Singapore Economic Development Board and Bayer Material Science executives officially opened on June 22nd the new Functional Films Research Centre in Singapore. There is an ever growing demand for the films from the electronics industry in the Asia Pacific region. Customers also expect the films to meet evolving requirements.
The new facility will focus on high-tech films and nanotechnology to meet the growing and evolving demand in the region. Bayer Material Science is one of world’s largest polymer companies and its activities focus on manufacture of high-tech polymer materials. Using material technologies already developed by the company, the new facility will take up joint projects in collaboration with other partners to create technological breakthroughs in electronics.
Examples of possible developments include flexible screens and three-dimensional displays, and nanomaterials like conductive inks used in printed electronics or energy-efficient lighting technologies. The facility was set up with an investment of approximately SGD 12 million (€ 7 million). Additional investments are planned to expand the facilities in the coming years. The facility presently has a staff of 30 researchers and other personnel.
The facility evidences “Singapore’s attractiveness as a strategic base for research & development to meet the fast evolving market needs in Asia and globally,” remarked Dr Beh Swan Gin, Managing Director of Singapore Economic Development Board.
Read the news release at NanoWerk.
