Arizona The KNeW Company is planning to construct a water desalination plant in St. Johns. The project scope includes construction of an aquifer brackish water intake system and raw water storage building; and purchase and installation of methanol storage tanks and heavy metal removal, nitrification, denitrification, ion exchange and ammonification equipment. The plant will have the capacity to produce 450,000 gallons of potable water per day, and sodium chloride, gypsum and ammonium sulfate as by-products. The estimated EPC cost is $10 million. The KNeW Co., 4637 Pavlov Ave., San Diego, 92122. IR#AZ200903.


New Mexico Santa Fe Farms is planning to establish a hemp processing facility on a 20-acre site in Albuquerque. The project scope includes fit out of a 100,000-sq-ft building; and purchase and installation of conveyors and wet laboratory, milling, extraction, blending, filling, racking and packaging equipment. The facility will have the capacity to process 50,000 lb of hemp per day. Santa Fe Farms will use the facility to produce cannabinoid oils and hemp fiber. The estimated EPC cost is $25 million. Hemp Processing and Licensing Co. is an affiliate of Santa Fe Farms. Hemp Processing and Licensing Co., P.O. Box 1692, Moriarty, 87035. IR#NM200907.


Tennessee SmileDirectClub Inc. is planning to establish an orthodontic products manufacturing plant in Columbia. The project scope includes renovation of the 132,000-sq-ft former Auto 2 Auto building, and purchase and installation of 3D printers, conveyors, and assembly and packaging equipment. The estimated EPC cost is $34 million. SmileDirectClub Inc., 414 Union St., Nashville, 37219. IR#TN200908.


Wisconsin MilliporeSigma is planning to expand its active pharmaceutical ingredients plant in Verona. The project scope includes construction of a 70,000-sq-ft building for six kilo labs, a quality control lab, category labs, and purchase and installation of chemical reactors, bioreactors, and purification and ultrafiltration/diafiltration equipment. Vogel Bros. Building Co. has been selected as the design-builder, and Jacobs has been chosen to provide design engineering services. Site preparation is underway, with completion by mid-2022. The estimated EPC cost is $65 million. MilliporeSigma, 1101 Kettle Moraine Trail, Verona, 53593. IR#WI200903.


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