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Chemours moves R&D to university campus

Chemours, the Wilmington-based company that operates DuPont’s former refrigerants, mining cyanide and titanium dioxide businesses, says it plans to move its research-and-development operations from the DuPont Experimental Station outside Wilmington and other ex-DuPont sites to a new $150 million building at the former Chrysler factory site at the University of Delaware in Newark.

The glass-walled, 312,000-square-foot building will house 330 staff members, including research scientists and technicians, spokeswoman Alvernia Scarborough said. Chemours plans to break ground in December. Delaware Gov. John Carney and other elected officials cheered Chemours’ move. The company has so far announced no initial state or local government subsidies for the project, which is to be completed in 2020.

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