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Driven by technology advancements, the personal care industry is experiencing a rapid pace of innovation. From reinvention of conventional ingredients to refining processing methods, brands are increasingly investing in R&D to distinguish themselves from the competition and meet changing consumers' demands. To support businesses in accelerating their innovations to market through collaboration, IPI put together a technology forum on Innovations...

Singapore has continuously encouraged collaboration to drive innovation across the local ecosystem. Specifically for the local Infocomm Media (ICM) sector, the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA) piloted the Open Innovation Platform (OIP) in mid 2018. The OIP is a virtual platform that connects and matches problem statements of enterprises to a pool of technology providers in the ICM industry. As...

Start-ups grapple with numerous challenges and the path to success is often gruelling. For many technology start-ups, product innovation and development are particularly important components to gain a competitive advantage in the market. As part of its efforts to engage the hardware and engineering start-ups in Singapore to enhance their product development capabilities, JTC organised an industry sharing session on...

Germany and Singapore are ranked among the leading countries poised to gain from emerging technologies of Industry 4.0 based on a recent report from the World Economic Forum. As industrial transformation picks up pace, countries are using new approaches to public-private collaboration to accelerate the transition.The Singapore Economic Development Board organised an outreach event targeted at German SMEs or Mittelstand...

With the rise of Internet of Things and wearables, batteries have taken on new form factors to meet the different market requirements such as power, flexibility and thinness. At a technology roundtable organised by IPI on 27 November 2018, EJ Shin, Strategic Planning Director of Jenax Inc., presented its latest flexible thin-film fast-charge battery technology solutions to a small group...

The Cool Ideas Enterprise, an open innovation programme targeted at aspiring entrepreneurs and enterprises with solutions that improve the HDB living environment was announced at the inaugural Housing & Development Board (HDB) Innovation Festival on 28 November 2018. HDB in partnership with Enterprise Singapore (ESG), and supported by Action Community for Entrepreneurship (ACE) and IPI, will provide innovators with mentorship,...