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Enhancing Capabilities
Singapore sees its dynamic nanotech landscape as a “horizontal enabler” that enhances the capabilities of other industries. It has some 50 companies, a mix of big and small, involved in various aspects of nanotechnology in many other industries. BASF, which established its first Asian research facility – the Competence Center for Nanostructured Surfaces – here in 2005 is one such company.
Singapore sees its dynamic nanotech landscape as a “horizontal enabler” that enhances the capabilities of other industries. It has some 50 companies, a mix of big and small, involved in various aspects of nanotechnology in many other industries. BASF, which established its first Asian research facility – the Competence Center for Nanostructured Surfaces – here in 2005 is one such company.
Homegrown companies have also been making waves. Pasture Pharma, a participant in the conference, and a proven player in the pharmaceutical world for its medical and pharmaceutical sourcing services, has introduced its revolutionary NT-V anti-microbial mask. The mask employs nanotechnology to not only filter airborne micro-organisms such as H5N1, MRSA and tuberculosis but actively kill these deadly microorganisms too.
