Research Triangle Park

Research Triangle Park (also known as RTP) is a research park close to Raleigh and Durham, North Carolina, North Carolina. It was created in 1959 by nearby universities and several enterprises. Karl Robbins bought the land where the park is now built.

The park is 7,000 acres situated in a pine forest with approximately 1,100 acres for development. Currently more than 100 R&D-facilities exist at RTP with some 38,500 employees.

Companies and institutuions in RTP

• International Business Machines
• National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• North Carolina Biotechnology Center
• North Carolina Supercomputing Center
• Red Hat

External link

• http://www.rtp.org/