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Metabolix opens office in Europe

By Chris Reidy

 |  Globe Staff  

  April 18, 2012

Metabolix Inc., a Cambridge biotechnology company that makes biodegradable plastics and chemicals, announced Wednesday the opening of its first office in Europe. The office is located in a life sciences park in Cologne, Germany, Metabolix said; the office marks the company’s first expansion outside of the United States. Metabolix neighbors in the Cologne park include Bayer HealthCare and Sanofi SA, the French drug maker that recently bought Genzyme Corp. of Cambridge.

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