Centennial Research Park at Kent State University is open for business.

With 44,000 current square feet in the business incubator and the surrounding 10 acres available for development, Kent State has created a valuable resource for the region, particularly for high-tech companies.

The first phase of the incubator houses the FLEXMatters Accelerator, a collaboration that works with local companies to develop and produce devices that are typically rigid on flexible polymer substrates.  Additional building space can be customized to accommodate early-stage technology companies.

Kent Displays, a local liquid crystal display manufacturer, was awarded $7.9M in Ohio Third Frontier funding to commercialize research, including more than $900,000 for Kent State to construct and establish the FLEXMatters Accelerator.

Advantages of locating at Centennial Research Park:

• Business incubation for early-stage advanced materials companies
• Business accelerator to speed up the commercialization of new discoveries
• Collaborations with university experts and other technology-oriented businesses
• Access to other Kent State resources, such as the Office of Technology Transfer, Economic Development and Strategic Partnerships, Small Business Development Centers, the Center for Entrepreneurship and Business Innovation, the Glenn H. Brown Liquid Crystal Institute, Middlefield Research and Testing Laboratory and NEO Beam Alliance
• Specialized product development facilities, including a clean room
• Shared services like a conference room and Internet service

Sound good?  For further information or to reserve space contact Greg Wilson, VP for Economic Development and Strategic Partnerships at 330-672-0704 or greg.wilson (at) kent.edu.  Tell him NEOinc sent you…