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Infineon Technologies has announced separate collaborations with Asian industry leaders, CapitaLand Investment and Hyundai Motor Group, to empower startups in Asia to develop innovations in sustainability, future mobility, smart cities and smart factory.

“This is the first time that Infineon is collaborating with the two titans of the industry to empower our communities of startups to deliver innovations that can make life easier, safer and greener”, said Chua Chee Seong, President and Managing Director at Infineon Technologies Asia Pacific. “We welcome CapitaLand Investment and Hyundai Motor Group into our Asia Pacific innovation ecosystem. Together, we aim to inspire new electrification and digitalisation solutions that address real-world challenges and make the world a better place for all”.

CapitaLand Investment’s Smart Urban Co-Innovation Lab1 will spearhead this collaboration with Infineon. The Lab is Southeast Asia’s first industry-led platform focused on smart cities solutions that brings together leaders across various industries to catalyse co-innovation communities and seed new market opportunities, leveraging Singapore Science Park as a living lab. Infineon will work with startups on innovations for sustainability such as energy management and urban farming. Additionally, Infineon and the Lab are keen to bring communities of startups together to inspire innovations for a better world. These will involve sustainability-themed engagements such as workshops, technology demos or networking sessions.

With Hyundai, a global corporation with a value chain based on automobiles, steel, construction, logistics, finance, IT and service, Infineon aims to empower startups with innovations in future mobility, smart cities and smart factory. Startups selected by Hyundai and Infineon will be offered the opportunity to be in Infineon’s Co-Innovation Space in Singapore. Subsequently, the collaboration will also be expanded globally.

Infineon has a strong track record of successfully empowering startups at its Co-Innovation Space located where its experts provide insights and guidance to startups on systems engineering, chip and system design, business innovation and design thinking. Infineon experts help startups improve the quality, reliability, performance and value for real-world applications.

Startups have “graduated” from the Co-Innovation Space, which was established in 2018, with some showcasing their innovations today at Infineon’s OktoberTech Asia Pacific, an annual symposium for corporate innovators, startups, academics, investors and policymakers.

Gan Kim Yong, Minister for Trade and Industry of Singapore, was Guest-of-Honor while Dr. Helmut Gassel, Chief Marketing Officer at Infineon, delivered the keynote speech at this year’s symposium, a hybrid event with global and regional experts speaking on topics relating to Innovation for Sustainability.

Infineon has made Singapore its Asia Pacific base for more than 50 years, investing S$700 million over the past decade. Singapore has become the lead site for smart factory solutions development and the global test hub for automotive microcontroller units. It is also a key node for Infineon global distribution and one of the major microelectronics R&D centers in Asia.

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