Makino Asia Opens Smart Factory in Singapore

Makino Asia, a manufacturer of machining tools opened a new smart manufacturing facility in Singapore, built with an investment of SGD 100 million (USD 74 million). The facility is expected to double the double its machine production capacity through automation and...

Bombardier to Quadruple Footprint of Singapore Service Center

Multinational aerospace manufacturing company, Bombardier, announced plans to more than quadruple the current footprint of its Singapore Service Center with an investment of SGD 85 million (USD 63 million). It will transform the facility into a high-capacity,...

ENGIE to Design District Cooling System for Punggol Digital District

French multinational energy company, ENGIE, has been selected by JTC Corporation, Singapore’s principal developer and manager of industrial estate, sand Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT) to design the district cooling system (DCS) for the upcoming Punggol...

SATS Opens New SGD 25 Million Kitchen Facility

On 11 March 2019, SATS Ltd. (SATS) unveiled a new SGD 25 million (USD 18.5 million) kitchen with food technologies that can preserve nutritional qualities and optimize taste while extending shelf life. The facility has an automated rice line capable of producing about...

Singapore Aims to Locally Produce 30 Percent of Food Requirement by 2030

The Singapore government has set a target to locally produce 30% of Singapore’s nutritional needs by 2030. Currently, Singapore imports over 90% of its food requirements. To achieve this “30 by 30 vision”, the government will help the local agri-food industry to adopt...

Singapore and UK Telemedicine Companies Enter into Partnership

Singapore-based telemedicine service provider, MyDoc, entered into a partnership with UK-based digital healthcare firm, Synergix Health, to jointly offer telemedicine services across Europe and Asia. Synergix and MyDoc plan to provide online and in-person medical...

Singapore Continues to Invest for Enhancing Global Connectivity

Speaking at the Committee of Supply Debate 2019, Singapore’s Senior Minister of State for Transport and Health, Dr Lam Pin Min, talked about how Singapore continues to invest in quality infrastructure to provide the needed capacity and strengthen Singapore’s...

Singapore Government to Issue Zero Waste Masterplan

The Singapore government plans to release its inaugural Zero Waste Masterplan later this year. The Masterplan will detail the government’s upcoming policies and plans, including in infrastructure and R&D. The Masterplan will cover the management of three...

Singapore Plans to Roll Out 5G Networks by 2020

Singapore plans to commence the roll out of 5th generation mobile networks (5G) by 2020.  With 5G, businesses and citizens can experience peak data rates of up to 100 times faster than 4G – with up to 25 times lower latency and the ability to support up to 1000...