Upgrade your membership plan for the full website experience.
View Membership Plans
November 5, 2026

Singapore Expands Support for Manufacturers Adopting Advanced Technologies

Minister of State for Energy, Trade and Industry Gan Siow Huang speaks at the Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific event on Oct 21
Minister of State for Energy, Trade and Industry Gan Siow Huang speaks at the Industrial Transformation Asia-Pacific event on Oct 21. Photo credit: Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) — https://www.facebook.com/ASTARSG/posts/%F0%9D%97%AA%F0%9D%97%B5%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%98%81-%F0%9D%97%B1%F0%9D%97%BC%F0%9D%97%B2%F0%9D%98%80-%F0%9D%97%B6%F0%9D%98%81-%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%AE%F0%9D%97%B8%F0%9D%97%B2-%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%97%BC-%F0%9D%98%81%F0%9D%
November 5, 2026

On October 21, Minister of State for Energy, Trade and Industry (METI) Gan Siow Huang announced that Singapore will allocate more than SGD 45 million over three years to help manufacturers adopt AI through Enterprise Singapore’s Catalytic AI Solutions initiative. The program will provide small and medium-sized enterprises with ready-to-deploy tools for product design, quotation processing, production scheduling, and predictive maintenance. Enterprise Singapore will co-fund adoption by eligible companies and bring together technology providers, system integrators, and industry associations to support implementation. The initiative aims to address key barriers to AI adoption, including implementation costs, limited access to industry-specific solutions, and uncertainty over returns on investment. The announcement forms part of Singapore's broader AI Mission in Advanced Manufacturing, which seeks to increase manufacturing productivity and output through greater AI deployment. In parallel, Singapore will expand support for industrial AI research and commercialization through the next phase of the AI Centre of Excellence for Manufacturing (AIMfg), which has partnered with 30 manufacturers and completed 23 AI deployment projects across sectors including aerospace, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and energy.

Membership Plans

Corporate Council

Corporate membership provides general advocacy support, access to all country- and industry-specific updates, and access to most Council events.

  • Business missions to all 10 ASEAN markets which engage governments at the highest levels.
  • Off-the-record roundtables and policy briefings with senior government leaders in ASEAN and the U.S.
  • On-the-ground support for promoting your positions/policy priorities with policy makers.
  • Industry-specific, country-specific, cross-sector and regional advocacy through committees that target their engagement based on member priorities.
  • Advocacy on your behalf in situations where your company should not be directly identified or is unable to be present.

Chairman’s Council

Corporate membership provides general advocacy support, access to all country- and industry-specific updates, and access to most Council events.

  • All Corporate benefits.
  • Assistance with resolving company-specific trade or investment issues through our six regional offices and U.S.-based staff.
  • Develop effective advocacy strategies to impact policy concerns.
  • Identification of, and engagement with appropriate policy influencers to impact policy concerns.
  • Assistance in conducting follow-up after engaging government leaders (can include providing officials with additional materials, setting up meetings with their staff, getting a readout of the government’s reaction to the discussion).
  • Support for developing arguments that will resonate with target stakeholders.
  • Leading and setting the agenda and policy priorities of the Country and Industry Committees.