BOSTON – Novomer Inc. announced plans to open a new innovation center in Rochester, New York. The facility — named the Novomer Innovation Center — is designed to meet the expanding demands of the company's growing biobased chemicals business.
All equipment, production assets and employees will be transferred from the existing product development and pilot operations location to the new 26,000-square-foot facility. Novomer will occupy the leased space in December, where it is currently undertaking significant renovations and improvements. The larger facility will house technology research, product development activities and a COEth Process demonstration unit to make customer samples for a variety of products. "The space provides room for collaboration and the capability to manufacture products at a larger scale to better service our development efforts and customer needs," said Jim Mahoney, CEO of Novomer.