Keeping abreast of the emerging trends in manufacturing.

Looking to ride the wave of the fourth industrial revolution? This trio of trends could be the wind in your sails.

As the saying goes, ‘they don’t make them like they used to’. Over the years, the types of products available in the market have evolved, and so have the methods used to create them. Technology has been a key driver of these changes, enabling enterprises to manufacture increasingly complex and valuable items with extraordinary precision and efficiency.

How co-creation is a boon for the healthcare sector
 Sean Carney, Chief Design Officer of Royal Philips, shares his insights into how co-creation drives innovation and creates value in the healthcare sector.

Illness and frailty are part and parcel of the human condition, and as populations around the world age, the global healthcare system is coming under immense strain to meet medical demands.

How SMEs can benefit from Open Innovation.

Open Innovation (OI) is not just for large multinational corporations; small and medium enterprises also have a lot to gain.

Promising to deliver crispy, tasty food cooked with 80 percent less oil, the AirFryer has found its way onto many a kitchen countertop. Since it was launched by Dutch consumer appliance giant Philips in 2010, air fryers have taken the world by storm, spawning numerous copycats and creating an entirely new class of kitchen gadget.

Brokering international partnerships with IPI. 

IPI Singapore is a gateway to global innovations, helping local and regional enterprises tap on technological solutions for future growth.

It is one thing to be an inventor and quite another to be an entrepreneur. Dr. Sze Tiam Lin, senior director of the IPI, found this out back in 1997 when he developed a short-message-service (SMS) smart queue messaging system. While applying for a patent for his invention, Sze had an epiphany.

With increased recognition of the environmental impact and the potential loss in value of the by-products from aquatic wastes, such as frog and fish, which have been traditionally discarded, researchers are increasingly looking at how to recover biomaterials such as collagen and develop them into high value-added products for various applications in the medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetic and food industries.

Kim Eng Seng Machinery Pte Ltd is a local SME that designs, manufactures, repairs, leases and sells ISO container transport trailers.  As part of their drive towards improving productivity, the management of the company decided to explore the use of technology to improve their workflow and raise its productivity.