LTA partners Singapore startup nuTonomy

The Land Transport Authority (LTA) announced that the vision of using an app to summon a self-driving vehicle to take passengers to their destination is now one step nearer.

In a press release, LTA said nuTonomy, a startup founded in 2013 by Drs Karl Iagnemma and Emilio Frazzoli, has been conducting on-road testing with its Mitsubishi i-MiEV at one-north.

The company is working to launch an autonomous mobility-on-demand service with a fleet of five to 10 vehicles in Singapore in 2018. Commuters will be able to use a smartphone application to summon a vehicle that will take them from their doorstep to their selected destination, LTA added.

The trial programme at one-north will enable the company to gather insights on and improve the commuter experience of these self-driving vehicles, and allows nuTonomy to expand its fleet progressively in preparation for the launch of its commercial service, it said.

The deal with nuTonomy was one of two partnership agreements LTA inked on Monday to drive the Government's car-lite vision. The other was with Delphi Automotive Systems, which aims to trial and operationalise a fleet of five shared self-driving vehicles with the potential to scale up for such a shuttle service to serve an entire town, it said in its press release.

Source<> http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/lta-partners-singapore/3003354.html

ExxonMobil to Set up Synthetic Lubricant Plant in Singapore

ExxonMobil recently announced that it is expanding its operations into Singapore to produce synthetic lubricants, including Mobil 1, the company's flagship synthetic engine oil.

The expansion will further strengthen the company's manufacturing capabilities and ability to meet the growing demand for ExxonMobil synthetic products in the Asia-Pacific region.

When completed in the second half of 2017, the new facility will be one of six locations where Mobil 1 is produced and the only plant in the Asia-Pacific region producing Mobil 1.

"Adding Singapore to our network of Mobil 1 manufacturing facilities will ensure customers' needs are met well into the future," said Bennett Hansen, Asia-Pacific lubricant sales director at ExxonMobil. "The new Singapore facility will employ innovative manufacturing technologies, demonstrating the company's commitment to bringing premium products and technology to the market."

Strategically located next to ExxonMobil's manufacturing site in Jurong, the lubricant plant adds to the company's increasing lubricants and specialties production capabilities in Singapore. ExxonMobil has operated in Singapore for more than a century and has continued to grow its integrated refining and petrochemicals manufacturing site.

The new production facility is in addition to the company's recently announced grease manufacturing investment.
source:machinerylubrication

Workshop on organic standards

The Food Standards Industry Series customised for food companies are interested in organizing the workshop and to increase their potentials with the best practices to improve their productivity. It is also focused in the facilitate market access to move up the value chain. This workshop will cover the overview of organic standards and understanding of the route to organic certification by industry players.

The workshop will be conducted on may 14 at Merah Singapore 159457.The main objective of the workshop is that the participants will be provided with an understanding of the overview of organic standards and its principles. Participants will learn from case studies on the various routes to organic certification from three organic farmers who had successfully obtained their organic standards certification.

The participants will also be given the opportunity to understand about the application of various organic standards and principles such as National Association for Sustainable Agriculture Australia (NASAA).The Programme is tentative and is subject to change at the sole discretion of Singapore Manufacturing Federation.

Source<> http://www.smfederation.org.sg/

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