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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,...

The High Commission of Canada, together with IPI and Enterprise Singapore held a networking session on 15 November 2018 to create and promote new opportunities for technology and business collaboration between Canadian cleantech companies and Singapore enterprises. Both countries made it to the top 20 rankings of the Global Cleantech Innovation Index (GCII) in 2017, which scans which countries are most likely...

IPI was invited to present at the Intangible Assets Workshop organised by IP ValueLab on 16 November 2018. Targeted at in-house employees working with Intellectual Property (IP) assets, the session aimed to equip participants with a basic understanding of identifying, auditing and managing intangible assets to drive business value and growth. Patrick Ng, Principal Technology Manager of IPI, was one...

The Finnish smart building technology matchmaking event on 29 October 2018 co-organised by IPI and the Helsinki Business Hub brought together Singapore enterprises and Finland’s innovative companies operating in the smart building sector for an afternoon of insight sharing and networking.10 Finnish companies introduced the latest trends and technologies focusing on smart buildings, energy efficiency and digitalisation for the construction...