On December 23, Gloronghui announced that Merck will invest over 70 million euros to build a new Advanced Materials Development Center in the Shizuoka plant in Japan, expected to be operational by 2026. If including the investments made by the company in the Shizuoka plant since 2021, the total investment amount has exceeded 0.12 billion euros. The center covers an area of 5,500 square meters, equipped with the most advanced clean rooms and laboratories, and featuring a highly scalable design to prepare for future capacity expansion to meet rapidly growing market demands.