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Epson and Shinshu University Conclude Research Agreement
Tokyo
FEB 2006 – Shinshu University and Seiko Epson Corp. (Epson) announced
January 19 they have come to an agreement aimed at ensuring their
mutual growth. The agreement covers areas as diverse as the promotion
of joint research and development, exchanges of human resources,
education and cultivation of human resources, culture and the arts,
contributions to local society, and protection of the environment.
Shinshu
University has previously formed partnership agreements with a wide
range of organizations including local governments, financial
institutions, and corporations. These agreements have aided the
development of human resources, contributed to cultural advances, and
to the creation of new industries in the local community.
This
agreement represents the first time for Shinshu University to enter
into a comprehensive partnership with a manufacturer, and the first
time for Epson to enter into a comprehensive partnership with a
Japanese university.
The university has a particularly strong
research and educational background in nanotechnology, IT,
environmental studies, and life sciences. In recent times, it has
looked to make advances in areas that are problematical in the
corporate world such as research into basic technologies, and long-term
research projects. The university has been especially active in forming
tie-ups with the business world to transfer its technologies, and put
its research results into practice.
Epson, which is based near
Shinshu University in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, has identified the need
to quicken the pace of research and development with greater efficiency
in order to produce distinctive products in a timely manner that
respond to market demands. Moreover, as technology becomes increasingly
complex, it is becoming increasingly difficult for a single company to
bear the expense or spend the time to meet all of these challenges.
Going
forward, the two organizations hope to create an ongoing system that
will maximize resources, and will produce world-class research results.
In addition, it is hoped that the partnership will be successful in
improving learning, developing new industries, and revitalizing the
local economy.
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