Singapore consumer healthcare company Cordlife Group Limited has received a license from the Ministry of Health permitting the Company to launch OptiQ, a corneal lenticule banking service in Singapore. Cordlife is the first company in Asia to let patients undergoing...
Japanese company LIXIL, the largest housing and building materials company in Japan, has launched a flagship showroom in Singapore. The 6,000 square feet store brings multiple LIXIL brands under one roof, and offers a wide range of sustainable living solutions,...
The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) is establishing an SGD 60 million (USD 44.7 million) Agri-Food Cluster Transformation (ACT) Fund to support the transformation of the agri-food sector into one that is highly productive, climate-resilient and resource-efficient. The ACT...
The Republic of Singapore Air Force (RSAF) has taken delivery of its first H225M helicopter in Singapore, as part of a contract signed between Airbus Helicopters and Singapore’s Ministry of Defence for the acquisition of H225M Medium Lift Helicopters in 2016....
Singapore’s economy has been ranked the freest in the world this year in the Heritage Foundation’s 2021 Index of Economic Freedom. Singapore’s economic freedom score is 89.7, making its economy the freest in the 2021 Index. The country is ranked first...
Union Gas Holdings Limited, an established provider of fuel products in Singapore, has exclusively appointed Surbana Jurong Group as part of a collaboration to study and evaluate the potential redevelopment of the existing fuel station at 50 Old Toh Tuck Road into...
Singapore’s fourth desalination plant, the Keppel Marina East Desalination Plant (KMEDP), has officially opened. KMEDP is operated by Marina East Water Pte Ltd (Marina East Water), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Keppel Infrastructure Holdings Pte Ltd (Keppel...
US technology company Vantiq has announced a partnership agreement with Singapore-based Primus Tech for the development and deployment of real-time applications that further the digital transformation of hospitals and commercial buildings. VANTIQ provides a platform...
Keppel Telecommunications & Transportation (Keppel T&T), Facebook and Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (Telin) have entered into a joint build agreement to jointly own and develop the Bifrost Cable System, the world’s first subsea cable system that will...
Swedish plant-based milk maker Oatly and Singaporean beverage firm Yeo’s are jointly investing USD 22.3 million in equipment and facility to produce oat milk in Singapore. Yeo’s produces a number of well-known drinks brands that are sold across Asia, including...
Singapore has submarine rescue agreements with many countries, namely Australia, Indonesia, South Korea, the United States, and Vietnam. Recently, the city-island-nation signed an agreement with India for its navies to extend rescue facilities to each other’s...
A regional manufacturing alliance called the Southeast Asia Manufacturing Alliance (SMA) has been launched to help businesses grow their footprint in South East Asia and diversify their supply chain. The alliance is a tripartite agreement between Singapore’s...
