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Avantor boosts biopharma research capabilities

with new innovation centre in US

Avantor, a US-based pharma,
biotech and chemicals firm, recently
opened its new flagship Bridgewater
Innovation Centre in the US. The re-
search and development facility, located
in Bridgewater, New Jersey, is part of
Avantor’s network of 13 research and
innovation centres across the globe.

Avantor’s new spans 60,000 square
feet, doubling its previous laboratory
and pilot plant capacity. Purpose-
designed for collaborative work, the
centre houses spaces for upstream and
downstream process development, dedi-
cated analytical testing labs, and a viral
vector laboratory. An expanded pilot
plant supports scale-up simulations, capabilities to support the growing de- staffed with Ph.D. scientists, bioengi-
enabling rapid customization across mands for monoclonal antibodies, cell neers, biologists, and process engineers -
the entire bioprocessing workflow. and gene therapy and mRNA work- will allow it to optimise and accelerate
flows,” said Mr. Michael Stubblefield, biomanufacturing processes at scale;
“Our new Bridgewater Innovation President and CEO of Avantor. resulting in faster problem solving,
Centre is twice the size of our previous streamlined knowledge exchange, and
facility and adds capacity, talent and The company said the centre – strategic co-innovation.

NEO Battery Materials and Linde Korea to collaborate

on commercialisation of silicon anode technology

NEO Battery Materials Ltd., a Canada-
based company focused on silicon anode
materials for lithium-ion batteries, has
inked a Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Linde Korea Co. Ltd., an
affiliate of global industrial gases and
engineering company Linde to collaborate
on the scale-up of NEO’s silicon anode
manufacturing for lithium-ion batteries.
There are no material terms or consider-
ations regarding this MoU.

As per the deal, Linde, NEO, and
NBM Korea Co. (NBMK) will collabo-
rate to incorporate and optimise Linde’s
industrial gases, specifically nitrogen and

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