Third from right, Dr Chai-Hock Teng, Vice President and General Manager of Agilent’s Chemical Analysis Group in South Korea and the South Asia Pacific region and the Agilent Korea’s Chemical Analysis Group management team at the official opening of the new Agilent Customer Applications and Training Centre in Seoul

Agilent Technologies Opens Regional Applications and Training Centre for Bio-analytical Instruments in South Korea

Sep 17 2012

Agilent Technologies Inc have opened a new Customer Applications and Training Centre in South Korea, showcasing its latest bio-analytical instruments. The company’s goal is to collaborate with customers to develop new applications and methodologies for research in the agriculture, environment and semiconductor industries. The centre will also help train chemists and engineers in the South Asia and Pacific region on the use of cutting-edge spectroscopy and mass-spectrometry instruments and technologies.

Unique to the centre is a clean room designed for engineers, chemists and other scientists in the semiconductor industry to conduct tests and studies of materials using Agilent’s latest atomic and molecular spectroscopy instruments. This Class1000-certified clean room is maintained to ensure a very low level of environmental pollutants such as dust, airborne microbes, aerosol particles and chemical vapours, specifically less than 1,000 such particles per cubic foot.

“South Korea is an important market for Agilent,” said Dr Chai-Hock Teng, Vice President and General Manager of Agilent’s Chemical Analysis Group in South Korea and the South Asia Pacific region. “The country is home to some of the world’s top electronics manufacturers, major Asian and international pharmaceutical and chemical firms, as well as other industrial giants. To better support our customers as they grow and push the boundaries of science, we have established the Agilent Customer Applications and Training Centre to offer collaboration and training programs.

“This centre is also available to customers outside of South Korea. In fact, we look forward to bringing together customers from the South Asia Pacific region and playing our part in shaping high standards in the agriculture, environment and semiconductor industries.”

The centre is located in the Gangnam area in Seoul and is staffed by a team of experienced chemists and engineers.