Ryobi Kiso Holdings Ltd. has launched the Centre for Geotechnical Engineering & Industrial Technology (GEIT) in Singapore to build new competencies in ground engineering technologies. The Centre, supported by the Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB), will be housed within the company's existing facility. It will focus on the development of deep industrial technology capabilities in areas including geotechnical engineering and heavy machinery sectors. R&D outcomes will resolve engineering challenges, raise productivity and promote sustainable construction. The company will also be exploring R&D collaborations with local research institutes and universities in the future. In addition, the company is committed to grooming a core group of ground engineering specialists with expertise in areas such as big data, data analytics, industrial robotics, artificial intelligence, machine learning and visual recognition. This will build a new pipeline of highly specialised digital talent, to help accelerate the development of new capabilities and solutions for the ground engineering sector. This is also aligned with the recent Professional Services Industry Transformation Map's (ITM) recommendation to equip the workforce with new emerging skills in areas such as digitalization. Analogous to the logistics sector being an enabler of trade, the company's geotechnical engineering expertise plays a similar role as an enabler for the infrastructure space.