NEC establishes new research center in Singapore

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NEC Corp has announced the establishment of NEC Laboratories Singapore (NLS), a sophisticated new research center that capitalizes on the latest safety and big data technologies to provide social infrastructure solutions to markets throughout the world.

The NLS is housed within NEC Asia Pacific, NEC’s Singapore-based regional headquarters for the Asia Pacific region. The NLS is NEC’s fifth research center, following Central Research Laboratories (Japan), NEC Laboratories America, NEC Laboratories Europe and NEC Laboratories China.

“The NLS capitalizes on NEC’s advanced technologies in order to create new value while flexibly engaging in joint research with locally-based partners and proactively participating in a variety of field trials,” said Nobuhiro Endo, president, NEC. “Moreover, the NLS aims to accelerate the time-to-market of new technologies that help contribute to the resolution of a broad range of business and social concerns.”

“We are glad that NEC has chosen Singapore to develop cutting edge research in analytics and cyber-security, as these are also growth areas that we have identified for Singapore,” said Leo Yip, Chairman of the Singapore Economic Development Board. “As NEC develops new solutions, we are confident that it will be able to leverage Singapore’s strong research ecosystem and established portfolio of industry verticals.”

Singapore’s government and universities are engaged in a variety of projects that seek to resolve a wide range of urban challenges. The NLS aims to produce solutions for these issues by concentrating on areas that include safety, big data, security and smart energy.