Massachusetts Claims 65% Share of $2.5 Billion of Third-Quarter Project Starts in New England

SUGAR LAND--August 13, 2008--Reported by Annette Kreuger for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--The New England region, which includes the states of Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont, is currently forecast to have $2.5 billion in industrial capital and maintenance, repair and overhaul projects during the third quarter of this year. The largest of the pharma-biotech projects currently scheduled for a third-quarter kickoff is Shire Limited's (NASDAQ:SHPGY) (Wayne, Pennsylvania) $394 million biomanufacturing plant in Lexington, Massachusetts. The largest of the Industrial Manufacturing projects for the quarter is Evergreen Solar's (NASDAQ:ESLR) (Marlboro, Massachusetts) $170 million solar panel manufacturing plant in Devens, Massachusetts.