Vector Laboratories has opened its new facility in Newark, California, where it will relocate its corporate headquarters this year. The relocation is accompanied by the rebranding and launch of a new corporate website.
The property at 6723-6737 Mowry Ave. has undergone an interior buildout to transform it into a 41,000-square-foot facility to enhance the company's research and development capabilities, including new laboratory and office space. Key COVID-19 protection measures have also been considered in the construction, including a powerful HVAC system upgrade to provide single-pass air in manufacturing areas, and lab and office areas that are visible to each other but still allow space for physical distancing.
The new space also enables a seamless and efficient workflow environment that will encourage greater productivity between departments. Vector Laboratories plans to take a phased approach to occupying the new space, which will be completed in May 2022.
As other high-profile companies are taking leave of the Bay Area, Vector Laboratories – which has been recognized as a trusted leader in reagents while operating in the region for 45 years – has chosen to deepen its roots by investing in the new manufacturing facility in Newark, just across the Bay from the company's current headquarters in Burlingame. The company will grow to 80 employees in the Bay Area by the end of 2022.
"We are at the precipice of a bio-revolution, which we've seen coming since the company's founding in 1976, and now accelerated by the pandemic. From academia to commercial businesses, our life science and diagnostics research technologies are being used for complex protein identification and characterization technology worldwide," said Dr. Lisa Sellers, CEO of Vector Laboratories. "We are excited to join the vibrant community in Newark, and grow along with it."
Newark life sciences companies have more than doubled in number since 2018 to a total of 35, including both early stage and established ventures. The city is committed to the business community from site selection to ongoing operations. It offers employees amenities and services from a great fitness and aquatic center, to the extensive Don Edwards National Wildlife Refuge and many restaurants and childcare programs.
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