DuPont sets up Asean innovation HQ in S'pore

Singapore

US CHEMICALS firm DuPont is setting up a new innovation and business headquarters in Singapore to deliver new products customised for South-east Asia.

The new headquarters will operate from a 11,000 square metre facility which will open in Biopolis next year. It will house nearly 200 scientists, engineers and business leaders, and will grow to over 300 employees by 2020. It will be part of DuPont's global network of 13 innovation centres and 150 research and development centres worldwide.