PerkinElmer, Inc., a global technology leader in Health Sciences and Photonics, has celebrated the opening of a new Centre of Excellence in Singapore on Mar 26. The centre will serve as a base for the company's R&D efforts in Asia.
It will focus on the development of new precision instrumentation and chemistries for a range of scientific and industrial laboratory applications, including drug discovery and development, environmental monitoring, food safety, and sustainable energy.
The new Centre of Excellence, led by Anthony Fernando, will manufacture instruments for atomic absorption spectroscopy and UV/Visible spectroscopy to detect both inorganic and organic materials in the environment, food, materials and oil industries.
The new facility will also focus R&D efforts in support of the expansion of PerkinElmer's EcoAnalytix solutions family.
EcoAnalytix is PerkinElmer's problem-solving initiative that addresses the global imperatives of food and consumer product safety, water quality and sustainable energy development.
The company says Asia represents a key growth region for its business, with significant growth opportunities in areas such as pharmaceutical research, neonatal and prenatal screening, and environmental monitoring.
