With the recent spectacular developments in
microelectronics, mechanics, exploitation of new
materials, biotechnology and many other fields of
technology, local manufacturing companies,
especially of small to medium sizes, have been
experiencing growing difficulty in upgrading their
capacity to keep up with the progress.
To get over this difficulty, the Industrial
Research Center of Shiga Prefecture was established
by the Prefectural Government. The Center now plays
an important part in the promotion of local
industrial development, as the key institution for
supporting those companies, through such general
services as technical consultation and guidance,
the opening of facilities to the public and
technology transfer, based on the technical
capacity cultivated by its R&D activities. In
addition, the Center plays the role of coordinator
for cooperation between industrial, academic and
official circles.
The Center is always making efforts to become an
'open' and 'reliable' center for prefecture
residents. |
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