- Strong demand for co-working laboratory space as more SMEs and start-ups conduct R&D to innovate

- Plans to expand into Asia-pacific region, starting with Australia

SINGAPORE, Feb 20, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - ACROMETA Group Limited [SGX: 43F], an established specialist engineering service provider in the field of controlled environments serving mainly the healthcare, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, research and academia sectors, has entered into a legally binding letter of intent (LOI) to purchase an additional 40% of the outstanding shares of Life Sciences Incubator Pte Ltd (LSI) for a total consideration of S$1.6 million payable in tranches, based on realization of agreed milestones in its immediate expansion plan. Upon completion of the purchase, the Group will control 70% of LSI, up from the current 30%.

LSI currently operates a 6,500 sq feet co-working laboratory space at The German Centre in Singapore serving SMEs and start-ups. Launched in September 2021, LSI at German Centre garners very healthy occupancy rates within a year of operations. Fueled by strong demand, as more and more companies conduct R&D to bring innovative products into the market, LSI is looking to expand in Singapore as well as in the region.

The additional stake will add another dimension of growth to the Group's business as it becomes not only a builder of laboratories but also an operator of co-working laboratory space.

"This potentially carves out a new promising mainstream business for us as controlled environment specialist", says ACROMETA Executive Chairman, Mr Levin Lee Keng Weng. Levin Lee added, "I am glad that ACROMETA, through LSI, can play a vital role in supporting the R&D of startups and SMEs, where their innovation and new discoveries will make the world a better place for us to live in. Our co-working laboratory spaces will make it easier for their dreams to come true."

The co-working laboratory space business has strong growth potential locally as Singapore transforms its economy towards high-value sectors with more and more companies conducting research & development activities. Serving SMEs and start-ups and in particular those in the MedTech, Biotech, Biopharma, FoodTech, and Healthcare sectors, LSI provides flexible co-working laboratory spaces for their research and development.

With access to communal state-of-the-art specialized equipment, technologies and facilities as well as event and office spaces, this enables start-ups and SMEs to innovate and conduct their cutting-edge R&D without having to shoulder the prohibitive costs involved if they were to install such specialized infrastructure by themselves.

By collocating in The German Centre and working closely with them, LSI is also able to provide complementary office spaces and meeting rooms when needed, forming an ideal partnership of both co-working office and laboratory space. The German Centre is a worldwide network which supports businesses by providing offices with specialized co-working office space, advice and networking for startups and SMEs. It is renowned for its German DNA of efficiency and quality. Therefore, the Group is exploring further collaboration with The German Centre in the expansion plans of LSI.

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