Press Release 2011

Japan's leading diversified materials manufacturer Nitto Denko Corporation and its wholly-owned subsidiary Hydranautics enter into a business collaboration agreement with Memstar Technology Ltd, a Singapore-based leading manufacturer of high performance hollow fiber membranes, Nitto Denko announced today. 
Nitto Denko's water treatment membrane business is currently centered on the reverse osmosis (RO) membrane field. In its business expansion efforts targeting the wastewater reclamation and industrial fields in China and other global regions, Nitto Denko strives to boost hollow fiber membrane product lineup and pursue creative fusion of technological expertise through collaboration with Memstar, which capitalizes on the advanced production lines in China as well as the state-of-art R&D facilities in Singapore.

Building on the world's top-class water treatment membrane technologies, Nitto Denko/Hydranautics has a track record in the fields of seawater desalination, ultrapure water production and wastewater reclamation, among others. In particular the company holds the No.1 share in the global market of RO membranes, targeting applications such as seawater desalination and ultrapurewater production for semiconductor manufacturing. 
As the world's water shortage is anticipated to become increasingly severe in the future, Nitto Denko strives to offer solutions to the problem through its endeavors in the water treatment membrane business.

Memstar Technology Ltd is a high-tech company listed on the main board of the Singapore Exchange (SGX), specializing in the manufacture and application of hollow fiber membranes. Founded in 1979, the company produces membrane products with excellent chemical resistence in China and distributes them in the global market. 
For more information, visit http://www.memstar.com.sg/english.