The new facility, which opened its doors last week in Biopolis One, will employ food scientists, flavorists, colour chemists and applications scientists.
“This facility enables us to replicate our customers’ own manufacturing processes, making it easier to develop products and technologies that can be tailored to their specific application environments,” said Paul Manning, president and chief executive of Wisconsin-based Sensient.
“It is at these globally connected innovation centres where our people and our insight into our customers’ processes have enabled us to achieve a position of strength in our local markets.”
Singapore is increasingly becoming home to development centres for multinational companies as suppliers such as DSM, Palsgaard and Barentz use the location to tailor their ingredients specifically for Asia-Pacific markets.
“The new facility will enable us to work more closely with our customers to satisfy their product, application technology and innovation requirements, as well as helping to inspire their next generation of products,” Manning added.