The Vietnam Advanced Manufacturing Research Center (VAMRC), a joint challenge of Vietnam and Singapore, is about to develop automation, robotics, synthetic intelligence in manufacturing, manufacturing unit digital transformation, green manufacturing, and provide chain resilience.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Science and Technology and the Singaporean Embassy in Vietnam mentioned the VAMRC cooperation on Wednesday, the ministry mentioned in a press release on the identical day. The cooperation is in line with a doc signed in May between Vietnam’s industrial park developer Becamex and Singapore’s Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
Becamex is a participant in the alliance with Singapore’s Sembcorp to develop industrial parks per the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP) mannequin in Vietnam.
The proposed VAMRC would join companies, universities, research institutes, and know-how answer suppliers. It would tackle issues from firms, then develop, take a look at, and validate applied sciences earlier than deploying them on manufacturing strains. The center can assist corporations assess options and scale back threat and price earlier than committing to large-scale funding.
Shared laboratory and research amenities could be accessible to overseas firms, small and medium-sized enterprises, and universities for research, prototyping, know-how testing, and new product improvement. For current factories, the center can help know-how upgrades and course of optimization with out requiring full manufacturing line replacements.
Vietnamese Minister of Science and Technology Vu Hai Quan mentioned the ministry would help Becamex and A*STAR in constructing the center, probably with assistance from state sources. He requested Becamex to work with A*STAR to produce an in depth proposal protecting targets, precedence areas, a governance mannequin, funding wants, and the position of every occasion.
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