Pidilite Group on marching its new journey on establishing Pidilite Innovation Centre Singapore in 1997. Pidilite Industries Limited, founded in 1959, is a Multi-National Company pioneering in Consumer, Construction and Specialties Chemicals. Our product range includes Adhesives and Sealants, Construction Chemicals, Special Paints, Waterproofing and Protective Coatings, Industrial Adhesives for Wood Joinery. Automotive Chemicals and Art Materials, mostly developed through strong in-house R&D.

Our International Operations, with headquarters in India, have been established in Brazil, UAE (Dubai), Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand and USA. ‘Pidilite Innovation Centre’, in Singapore, is the Centre of Excellence for innovating Green Products. In 2005, Pidilite has acquired Chemson Asia Pte Ltd, an existing Singapore-based in the business of manufacturing waterproof coating and emulsion paints, thereby adding to its existing, and rapidly-growing construction chemicals and paints range.

At the meeting held on 15 December 2006, the board of directors of Pidilite International Singapore, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pidilite Industries, decided to incorporate a wholly-owned subsidiary in Singapore, Pidilite Innovation Centre, to carry out research and development related activities. Pidilite Innovation Centre, is a member of Singapore Chemical Industry Council (SCIC).

The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) of Singapore had recently launched “Zero-Energy Building” as a test-bed for innovative and green building designs by harnessing the solar energy and reducing its energy needs. Pidilite’s innovative energy-saving coatings developed by Singaporean scientist are parts of the innovative technologies needed to reduce the energy consumption for cooling the internal spaces of Green Building, and they are designed to be used for coating on roof and external walls and glass facades that reflect the solar (UV and IR) radiations, facilitate faster radiative cooling, and slow down heat transfer of heat gained on the external surfaces.

Dr. Dien Pandiman is the Executive Director of The Pidilite Innovation Centre, and is responsible for applied research and product innovations of surface coatings and construction chemicals for Pidilite Group of Companies. He has more than 10 years experience in these fields and his research interests are in the future and emerging applications of nano-materials in surface coatings and construction chemicals. He had developed many innovative products and successfully commercialized in the global markets. A Chartered Chemist, Chartered Scientist, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) UK, Dr. D. Pandiman is the Chairman of the RSC Singapore Section, and is the elected Vice-President of Singapore National Institute of Chemistry. He is a Member of SPRING Singapore’s Technical Committee for Surface Coatings, and is also a Technical Assessor, under the Singapore Accreditation Council-Singapore Laboratory Accreditation Scheme (SAC-SINGLAS) for technical audits at various independent laboratories in Singapore.