HP to set up new R&D lab
March 30th, 2010 Posted in General, Industry NewsAMERICAN tech giant Hewlett-Packard is setting up a new R&D lab in Singapore that will focus on improving the navigation and design of its printers.
HP is currently looking for a site for its new Inkjet Web Solutions Global Design Center, which is expected to be up and running by early next year, said the company’s executive vice-president for its imaging and printing group, Mr Vyomesh Joshi, in an interview with the Straits Times on Tuesday.
Within the centre – HP‘s only such facility outside the United States – its researchers will look for ways to improve the company’s upcoming web-enabled printers, from more intuitive touch-screen menus to allow users to select pictures from online photo galleries, to connecting the printer to networking devices like home wireless routers with fewer clicks.
HP, which has a 46 per cent market share of the global printer market, will also be hiring experts in industrial design, ergonomics, and materials science to improve the look-and-feel of its printers, so they do not look out-of-place in modern designer living rooms, said Mr Joshi, a member of HP‘s executive team, who received the Friend of Singapore award from President SR Nathan earlier on Tuesday.
The prestigious award is given out to senior business leaders in recognition of their contributions to Singapore’s economic growth.
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