SSF will end RY

Discussion in 'Merck' started by anonymous, Jan 27, 2017 at 12:52 PM.

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  1. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    My prediction is that once MRL SSF opens in 2019, they will close RY.

    RIP
     

  2. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    That is correct.
     
  3. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Do we really need another unproductive high cost site? We already have Boston!
     
  4. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Any office job in RY can easily be moved, but there are assets in RY that can't be moved unless they rebuild buildings at any other site in the network. I'm talking pilot plant and compound repository, two buildings that they just dumped tons of money into recently. So chances are low with this doomsday prediction.

    I do think there will be major changes in MRL when SSF is open, but not full site closures (expect for Palo Alto). Kiss discovery research goodbye in NJ!
     
  5. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Rahway site has been on the ropes for about 10 yrs now and then seems like new business always arrives to save the site. Rahway will Rise again!
     
  6. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    Rahway aint going nowhere..............
     
  7. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

    True with PK. RP has stated that he wants to close out NJ many times. Eventually he will get his wish.
     
  8. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

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    This is the most rational outlook. They are not going to build pipes and tanks in that glass house out west.
    And don't forget the little legacies lying within the site soils that would prevent the site from EVER being closed.
     
  9. anonymous

    anonymous Guest

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    RP loves RY. So do some very entrenched players. It is after all the Roy Vagelos R&D Center... RP to RV love there.

    Maybe post 2020 when everyone retires, a new regime may have a different view.
     
  10. anonymous

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    There is no way Merck can sell the land in Rahway because of all the VOCs in the ground (which is being treated by at least one or two ground wells) and the heavy metal contaminants (mercury and other not so nice inorganics). The ground would need to be remediated and that costs a lot of $$. Building 800 was built to actually seal an old chemical dump from what I was told. Just ask GE about all the remediation they need do or any number of superfund sites.

    When RP joined, he pointed out that we have a lot of duplication and abandoned assets (buildings) that we pay taxes on. That started the trend of consolidation of buildings and removal of condemned buildings that littered the Rahway site. I applaud his effort to save Merck money that no one wanted to deal with.