PLATINUM MEMBERS

Gray

Website: https://www.gray.com

Gray is an integrated design-builder, specializing in end-to-end solutions in Construction, Professional Services, Specialty Equipment, and Real Estate. Since 1960, Gray has grown from a regional contractor to a nationally ranked leader, serving top companies in our core markets. Gray’s comprehensive services—spanning design, engineering, construction, automation, equipment, and real estate—make Gray a trusted partner for every phase of a project. Whether designing and building a state-of-the-art facility, fabricating custom process equipment, or implementing advanced automation, Gray’s expertise drives innovation and value at every step.

SILVER MEMBERS

FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies: (Silver Member)

Website: https://fujifilmdiosynth.com

Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies is a world leading Contract Development and Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) with locations in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, College Station, Texas, Teesside, United Kingdom and Hillerød, Denmark. Fujifilm Diosynth Biotechnologies has extensive experience in the development and manufacturing of recombinant proteins, vaccines, viral vectors, monoclonal antibodies, among other large molecules expressed in a wide array of microbial, mammalian, and insect systems. 

BRONZE MEMBERS

EDPNC (Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina)

Website: https://edpnc.com

The Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina (EDPNC) is a non-profit public-private partnership contracted with the North Carolina Department of Commerce to recruit new businesses to the state, support the needs of existing businesses, connect exporters to global customers, help small business owners get their start, and attract tourists and visitors from all over the world. 

Contact Information: Korey Howard, Director, Business Development: [email protected] or (919) 447-7777

Hitachi Energy

Website: https://www.hitachienergy.com/us/en

Hitachi Energy (formerly Hitachi ABB Power Grids) is a global technology leader with a combined heritage of almost 250 years, employing around 36,000 people in 90 countries. With North American headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company employs more than 4,600 in both manufacturing and office locations throughout the region, serving utility, industry and infrastructure customers across the value chain, and in emerging areas like sustainable mobility, smart cities, energy storage and data centers. Our local teams are deeply committed to the company’s purpose, powering good for a sustainable energy future, with pioneering and digital technologies, as the partner of choice for enabling a stronger, smarter and greener grid.

Contact information: https://www.kbibiopharma.com/contact

Maynard Nexsen

Website: https://www.nexsenpruet.com

Maynard Nexsen represents businesses in virtually every industry with more than 550 professionals in offices across the United States, and affiliate firm relationships around the world. At Maynard Nexsen, our attorneys possess comprehensive experience, knowledge and relationships to counsel foreign businesses and individuals on a wide range of legal issues, from day-to-day business and employment matters, navigating complex international trade regulations, protecting IP, and investing in the U.S. Our International Law Group has represented companies from dozens of countries doing business in the United States, as well as many U.S. companies operating or expanding overseas.

Contact Information:  David Robinson, Shareholder:  [email protected] or (919) 653-7809

O’Brien Atkins & Associates

Website: https://www.obrienatkins.com

O’Brien Atkins Associates is an interdisciplinary design firm that partners with our clients. We listen closely to help them successfully achieve their goals. We recognize that our clients don’t exist to build spaces, but instead aspire to make discoveries, develop products or deliver services that can help change the world. We support their objectives with creative, sustainable designs. Founded over 45 years ago, O’Brien Atkins established a core value to focus on its clients. We continue today to help our clients be better prepared for the future. To achieve this we bring that philosophy together with a talented group of design professionals who design, engineer, and masterplan innovative, collaborative and adaptable spaces. We invite you to explore a little further to discover more about who we are and what our passions are. And we hope this discovery will lead you to reach out to have a conversation with us, a conversation that could open new possibilities with a partner that cares about your long-term success.

Contact Information: Jim Nichols, Sr. Associate + Business Development Leader: [email protected] or (919) 941-9000

Technology Partnership of Nagoya University, Inc.

Website: www.nutechtransfer.org

Technology Partnership of Nagoya University, Inc. (NU Tech), is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded in North Carolina by Nagoya University (NU) in 2007.  NU Tech promotes technology transfer between NU and US companies primarily in life sciences, facilitates research collaborations between NU and US universities, recruits US students who study at NU, and serves US alumni of NU.

Contact Information: [email protected] or (919) 535-8726