Alltech to Build New $11
Million R&D Facility
ALLTECH has announced plans to build a new $11
million facility dedicated to animal nutrigenomics and applied
animal nutrition on its corporate campus in Nicholasville. The
facility, which is being funded in part through a $1 million
grant from the state, will be the first facility of its kind
in the world, according to information released by Alltech.
"The field of nutrigenomics, or the effect of diet on health,
is one of the most exciting in science today," said Dr.
Karl Dawson, Alltech's director for worldwide research. "Feeding
the gene is the way forward. It will keep American agriculture
and livestock production at the forefront."
"Alltech, though present in 85 countries around the world,
is a Kentucky company," said Dr. Pearse Lyons, found and
president of Alltech. "We were founded in Kentucky, our
corporate headquarters are in Kentucky, and with this grant,
some of our most exciting research will take place in Kentucky.
With nutrigenomics, we have already been able to put in place
sic provisional patents which should be converted into complete
patents within the next two months."
The grant from the state, which is designed to advance the
development of Kentucky's biotechnology sector, is expected
to create 40 new jobs in research and development over the next
five years. Alltech currently employs more than 300 people at
its facility in Nicholasville.
