Article: Saint-Gobain Opens New Frontier for R&D.

NORTHBORO, Mass., July 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Saint-Gobain is conducting a groundbreaking ceremony today to mark the start of work on the expansion of its Research & Development Center in Northboro, Massachusetts. The $15 million expansion is expected to be completed by the spring of 2009.

The expansion will provide permanent space for 160 employees currently based in temporary trailers, as well as space for up to 40 new employees. The project will add more than 61,000 square feet of laboratory, office and meeting space. Thirty new jobs will be created, bringing the total workforce in Northboro to 340 employees.

The expansion was prompted in part by Saint-Gobain's ...

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