TECH NEEDS

The company is a global FMCG manufacturer with a wide variety of products and brands in their portfolio. There is a shift in how consumers are engaging with brands with a growing focus on the overall experience rather than just the products. In one aspect, consumers are looking for multi-sensory experiences, and in another aspect, consumers are changing the way they choose to socialise, increasingly relying on online and immersive technologies for those experiential moments with friends and family located apart. As a result, the company is looking to develop innovative technological solutions that will enhance consumers’ experience of consumption and provide consumers with deeper, more memorable brand connections. This will help enhance interaction and engagement with their target audience while offering their consumers emotional and psychological benefits thus encouraging purchase. The company is actively searching for partners with technology solutions that would provide them with novel means to connect with their consumers while delivering sensory experiences digitally. Potential partners of interest could include universities, start-ups, technology providers, etc. Technologies of interest would be those that are capable of delivering digital senses (i.e. taste/flavour, smell/aroma, touch/haptics, audio/sound and visual/sight). Some examples of relevant technologies include (but are not limited to): • Electrostimulation technologies to deliver different flavours to the tongue • Digital scent technologies to transmit aroma to consumers • Use of audio/sound to influence the mood and experience of taste • Haptic devices that deliver tactile experiences • Leveraging augmented reality or virtual reality technologies to deliver multisensory experiences • Technologies to enable shared sensory experiences The company would like to understand the opportunities and limitations of any potential technological solutions, and this could include technologies that are still in early, prototyping stage or those that are already commercialised. The company is actively searching for partners to support their product development efforts. They have an established customer base with global operations and are already offering a wide range of products to worldwide markets. Therefore, this represents an excellent business opportunity for existing and new technology partners. Digital, Sensory, Experiences Business Collaboration (Joint Venture), IP Acquisition, Licensing, Others, R&D Collaboration Infocomm, Human-Computer Interaction, Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality & Computer-Simulated Environments, Interactive Digital Media & Multimedia

Satay has been a beloved comfort food for generations of Singaporeans. To meet the ever-growing demand, one satay business is looking to automate its production to ensure consistent supply while maintaining operational excellence. By embracing automation, the goal is to streamline processes, increase efficiency, and continue delivering the same high-quality satay that customers know and love. The satay company is seeking to work with automation companies to design an equipment portion and line the meats for skewering.  There is interest to seek out automation and tooling companies who are able to customise machinery to handle food at high throughput. Here are some key features that should be available in the solution: Automated portioning and lining of meat pieces for skewering Skewering process of raw meat (chicken, mutton, beef) Output of 83 satays per minute food automation, automation, machinery, food processing, satay skewering, skewering R&D Collaboration Manufacturing, Assembly, Automation & Robotics, Foods, Processes

Supported by the government’s "30 by 30" initiative, Singapore aims to produce 30% of its nutritional needs by 2030, emphasising sustainability in its food production practices. A local fish farm believes in eating well and respecting the environment, where fish are given space to swim in the ocean with tides and currents. These fishes are farmed without any growth enhancements. More than 70% of the farm is made of reused materials and we use renewable solar energy for power. Milkfish is a hardy fish to farm. However, with over 200 tiny bones, it has not gain popularity with consumers. Manual removal of these bones are labour intensive. Therefore, the local fish farm would like to work with automation companies to customise an equipment to automate the deboning process of milkfish.  There is interest to seek out collaboration with automation and tooling companies who are able to customise machinery to debone milk fish. Here are some key features that need to be available in the solution:  Deboning milkfish into butterfly fillets  Minimising flesh loss through precised bones extraction Ideally process fish of varying sizes from 500 g to 1 kg Throughput of 6-8 milkfish / hour automation, food, food automation, machine, machinary, deboning, fish deboning R&D Collaboration Manufacturing, Assembly, Automation & Robotics, Foods, Processes