The Norman Transcript
Norman is awash with high-tech companies, many of them located just a few miles off Highway 9. A partial listing of Norman's high-tech enterprises, those on property fronting the eastern half of the newly designated Oklahoma Technology Corridor:
Ø Xyant Technology, Inc., 2600 Van Buren
Xyant works with companies to improve productivity of information technology services. The company provides technical consultants for short-term contracting and permanent replacements for IT staffing worldwide.
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OU
Research Campus, Highway 9 and Jenkins Ave.
Anchored by the National Weather Center and the
Stephenson Research and Technology Center supporting interdisciplinary research
and education. Another primary occupant is the North America headquarters of
Weathernews Americas, the world's largest private weather enterprise supplying
custom weather forecasts for weather-dependent companies.
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Astellas
Pharma Technologies, Inc., 3300 Marshall
Ave.
Astellas Pharma specializes in developing and manufacturing both prescription and over-the-counter drugs for worldwide distribution. In 2003 the company relocated its research and development operations from Palo Alto, Calif. to Norman, opening and staffing a 61,000-square-foot research center here.
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Hitachi
Computer Products, Inc., 1800 E. Imhoff Road
Hitachi provides custom research, development and
manufacturing services for electronics companies and builds a major portion of
the Hitachi data storage products
sold in the U.S. and throughout the world.
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U.S.
Postal Service National Center for Employee Development, 2701 E. Imhoff Road
The NCED is a high-tech training center for postal
workers and technicians from private companies. It provides training in such
specialties as heating and air conditioning systems; environmental health and
safety; automotive maintenance; programmable logic controllers; networking
technology and office computer software.
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Immuno-Mycologics,
Inc., NEDC Norman Business Park
"IMMY" produces fungal diagnostic products
and custom products for industry and research, including affinity and
chemically purified antigens and antibodies.
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Albon
Manufacturing LLC, NEDC Norman Business Park
Albon Engineering -- Manufacturing designs and manufactures engine components for automotive manufacturers such as Caterpillar, Ford, New Holland, Lotus, Nissan, Perkins and Volvo.
In addition, Norman has a business incubator for
high-tech enterprises at 710 Asp on Campus Corner. The emerging Technology
entrepreneurial center (eTec) is a 10,000-square-foot "business
accelerator" with lab and office space. Sponsored and managed by the
Norman Economic Development Coalition, eTec helps new technology companies grow
more quickly by providing experts, materials and advisors to help owners
"quick start" their businesses.