Siemens has broken ground on a training and service facility in Cary, N.C. The new facility is a planned 143,000-square-foot, six-story office building on the Cary Campus off Gregson Drive. Scheduled to open in early 2010, it will house more than 500 technical and administrative support personnel, and include a 600-car parking deck and a separate one-floor cafeteria. An existing structure located at Gregson Drive and MacAlyson Court will be demolished at a yet-to-be determined date.

Siemens' commitment to the project will include a $57-million investment, as well as the addition of approximately 300 jobs over the next five years, in anticipation of the greater demand for training and technical support for Siemens' medical technologies. Currently, Siemens employs nearly 700 people in its Cary operations.

"Our commitments to our customers and the community have always been top priorities at Siemens," said Rick Legleiter, Senior Vice President of Customer Service, Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. "The expansion of our Cary facility is essential for the customers we serve and will generate additional revenue for the town of Cary and the surrounding communities."
The North Carolina Department of Commerce estimates that over the next 10 years, the project will:

* Generate a cumulative gross product value of $594 million.
* Produce a positive, cumulative net state revenue impact of about $16.7 million.
* Contribute up to $1.87 million to the state's Industrial Development Fund for infrastructure improvements in economically distressed areas of North Carolina.

Siemens will be working in conjunction with the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design's (LEED) Certification process to ensure it uses environmentally safe products and processes in construction of the new facility. (LEED Green Building Rating System™ encourages and accelerates global adoption of sustainable green building and development practices through the creation and implementation of universally understood and accepted tools and performance criteria.)

"Siemens Healthcare is yet another Triangle success story," said U.S. Rep. David Price, who represents Cary as part of the Fourth Congressional District of North Carolina. "Their growth and the growth of our region demonstrate the importance of maintaining and enhancing federal investments in innovative research and workforce development. Siemens is at the forefront of cancer detection research, and I expect this expansion will help yield further contributions to the field and to the Triangle community."

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