Global technology and engineering group, Emerson has today opened an advanced additive manufacturing centre at its Singapore campus.
Emerson’s second location to boast additive manufacturing capabilities, the company is aiming to spur innovation and accelerate speed to market for new products from its Asia-Pacific HQ. According to Emerson, additive manufacturing enables its engineers to broaden their scope beyond the limits of standard manufacturing processes to develop cutting edge solutions to meet more demanding and stringent processes.
Through this new centre, Emerson will adopt additive manufacturing technologies to produce customised and application-specific parts and products. Serving to strengthen Emerson’s additive manufacturing program, launched three years ago with the opening of a similar facility in Marshalltown, Iowa, engineers based in the new centre will work on research and development and pilot production services for all Emerson business around the world.
“This Singapore centre, along with out Marshalltown centre, will play a key role in helping Emerson move quickly to leverage the benefits of additive manufacturing to meet our customers’ needs in Asia Pacific and around the world,” said David Farr, chairman and CEO of Emerson. “We greatly appreciate the support of the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), which has been a great partner and gave us the confidence to make the investment here.”
Singapore was selected for Emerson’s second additive manufacturing facility due to its ‘strong manufacturing ecosystem, favourable business climate, excellent transportation linkages, educated workforce and good universities, and robust intellectual property protections.’ Emerson has used Singapore as its Asia-Pacific headquarters since 1965.
In conjunction with the launch of the Singapore additive manufacturing base, Emerson has entered into a five-year research partnership with agreement with Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore. As a world-leading research-intensive university, this collaboration will be beneficial to the NTU postgraduate students who will be able to get training in additive manufacturing at the Emerson centre, and take part in real-world product research projects.
“We are pleased to partner with Emerson in the opening of its new additive manufacturing centre, which will help enhance Singapore’s standing as an internationally recognised hub for high-tech manufacturing excellence,” said Mr Lim Kok Kiang, assistant managing director of the Singapore EDB. “This global centre will not only raise our international competitiveness, but also contribute towards the grooming of skilled Singaporean talent in the area of advanced manufacturing.”
