- Size
- Not published
- Price
- Hourly lab/kitchen rental: $20/hr incubator tenant, $25/hr partnering client, $30/hr outside business (includes space, basic supplies and Tier 1 equipment). Tier 2 equipment (rotary evaporator, nitrogen evaporation, PMO-compliant tabletop pasteurizer) adds 50% of base rate; Tier 3 (HPLC, GC, Buchi B-290 spray dryer) adds 100% of base rate. Cleaning deposit $100; security deposit $250; biohazard cleaning in microbiology lab $60/week. First hour free for NC business/individual clients with accumulated monthly charges under $1,000. A monthly flat rental fee option (excluding consumables) is available to clients in good standing and new in-state clients — rate on request.
- Biosafety
- Not published
- Availability
- Available
A publicly-operated natural products lab and commercial test kitchen at A-B Tech's Enka campus near Asheville, run as part of the NC Community College System's BioNetwork life science training initiative. It is unusual in publishing transparent hourly rates ($20-$30/hr depending on client tier) with a three-tier equipment surcharge, making it one of the cheapest ways in the Southeast to access HPLC, GC, rotary evaporation and a Buchi B-290 spray dryer without capex. Best suited to food, beverage, supplement and botanical/natural-products founders at the prototype or small-batch R&D stage rather than therapeutics companies.
