DuPont expands R&D centre in China

DuPont announced today the opening of the second phase of its China Research and Development Centre. With this expansion, the DuPont China R&D Centre adds 17,500 sq m and will house an additional 150 researchers, focusing on new material applications in solar energy, bio-based materials and automotive materials and testing capabilities. “Science is the engine that drives DuPont. Together with our partners, we are applying our vast range of scientific expertise and knowledge to address some of the world’s most complex challenges in the areas of food, energy and protection,” said Ellen Kullman, Chair and Chief Executive Officer, DuPont.

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The DuPont China R&D Centre plays an important role in the company’s global business strategy, delivering innovative offerings to meet local market needs since its opening in 2005. As one of the company’s major R&D facilities outside the US, the DuPont China R&D centre currently provides technical expertise to customers in this region and globally for research, application development, training, technology transfer, and sales of DuPont technologies and products. This centre also enables technological exchanges and research collaborations between DuPont and its partners including leading Chinese and Asian universities and research institutions.
 
As a world-leading science company, DuPont invested more than $ 2.1 billion in research and development in 2012 and has 150 R&D facilities around the world. The DuPont China R&D Center is located in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park of Shanghai, one of China’s national level technical parks dedicated to high-tech start-ups and research organisations.