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Area Development - Site Selection, Facility Planning and Workforce Development

Draper Plans Lowell, Massachusetts, Production Operations

11/10/2025
Draper, an independent nonprofit engineering innovation firm, plans to establish operations in Lowell, Massachusetts. The project is expected to create 150 jobs.

The company’s new 75,000-square-foot production & advanced chip technology center, located in the Lowell Innovation Network Corridor, will house microelectronic design, production, and packaging facilities that will deliver technology to the company’s U.S. Military, Aerospace, and Government customers.

"Today's investment reflects Governor Healey's ongoing commitment to the needs of the nation's defense sector. The IMPACT Center will significantly expand the nation's secure, on-shore microelectronics production capacity and deliver new capabilities to our military," said Jerry Wohletz, Ph.D., President and CEO of Draper. "The facility will also strengthen the Commonwealth's manufacturing base and create new jobs for a highly skilled workforce, educated and trained in our local universities, colleges, and trade schools. We are grateful to the Healey-Driscoll Administration, the Commonwealth, and our partners in state and federal government for supporting our vision of what can be accomplished by this investment."

To support the project the company will receive up to $25 million in state and local funding.

"Massachusetts is proud of our defense leadership – we are the birthplace of the National Guard, the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Coast Guard, and we've carried that legacy of innovation and service forward for generations," noted Governor Maura Healey. "We are proud to support Draper's efforts to strengthen this leadership by establishing the IMPACT Center, which will create good jobs, grow our economy and bolster our national security in partnership with UMass Lowell and the City of Lowell."

Draper is a research, development, and manufacturing company. The company’s efforts focus on four critical mission areas: Strategic Systems, Space Systems, Electronic Systems, and Biotechnology Systems.

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