We're here to help.

As the Research Triangle Regional Partnership (RTRP), our mission is pretty simple: Keep good things happening in the 13-county region. That means working closely with businesses, educational institutions and government organizations, continuing to foster the innovation and collaboration that have put us at the top of all those “Best places to live and work” lists.

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Success breeds success.

Everybody’s got a story. Learn why companies chose to locate or expand in the Research Triangle Region.

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ABB North America

“The combination of North Carolina’s support for technology innovation, our great partnership with N.C. State University, the abundance of engineering talent, support from state officials, and the Triangle ...

July 08, 2011

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Did you hear that?

Our companies. Our partners. Us. There’s a lot going on in the Research Triangle Region.

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Lenovo and the National Academy Foundation Launch Mobile App Development Program for High School Stu

Research Triangle Park, N.C. -- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Lenovo and the National Academy Foundation (NAF) today launched an innovative program to teach mobile app development to high school students across the ...

January 24, 2012

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It's not polite to toot your own horn.

People talk. Here’s what people are saying about the Research Triangle Region.

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# 5 State for Population Growth (NC)
2010 to 2011, U.S. Census Bureau

December 21, 2011

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The tradition continues...

New jobs. New investments. See which companies are locating and expanding in the Research Triangle Region.

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$500,000 investment by Avaya Inc.

Expanding: Establish a marketing and sales Center of Excellence, including a new video collaboration studio. Created 135 jobs.

2011

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Do one thing. Do it well.

Good advice, but with 170 of the world’s top research organizations just a few minutes’ drive from one another, we’ve decided to specialize a little less specifically. Learn more about the areas in which the Triangle region particularly excels.

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Advanced Medical Care

It starts with research and development in our public and private research laboratories. Their findings support advances in medical care and delivery - not just through new drugs and therapies, but also via improvements in medical devices, testing, and the information ...

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Agriculture Biotechnology

One of the largest agricultural research programs in the country. Three of the largest agribusiness companies in the world. All bolstered by a strong regional economy with a bumper crop of agricultural biotechnology jobs. These factors and more are what ...

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Analytical Instrumentation

They carry names only a scientist could love: mass spectrometers, gas chromatographs, ion analyzers, fluorimeters.

But analytical instruments such as these test substances that affect our lives every day - from drinking water to drugs, pesticides to clean fuels.

Scientists working ...

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Biological Agents and Infectious Diseases

We're home to nearly every brand name vaccine maker, from Talecris and GlaxoSmithKline to Pfizer, and from Merck to Novartis - the largest flu vaccine manufacturing plant in the country. And that's just the beginning. More makers continue flocking ...

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Cleantech

Renewable energy represents a multi-billion business opportunity with unlimited growth potential. Our state, our nation and our world are all seeking to reduce their dependence on oil and develop cleaner and more sustainable energy alternatives.

The Research Triangle Region's ...

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Defense Technologies

You might have known that North Carolina boasts a considerable military presence (fourth-largest in the nation, actually), with seven military installations and 14 U.S. Coast Guard facilities.

In fact, Ft. Bragg holds the honor of largest U.S. Army ...

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Informatics

Gaining a competitive advantage in the knowledge economy is simple. Your organization just has to effectively manage, analyze and transform data into information, then use that information system to drive focused innovation and visionary decision-making. Piece of cake, right?

Perhaps ...

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Interactive Gaming and E-learning

This is the gaming industry's East Coast hub - home to more than 40 companies and one of the largest concentrations of game development companies in the United States.

Existing studios thrive in the Research Triangle Region, and more continue ...

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Nanoscale Technologies

Strange things happen at the molecular level. The Research Triangle Region's nanotechnology cluster exploits this phenomenon, manipulating very small materials - 1/100,000th the width of a human hair - on the atomic and molecular scale to create new materials ...

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Pervasive Computing

What is pervasive computing? Nothing less than on-demand access to information from anywhere at any time - changing the way information is gathered, stored and shared.

Creating pervasive computing networks isn't easy, though. It involves integrating wireless technologies and optical ...

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Pharmaceuticals

Welcome to the most important research and technology-intensive industry in the Research Triangle Region. Pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical R&D are a mainstay here, and nearly every major brand name pharmaceutical company - from GlaxoSmithKline, to Merck, to Pfizer - operates a major ...

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Sustainability

Over the next 20 years, the Research Triangle Region is projected to add 1.2 million people and 700,000 jobs. That's a lot of growth, and the Research Triangle Regional Partnership is here to make sure it's ...

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What our friends say are our best qualities.

Bragging isn’t in our nature, so we’ll just say that when someone’s singing our praises, these are the things we tend to hear most often.