Axalta Coating Systems to Locate New Global Innovation Center at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia
PHILADELPHIA - Axalta Coating Systems announced that its new Global Innovation Center will be located at The Navy Yard in Philadelphia. The 175,000-square-foot facility will be home to Axalta’s global research, product development, and technology initiatives; it will partner with the company’s other technology centers in the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific.
Liberty Property Trust and Synterra Partners are developing the project, and Axalta has entered into a long-term lease agreement for the building. Project construction is expected to be complete in late 2017. Upon reaching full operation in 2018, Axalta will bring at least 190 new jobs to Philadelphia with the possibility of additional positions in the future. Axalta’s global corporate headquarters is already located in Center City Philadelphia, and its North America headquarters is located in Glen Mills, PA, with a customer training center in Exton, PA.