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Although we are a private limited company, we actively communicate our progress, and are proud of our accomplishments to date.

In addition to the news items highlighted below, we have also participated in a number of local and overseas conferences and exhibitions.  Follow this link for further information, including a list of events that we plan to attend in the near future:

2008

7th January 2008 - 'Singular ID acquired by Bilcare', as Bilcare plays out its strategy to become the leading anti-counterfeiting solution provider in the pharmaceutical industry.

2007

27th November 2007- 'Singular ID launches No To Fakes initiative', a new web portal that connects brand owners with the consumer to disseminate information about how to avoid buying fakes.

   20th August 2007 - Singular ID wins the Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation of the Year Award 2007, in the category of Asia Pacific Emerging Security Technologies.

31st July 2007 - ‘Singular ID closes Series A round of finance', news of Innogest SGR and Upstream Ventures leading the syndication to invest in Singular ID as the company enters its growth phase.

4th July 2007 - ‘Singular ID Italia and EuroMark launch anti-counterfeiting fabric labels', news of how Singular ID's enxure enterprise brand security system is being tailored for the premium fashion and apparel industry.

18th May 2007 - ‘Singular ID continues to enhance technology', an update about our technical achievements, including the demonstration of a prototype Bluetooth scanner in Japan authenticating over the 3G telecommunications network.

12th February 2007 - ‘Singular ID launches the enxure on-line portal', an addition to our service offering that enables brand owners to remotely manage their enxure labels and associated products as they travel through the supply chain.

19th January 2007 - ‘Singular ID receives repeat order and scales-up production', news of Sanden International (Singapore) placing a new order for enxure labels to satisfy its entire manufacturing output for one year.

2006

21st December 2006 - ‘Singular ID featured in Global Identification trade journal', an article written by Singular ID's CEO Adrian Burden, and published whilst Sanden International Singapore rolls-out our enterprise brand security system.

30th November 2006 - ‘Singular ID wins ZDNet Asia's Breakthrough Award', and is cited in the Top Ten Asian TechnoVisionaries category.

26th October 2006 - ‘Singular ID is finalist for the GES Award', news that we are one of six finalists for the prestigious Global Entropolis @ Singapore (GES) Award 2006.

25th September 2006 - ‘Singular ID closes new round of finance', news that Tigris Capital invests in Singular ID to provide interim capital ahead of an anticipated next major round of finance.

24th August 2006 - ‘Singular ID launches enxure', an event attended by Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr S. Iswaran.

21st August 2006 - ‘Singular ID named Red Herring 100 Asia winner', a press release from our investor Advance Nanotech announcing our award, recognising Singular ID as one of 100 private technology firms in Asia driving the future of technology.

26th July 2006 - ‘Singular ID is Red Herring 100 Asia finalist', recognition for being one of the most promising companies in Asia for 2006, by being selected as one of the final 200 companies vying to be recognised in the winning 100.

12th June 2006 - ‘Singular ID's patent portfolio strengthens and grows', now that its first licensed patent is granted, its second licensed patent application receives a favourable examiner’s review, and two further patent applications are filed.

17th May 2006 - ‘Singular ID launches Italian subsidiary', following its success last year in the Nanochallenge 2005 international business plan competition, Singular ID Italia Srl is incorporated with an investment from Veneto Nanotech.  The subsidiary will target anti-counterfeiting and brand security in the Personal Premium Fashion Goods sector.

28th April 2006 - ‘Singular ID signs MOU with GPRO Technologies', enabling the two companies to cooperate and join efforts to provide integrated tracking, supply chain management and anti-counterfeiting products and services for the apparel and textile industries.

28th February 2006 - ‘Singular ID signs agreement with Aurigin Technology', enabling this experienced builder in the RFID and semiconductor industry to work on automated tag manufacturing systems and processes for Singular ID's products.

24th February 2006 - ‘Singular ID announces its Board of Advisors', putting in place an experienced and diverse team to help shape the future of the company.

2005

22nd November 2005 - ‘Singular ID's CEO wins business award', recognition from the British Chamber of Commerce, Singapore, which awarded Adrian Burden 'Entrepreneur of the Year' at the British Business Awards 2005.

14th November 2005 - ‘Singular ID wins Nanochallenge 2005', an international business plan competition held in Padua, Italy on the 11th and 12th of November.  This will enable Singular ID to set up its European operation ahead of schedule.

31st October 2005 - ‘Singular ID secures major order for its state-of-the-art brand protection system', news of a significant order from Sanden International (Singapore) Pte. Ltd., a leading multinational component manufacturer in the automotive industry.

12th October 2005 - ‘Singular ID signs an agreement with IMS Corporation', an agreement signed with IMS Corporation to jointly design, develop and commercially manufacture scanners based on Singular ID’s proprietary technology.

29th September 2005 - ‘Singular ID is recognised as a SEEDS Enterprise at the Global Entrepolis', Singular ID took part in the ceremony at the Global Entrepolis that recognised 21 firms which have received or been offered Start-up Enterprise Development Scheme (SEEDS) funding based on qualifying third party investments and a suitable business plan.  Here is a photograph of Dr Adrian Burden, Singular ID's CEO, with the certificate recognising Singular ID as a SEEDS Enterprise.

26th September 2005 - ‘Singular ID demonstrates global authentication using GPRS', news of a key technical milestone as we work towards a commercial product with global reach.

8th September 2005 - ‘Singular ID signs an agreement with Adampak, one of South East Asia's leading label converters', our first agreement towards high volume manufacturing of products containing our technology.

8th August 2005 - ‘Advance Nanotech acquires equity stake in Singular ID’, a press release announcing investment from Advance Nanotech Inc, their first significant investment in the Asian nanotechnology market.

11th May 2005 - ‘A*STAR’S Nano-magnetic “fingerprint” technology to be commercialised by Singular ID Pte. Ltd. to fight counterfeiting’, a press release announcing our signing of the exclusive license agreement with Exploit Technologies Pte. Ltd. and an incubation and co-investment agreement with the BioVenture Centre Pte. Ltd.  

1st Feb 2005 – ‘Fingerprinting objects’, a cover story feature on Singular ID’s technology in Innovation, The Magazine of Research & Technology published by National University of Singapore and World Scientific Publishing; Volume 5, No. 2, p.18-19.

2004

14th October 2004 – ‘Asian Innovation Awards’, Singular ID technology was selected as one of 12 finalists from 84 international entries, and described as ‘cutting edge’ in the feature describing the finalists in the Far Eastern Economic Review, October 14th 2004 edition, p.40-47.

15th June 2004 – ‘8th Roland Berger-INSEAD Business Plan Competition’, our team, presenting the Singular ID business plan, came first runner up after collaborating with two INSEAD MBA students Alix Taffle and Bartjan Van Hulten from the INSEAD Asia campus.  Reported in IMRE's Perspective's publication, Sept. 2004, p.2.

1st June 2004 – ‘Singular ID – Magnetic fingerprint tags’, an early feature of our technology whilst being researched and developed within the Institute of Materials Research and Engineering (IMRE), appearing in Impact Vol.4, Issue 2, p.1-2.