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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.[2] It represents the largest cluster of "technology-based companies" in Indiana.[3]

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 Template:Currency per annum for the state of Indiana and a positive jobs impact through creation of 4000 jobs.[4]

Locations

The network of four research park locations are referred to as Purdue Research Park of West Lafayette, Purdue Research Park of Indianapolis, Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana (Merrillville) and Purdue Research Park of Southeast Indiana (New Albany).[1]

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 since 2012Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"..[5]

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The Vistech 1 building.

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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.[6]
  • FLIR Systems Inc.
  • Imaginestics LLC
  • Cook MED Institute
  • Perfinity Biosciences[7]
  • 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.[8]

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External links

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