PFIZER SUPPORTS NEW AG INNOVATION CENTER
Friday, November 5th, 2010 -- 10:24 AM
Pfizer Animal Health, the world's largest research-based pharmaceutical company, has contributed $2,500 toward the creation of the Central Wisconsin Agribusiness Innovation Center (CWAIC) in Owen. CWAIC is a multi-purpose facility that willserve as a business incubator for emerging companies in agribusiness,
renewable energy, biotechnology, food processing and related
industries.
?Our company knows how important cutting edge research is to our
business and our industry,? says Nicole Werner, Pfizer?s North Central
Territory Manager, Thorp. ?We support the Center because it will house
ag-related research that will develop new technologies and generate
new jobs in the region.? The $2,500 check represents Pfizer?s 2010
contribution to the Center.
Scheduled to break ground in March 2011, the state-of-the-art CWAIC
building will contain incubator and laboratory space, a distance
learning center, public meeting and event space, leased offices, a
commercial test/classroom kitchen, computer lab and multiple ?smart?
classrooms. The building itself will be a learning tool, using
sustainable design concepts for both the Innovation Center and its
surrounding site, the 71-acre Clark County Agribusiness Park.
?The Center will build upon one of the greatest strengths of this
region of the state, its agricultural industry, and foster education,
training, research, and business development opportunities,? says Mike
Kawleski, CWAIC?s executive director. ?Since we're a non-profit, tax
exempt organization, we greatly appreciate tax-deductible gifts like
the one that Pfizer has made.?
Additional information about the Central Wisconsin Agribusiness
Innovation Center and the Clark County Agribusiness Park can be found
at www.agribusinessinnovation.org.
Feel free to contact us with questions and/or comments.