Manufacturing

Synthetic rubber plant opens in Jurong Island

Japan’s Zeon Corporation opened its first synthetic rubber plant in Singapore, which will meet the rising demand in Asia for environmentally-friendly...

Amtek Engineering’s profit could surge 80% in FY 2011

CIMB believes that their FY11 profit forecast of S$49.7m is achievable.

Singaporean scientists develop new polymeric material

A*STAR’s breakthrough to bring companies one step closer to cheaper plastic solar cells and electronics.

Manufacturing output up 10.5% in June

Pharmaceuticals output bounced back with 41.5% increase in June following declines in the past two months.

Customs of Singapore and Japan sign deal on supply chain security

This is good news for Singapore’s certified companies as they would be recognised by Japan Customs to be of lower risk, resulting to expedited...

Consortium formed for biomedical R&D

This as niche players with narrow range of services are said to be put at a disadvantage when competing with larger providers.

Yongnam Holdings secures more than S$190m worth of contracts in Q2 2011

This makes YNH’s order book bid for S$1.2bn worth of projects this year, says CIMB.

Lanxess to invest S$350mn in world's largest 'green tire' plant

The German chemical maker plans to build a plant that will annually produce over 140,000 metric tons of synthetic rubber.

Manufacturing PMI declines by 1.7 points in May

Singapore's electronics PMI also slipped by 1.6 points last month.

$40mln fund launched for medical technology start-ups

This as biomedical sciences contributes 10% of total manufacturing output and employs more than 13,000 people.

Manufacturing output falls 9.5% in April

Blame it on the biomedical manufacturing cluster which saw a 22.6% year-on-year decline. Under this cluster the pharmaceuticals segment declined 23.6...

Singapore manufacturing drops 9.5 % on Tsunami effect

The aftershocks reached Singapore’s electronics supply chain and bad news in Pharma point to a slowing economy.

Noble Group launches $2.25bln loan facilities

Amounts borrowed will be used to refinance some of the company’s debt.

SBF signs MOU with SIMTech for research collaboration

The partnership will assist local manufacturing and services companies develop R&D capabilities.

Asia Pacific Breweries: We were a victim of fraud

Court of Appeal has junked the case involving two European banks who appealed to recover a total of $59 million taken by former APB finance manager...