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AdvanceTEC wins Merck contract for HPV Program

AdvanceTEC, LLC of Richmond, VA has been awarded multiple design and construction contracts by Merck & Co. (Whitehouse Station, NJ) and Jacobs Engineering (Pasadena, CA).

AdvanceTEC will build nearly 50,000 square feet of cleanroom space for Merck’s HPV (human papillomavirus) product facility expansion in Elkton, VA.

AdvanceTEC is providing full design packages for production suites for Merck’s industry leading HPV vaccine Gardasil.

Since its founding in 2000, Richmond-based AdvanceTEC has designed and built nearly 1 million square feet of cleanroom and laboratory space. With notable clients like Fleet Laboratories, Helvoet Pharma, Northrop Grumman and NASA, they’ve become well-known in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, microelectronics, and nanotechnology fields.

Some of AdvanceTEC’s most recent projects include the Duke University’s Center for Integrated Engineering, Medicine and Applied Sciences in the Pratt Engineering Building, University of Maryland, and a multi-project award for a confidential North America based high purity materials manufacturer for the solar and semiconductor markets.