Thermo Fisher Scientific buys 22 acres, plans to build home for 400 employees

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the Waltham, Mass.-based scientific instrument maker, plans to build out a new home in Fremont for its roughly 400 employees. Thermo Fisher confirmed that it bought 22 of 147 acres from Union Pacific that surround the Tesla Motors Inc. manufacturing plant. The company currently leases three facilities in Fremont that are within two miles of the parcel.