{"id":1004177896,"date":"2017-05-23T06:42:30","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T14:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/?p=1004177896"},"modified":"2022-12-09T02:39:35","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T10:39:35","slug":"indian-company-to-invest-35m-in-virginia-rd-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/indian-company-to-invest-35m-in-virginia-rd-facility\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Company to Invest $35M in Virginia R&amp;D Facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Evelina Croitoru<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1004177929\" style=\"width: 386px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Granules1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1004177929\" data-attachment-id=\"1004177929\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/indian-company-to-invest-35m-in-virginia-rd-facility\/granules1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Granules1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Granules1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Granules1.jpg?w=800\" class=\"wp-image-1004177929 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Granules1.jpg\" alt=\"Granules Pharmaceuticals Facility in Chantilly, Va.\" width=\"376\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Granules1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Granules1.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/46\/2017\/05\/Granules1.jpg?resize=768,576 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 376px) 100vw, 376px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1004177929\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Granules Pharmaceuticals Facility in Chantilly, Va.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Pharmaceutical company Granules India Ltd. revealed plans to invest $35 million into its wholly owned subsidiary Granules Pharmaceuticals Inc., to expand R&amp;D and manufacturing operations in Fairfax County, Va. Granules invested $15 million back in 2014 to establish the subsidiary and create 75 jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Headquartered in Hyderabad, India, the company manufactures active pharmaceutical ingredients, formulation intermediates and finished dosages. Granules operates a 100,000-square-foot facility in the Chantilly area of Fairfax County. This investment will enable the company\u00a0to\u00a0conduct research and development in order to formulate and eventually manufacture products at the plant. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.commercialsearch.com\/news\/movement-mortgage-opens-norfolk-operations-center\/\">Virginia Economic Development Partnership<\/a> revealed plans to support the company\u2019s job creation through its Virginia Jobs Investment Program.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>Setting up a development and manufacturing presence in the United States was the first step we took as a company to meet our strategic focus on strengthening our global presence<\/em>,\u201d Priyanka Chigurupati, executive vice president of Granules India, said in a prepared statement. \u201c<em>There is a lot of untapped potential with a highly educated and technically savvy workforce, reliable security, diverse amenities and state-of-the-art infrastructure including Dulles International Airport, the Port of Virginia, and the expanded Metrorail in close proximity.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Image courtesy of Granules India<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Granules India Ltd., through its wholly owned subsidiary Granules Pharmaceuticals Inc., will expand its pharmaceutical R&amp;D and manufacturing operations at the company\u2019s 100,000-square-foot plant in Fairfax County.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1055,"featured_media":1004177929,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21782,21748,11,21742,1615],"tags":[35710,32995],"class_list":["post-1004177896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-development","category-industrial","category-midatlantic","category-latest","category-washington-dc","tag-granules-india","tag-virginia-economic-development-partnership"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.4 (Yoast SEO v24.6) - 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