Impact for DIGITAL ECONOMY
Enterprises Collaborate to Pilot Predictive Engine Maintenance Solution in Singapore
Companies operating their fleet of vehicles are increasingly implementing fleet management solutions to provide themselves with data to help improve their efficiency and productivity. Car Club is the largest car-sharing service provider in Singapore operating a fleet of more than 230 vehicles. Despite being the leading incumbent, Car Club proactively seeks strategic technology partnerships that enhance its service to its...
Impact for DIGITAL ECONOMY
Convenient Security via Smart Locks in the Sharing Economy
A smart lock has a variety of applications, such as providing a convenient and seamless service for home owners and renters in the home sharing economy, or to secure and remotely track goods in the logistics industry. We Are Perspective (WAP) is an industrial design consultancy and hardware incubator based in Singapore and headquartered in the Netherlands. They approached IPI...
Impact for MATERIALS & CHEMICALS
Turning Ideas into Reality to Stay Ahead in the Construction Industry
In the construction industry, coatings are widely used for decorative and functional purposes. Examples of functional applications include anti-corrosion, water resistance and heat reflection. Nipo International Pte Ltd, a Singapore-based coatings specialist manufacturer, was keen to expand its capabilities. It was also looking into more environmentally sustainable solutions combined with enhanced performance due to changing market demands.
Nipo’s early years...
Impact for FOOD & NUTRITION
Technology Cooperation Brings Local Ready-to-eat Meals for People with Swallowing Difficulties
Dysphagia refers to swallowing difficulty. While it can affect anyone, it is more common in the elderly and patients who have had a stroke. Singapore nutrition SME, Health Food Matters (HFM), was keen to partner a local technology partner to develop texture-modified meals in local flavours so as to meet the growing market demand.
HFM was introduced to Changi General...
Impact for HEALTH & PERSONAL CARE
Strategic R&D Collaboration to Enable Product Improvements
Collaboration can bring about solutions that cannot be produced in-house alone. The real challenge often lies in finding the right partner with the right competencies. Mase International Marketing Services, a leading distributor of cosmetics and toiletries in Asia, had previously found a partner via IPI’s network to develop a novel dye ingredient for a new range of hair dye products...
Impact for HEALTH & PERSONAL CARE
Formulated-in-Singapore Suu Balm Sets to Further Expand to Overseas Markets
IPI facilitated a licensing agreement between Good Pharma Dermatology and the National Skin Centre (NSC) to manufacture and market NSC’s proprietary itch-relief formulation to the mass market in December 2013. Following that, Good Pharma Dermatology collaborated with the NSC to improve the formula of the itch-relief cream before sourcing the right partners for manufacturing, packaging, branding and distribution of the...