ADM lays out plans for center in UI Research Park

CHAMPAIGN – Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. plans to open a mathematical modeling center in the University of Illinois Research Park this fall in hopes of improving the company's operating efficiency.

The Decatur-based agricultural processor did not immediately specify how many people would work there, but said it expects to hire 10 part-time graduate or undergraduate student interns to collaborate with full-time ADM researchers there.

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