Nestle is expanding their
R&D in SG. More jobs for Singaporeans? Anyone will be
interested to join?
http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/nestle-to-expand-r-d/1101528.html
Nestle to expand R&D presence in
Singapore
SINGAPORE: Nestle said it
is planning to progressively expand its research and development
presence in Singapore with additional manpower, resources and
investment.
The food and beverage
company is currently conducting research with Singapore in the area
of food and nutrition.
During his official visit
to Switzerland, President Tony Tan Keng Yam toured the Nestle
Research Centre in Lausanne on Friday to learn more about the
research projects that are already underway.
The metabolic unit of the
Nestle Research Centre provides laboratories for human studies --
in particular, it researches health problems such as obesity,
diabetes and osteoporosis.
During his visit to the
centre, President Tan was shown how energy expenditure is measured,
as well as how the centre evaluates the impact of food and
ingredients on human biology and health.
In January 2014, Nestle
entered into a partnership with Singapore's Agency for Science,
Technology and Research (A*STAR) to strengthen its food and
nutrition research and development.
The projects that will
come out of the Nestle-A*STAR partnership will cover topics in the
areas of food and science technology, nutrition, ingredients,
packaged foods and biotransformation. The first of such projects
will begin later this year.
Other than the focus on
biotransformation, or the process of transforming raw materials
into nutritious ingredients, Nestle is also looking to Singapore
for help in analysing large sets of data to help its future
business decisions.
Valerio Nannini, senior
vice president and head of strategies and performance at Nestle,
said: "We have a lot of interest to explore that big data
information and collaborate with the government in Singapore in
terms of being able to get the necessary data analytics out of
it.
"(Data) that can be used
for the industry and to understand better the consumers and many
other things that we aren't able to analyse in a short amount of
time."
In addition to food and
nutrition R&D, Nestle Singapore also offers industrial
attachments to students to provide them with mentorship and skills
development opportunities.
- CNA/ac
