Purdue Research Park
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The Purdue Research Parks are a network of four research parks located in Indiana, United States. The {{convert|725|acre|km2|adj=on}} flagship West Lafayette park is located less than {{convert|2|mi|km|.0}} 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.{{cite web
|url=http://purdueresearchpark.com/park-locations |title=Park Locations |author= |year=2013 |publisher=Purdue Research Park |accessdate=4 June 2013 }} 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. Purdue University and Purdue Research Foundation operate business incubation programs to assist organizations in the process of commercializing innovative technologies.{{cite web
|url=http://purdueresearchpark.com/amenities/purdue-portals |title=Purdue Portals |author= |date=2013 |publisher=Purdue Research Park |accessdate=4 June 2013 }} It represents the largest cluster of "technology-based companies" in Indiana.{{cite web
|url=http://purdueresearchpark.com/about |title=About Purdue Research Park |author= |year=2013 |publisher=Purdue Research Park |accessdate=4 June 2013 }}
Economic impact
Purdue Research Park has been used as an example of the positive "impact of scientific research" on local economies, specifically through citation of a report which detailed a positive financial impact of {{currency|1.3 billion}} per annum for the state of Indiana and a positive jobs impact through creation of 4000 jobs.{{cite web
|url=https://lfpress.com/2013/05/26/chopping-where-it-hurts |title=Chopping where it hurts |last1=DeBono |first1=Norman |date=26 May 2013 |website=lfp |publisher=The London Free Press |place=London, Ontario, Canada |accessdate=4 June 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605014630/http://www.lfpress.com/2013/05/26/chopping-where-it-hurts |archivedate=5 June 2013 |url-status=live }}
Locations
= West Lafayette =
The West Lafayette location was Indiana's "first designated certified technology park", a 725 acre (2.93 km2) site employing more than 3000 people {{As of|2012|lc=y}}.{{cite book |author= |editor=Purdue Reamer Club |edition=2nd |title=A University of Tradition: The Spirit of Purdue |series=The Founders Series |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q0WLyLNc06kC&pg=PA79 |accessdate=4 June 2013 |year=2012 |publisher=Purdue University Press |isbn=9781557536303 |page=79 }}
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As the largest university-affiliated, high-tech park in the United States,{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} the West Lafayette Purdue Research Park is made up more than 50 distinct buildings. Key buildings include:
== Incubation facilities ==
- Business and Technology Center
- Purdue Technology Center
- Herman and Heddy Kurz Purdue Technology Center
== Graduation facilities ==
- International Technology Center
- Lakeview Technology Center
- Pritsker Building
- Ross Enterprise Center
- Vistech 1
== Other affiliated facilities ==
- The Chao Center for Industrial Pharmacy & Contract Manufacturing
- Broadband Antenna Tracking Systems
== Resident companies ==
- Arxan Technologies, Inc.
- Akina, Inc.
- Butler America Aerospace & Defense
- 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.{{Citation |title=Clinical Trials Update |year=2009 |author=Staff |journal=Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News |pages=58 |volume=29 |issue=8 }}
- FLIR Systems Inc.
- Imaginestics LLC
- Cook MED Institute
- Perfinity Biosciences{{cite web |url=http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130520/BUSINESS/305209980 |title=Business awards and achievements |author= |date=20 May 2013 |publisher=The News-Sentinel |accessdate=4 June 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130605013102/http://www.news-sentinel.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130520/BUSINESS/305209980 |archivedate=5 June 2013 |url-status=live }}
- Simulex Inc.
- Spensa Technologies (DTN)
= Northwest Indiana =
In 2013, the data management company Intercontinental Industries (operating as interLink) took up residence at the Northwest Indiana location.{{cite web |url=http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/health-care-data-management-firm-joins-purdue-research-park/article_685ee513-3516-5680-a648-66d58accb22d.html |title=Health care data management firm joins Purdue Research Park |author= |date=16 May 2013 |website=nwi.com |publisher=The Times of Northwest Indiana |accessdate=4 June 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607074138/http://www.nwitimes.com/business/local/health-care-data-management-firm-joins-purdue-research-park/article_685ee513-3516-5680-a648-66d58accb22d.html |archivedate=7 June 2022 |url-status=live }}
References
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External links
- [http://www.purdueresearchpark.com/ Purdue Research Park Home Page]
- [http://www.purdueresearchpark.com/awards.asp Purdue Research Park Praise]
- [http://www.prf.org Purdue Research Foundation]
- [https://engineering.purdue.edu/BME/AboutUs/News/PurduebasedCompaniesSeekSiliconValleyFunding/ Lonergan Partners Introduces Silicon Valley Investors]
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Category:Science parks in the United States
Category:1961 establishments in Indiana