German chemical company Evonik opens Asia research hub in Singapore
Xinhua,April 17, 2018 Adjust font size:
SINGAPORE, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Germany-based specialty chemicals company Evonik opened here Tuesday its first Asia research hub, another effort to leverage innovation for the further expansion of its products and businesses.
"Innovation is an integral part of our growth strategy," said Harald Schwager, deputy chairman of the Board for Evonik Industries at the opening ceremony.
"We are actively pursuing new opportunities to boost our international R&D activities and the opening of this research hub is a significant contribution to these efforts."
The new research hub is designed to cope with resource efficiency topics, with focus on fields of functional surfaces and additive manufacturing. It will also work on tissue engineering with a view to developing 3D bioprinting.
With the research hub, Evonik is expanding its collaboration with local public and private research institutions and organizations. Evonik has formed a partnership with Nanyang Technological University Singapore to develop novel technologies in additive manufacturing for industrial application.
Claus Rettig, chairman of the Board of Management, Evonik Resource Efficiency GmbH, noted that "This research hub is ideally located to drive innovation for our Resource Efficiency segment by developing forward-looking solutions and technologies for our clients in all global markets." Enditem