Communications
• ST Ericsson
• Sumitomo
• Syngenta
• Talecris Biotherapeutics
• Teleflex Medical
• Tekelec
• TechZoomIn Inc
• Tranzyme Pharma Inc
• Triangle United Way
• Troxler Electronic Laboratories
• Underwriters Laboratories
• United States Forest Service
• United Therapeutics Corporation
• Unithink Inc
• Verizon
• Virante
• Web Tax Office
• Wyeth
• XS inc

Universities

• Duke University
• North Carolina State University
• North Carolina Central University
• Skema Business School
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

See also

• The Triangle

External links

• Research Triangle Park Web site
• Research Triangle Regional Partnership
• North Carolina's Research Triangle Park: An Investment in the Future UNC-TV documentary commemorating RTP's 40th anniversary, produced by John Wilson and narrated by Carl Kasell of NPR News

Bibliography

• Link, Albert N. (1995). A Generosity of Spirit: The Early History of the Research Triangle Park. Research Triangle Park: Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina. ISBN 9780964805101. OCLC 33045964. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZO6YAAAACAAJ. 
• Link, Albert N. (2002). From Seed to Harvest: The Growth of the Research Triangle Park. Research Triangle Park: Research Triangle Foundation of North Carolina. ISBN 9780964805118. OCLC 50694901. http://books.google.com/books?id=grSlAAAACAAJ.