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Firmenich Expansion: Nearly Double
Firmenich, the flavors, fragrances, and chemicals firm
on Plainsboro Road, plans to expand 50 percent in the next three
years,
going from about 600 employees this year to an estimated 900 workers
in 2003.
“By the end of 2003 our current expansion plans call for an
increase
in our production and warehouse square footage of 118,000 feet,”
says John Layendecker, vice president/corporate secretary of
Firmenich.
“At the same time we are putting up a 115,000 foot
office/laboratory
research center and a garage with the potential for 800 spaces.”
Firmenich currently has 14 R&D and manufacturing buildings totaling
388,276 square feet. This campus is the North American headquarters
of a century-old, family-owned firm based in Geneva, Switzerland.
The company went to Plainsboro’s planning board on Monday, July 17, to
present
a preliminary concept review of its expansion plans.
“We are trying to build the parking garage first, then the plant
expansion, followed by the perfume research labs and office
buildings,”
says Mike Koziel, vice president of logistics/operations. Of 1,124
planned parking spaces, 800 of them would be in the new three-level
45,000-foot parking garage.
Hillier Group architects Steve McDaniel and Peggy Fitzpatrick are
working on the project, with Fitzpatrick focusing on the new
four-story
115,000-foot R&D and office building (www.hillier.com). Additions will
also be made to
various sections of the current plant: the I building for flavors,
the 41,000-foot K perfume manufacturing facility, and the 17,000-foot
K-1 automated warehouse. A loading dock will also be added.
Firmenich has had an active building program on this campus: the most
recent addition is the flavor center built in 1997; it is a $10
million,
113,000 square foot stand-alone structure named after a retired family
member, George Firmenich. Nine members of the family currently work
in the business.
Firmenich Inc., 250 Plainsboro Road, Box 5880,Princeton 08543-5880. David Shipman, president. 609-452-1000; fax,609-452-0564. Home page: www.firmenich.comNext StoryCorrections or additions?This page is published by PrincetonInfo.com— the web site for U.S. 1 Newspaper in Princeton, New Jersey.
