Bayer MaterialScience officially opens its new Functional Films Research Centre in Singapore. The full-scale facility for upstream research will focus on coated high-tech films and nanotechnology to meet the ever-evolving and growing demand of the... Read more

Dr Rob J Routs is one of the reasons why Singapore's economic development has been moving at a fast pace for the past two decades. Dr Routs' expertise in management and organisational development has not only helped in boosting the growth of Dutch Shell... Read more

Singapore President S R Nathan conferred the Public Service Star (Distinguished Friends of Singapore) and Public Service Medal (Friends of Singapore) on four senior business executives for their outstanding contributions toward the development of... Read more

LANXESS, the world's biggest manufacturer of synthetic rubber, will be breaking ground for the construction of a new butyl rubber plant in Singapore. The facility on Jurong Island is designed for a capacity of 100,000 metric tons per year and will require... Read more

Shell will announce the official opening of the Shell Eastern Petrochemicals Complex[1] (SEPC) investment project in Singapore. SEPC is Shell's largest petrochemicals investment to date and the second world-scale petrochemicals project the company has... Read more

The SCIC is the official body which represents the Chemicals industry in Singapore. SCIC aims to promote the growth of the chemical cluster in Singapore in close partnership with the government, through ensuring that its members meet safety guidelines and... Read more

LANXESS announced today that it has brought forward its plans to build a new butyl rubber facility in Singapore. The company will hold a groundbreaking ceremony in May 2010, and production is expected to start in the first quarter of 2013. The 100,000 tons... Read more

Shell officially opens its monoethylene glycol (MEG) plant on Singapore's Jurong Island. With a nameplate capacity of 750,000 tonnes of MEG per annum, the 100% Shell-owned unit is one of the largest MEG plants in the world. This plant is a key component of... Read more

Leading global coatings company, International Paint, is building a new, worldwide product development laboratory in the Republic. Slated to open in 2010, the laboratory is in line with the company's investment programme in R&D and will focus on the... Read more