Avantor Plans Singapore Hub
US CDMO Avantor has announced plans to create a new manufacturing and distribution hub in Singapore in order to get closer to regional customers and strengthen its global supply chain capabilities.
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Wuxi ATU Collaborates with Singapore’s BTI
WuXi Advanced Therapies (Wuxi ATU), US-based CDMO offshoot of WuXi AppTec, is joining up with Singapore’s Bioprocessing Technology Institute (BTI) to advance cell and gene therapy production in the Asia Pacific region.
Linde Launches Digitalization Hub in Singapore
In partnership with Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), German industrial gases group Linde has launched its Asia Pacific Digitalization Hub, a strategic initiative to rapidly identify, develop and trial emergent digital technologies for industrial applications in the region and beyond.
Successful in Singapore: German Mittelstand Companies
In the last decade, the number of German companies with a presence in Singapore has increased by almost 300%.
A Growing Chemical Center in Asia
As a country with almost no natural resources and limited land space of only 710 km2 (slightly more than three times the size of Frankfurt, Germany), Singapore's chemical industry is an unlikely success story.
Getting The Pulse
The Lion City - The Merlion - a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish - is regarded as the Singapore icon ("Singapura" means "lion city" in Sanskrit). As one of the world's leading energy and chemical hubs, Singapore's contribution to the chemical industry is vast, both in terms of output and research.
Moving Ahead
Accelerating Growth - With greater demand for transportation fuel, as well as petrochemical and specialty chemical products, the Asia growth story creates a window of opportunity.
