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,...
Researchers from the Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology (SMART) are exploring the development of engineered plant nanosensors and portable Raman spectroscopy. These analytical tools can provide tissue-cell or organelle-specific information on living...
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...
Singapore-based Energy Drilling Management has entered into an agreement with offshore rig operator Seadrill Partners to maintain, market and operate three of its tender rigs, Seadrill-T15, Seadrill-T16 and West Vencedor, starting from February 2021. These rigs are...
The Singapore Green Plan 2030, launched on February 10, 2021, will be spearheaded by five ministries – the Ministries of Education, National Development, Sustainability and the Environment, Trade and Industry, and Transport – and will be supported by the whole...
Singapore is ranked fifth globally in terms of data center market competitiveness, according to Cushman & Wakefield’s 2021 Global Data Center Market Comparison report. The South East Asian island nation’s data center market is expected to grow by 4%...
Wabtec (Westinghouse Air Brake Technologies) has won an order from the Hyundai Rotem Company to supply key components for train cars to Singapore Mass Rapid Transit’s (MRT) new Jurong Region Line. Wabtec will supply 186 Metroflexx brake systems for 62 new, automated...
Thomson X, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Thomson Medical Group (TMG), entered into a strategic partnership with Singapore-based healthtech startup Plano. The partnership will synchronize Thomson X and Plano’s respective strengths, and use innovative...
Grab, South East Asia’s largest mobile technology company, and AS Watson, the world’s largest international health and beauty retailer, will collaborate across multiple services to expand Watsons’ online reach in South East Asia. The new partnership...
In late December 2020, the Public Utilities Board (PUB) announced that it would award a SGD 237 million (USD 180 million) contract to the China State Construction Engineering (CSCE) branch in Singapore. It is the sixth major construction contract awarded by PUB for...
In mid-December 2020, Singtel announced its partnership with networking and communications company Ericsson to deploy high-end 5G technology. This energy efficient 5G network, enabled by 5G New Radio (NR) Standalone and dual-mode 5G core network products and...
