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- Collaboration with impact – Turning partnerships into regional innovation for Singapore's next phase of growth
- Innovating for tomorrow – Developing next-gen adhesive solutions that meet future industry needs
- Building sustainable progress – Advancing circular economy and more sustainable processes across industries
SINGAPORE, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- tesa, an international manufacturer of innovative adhesive tapes and self-adhesive product solutions, celebrates its 45th anniversary in Singapore this year, marking more than four decades of longstanding commitment and partnership in supporting the nation's industrial development, skills transformation and sustainability journey.
Since establishing its presence in Singapore in 1981, tesa has grown alongside the country's transformation into a global hub for business, manufacturing and advanced technologies. Over the last 45 years, tesa has played a pivotal role in enabling precision manufacturing, supporting critical industries and fostering talent development across the Asia-Pacific region through Singapore.
A key partner in Singapore's industrial and manufacturing growth
Backed by over 125 years of experience in the development and manufacture of adhesives and in coating technology, tesa supports advanced manufacturing across multiple industries. Today, tesa's adhesive and bonding technologies are embedded in products that power life, from smartphones and automotive vehicles to industrial automation systems and packaging.
"Singapore has become a strategic partner in our growth across Asia-Pacific. Over the past 45 years, we have grown together with Singapore's industrial ecosystem and contributed to nation building through technology, knowledge transfer and long-term partnerships," said Andreas Gunnestrand, President and Regional Manager, tesa tape Asia-Pacific.
Driving innovation and collaboration across the region through Singapore
Innovation and collaboration are central to tesa's global success, with Singapore serving as the Asia-Pacific centre of operational best practices across regional offices in Vietnam, Thailand and India, and supporting the development of advanced technologies across key markets.
Initiatives such as tesa's new state-of-the-art Debonding on Demand laboratory, opened in partnership with A*STAR, underscore the company's commitment to accelerating the development of market-ready adhesive solutions, while further strengthening Singapore's position as a hub for advanced manufacturing and circular economy innovation. tesa's Debonding on Demand technologies enable clean, damage-free separation which allows manufacturers to disassemble and rework components quickly and efficiently to reduce downtime and maintain cost-effectiveness, while supporting compliance with evolving repair and recycling targets.
In addition, tesa Singapore supports regional customers with technical consulting, customised applications and rapid prototyping capabilities, which helps accelerate product development cycles and improve manufacturing efficiency.
Advancing sustainability and responsible growth
Sustainability is a central pillar of tesa's global strategy, with Singapore playing an instrumental role in advancing the company's environmental commitments in the region.
In alignment with the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and broader regional decarbonisation efforts, tesa is focused on reducing emissions, improving resource efficiency and has introduced more sustainable adhesive solutions, including solvent-reduced technologies, bio-based materials and recyclable product designs, to help support customers in achieving their own sustainability goals.
Continuous development into the future
As Singapore enters its next phase of smart manufacturing, electrification and digitalisation, adhesive technologies are playing an increasingly central role in industrial innovation, supporting greater efficiency, performance, and sustainability across industries.
"45 years is both a milestone and a moment of reflection," said Gunnestrand. "Singapore will continue to serve as a strategic gateway for tesa's Asia-Pacific growth, supporting key markets across the region and beyond. We are proud of the role we have played in Singapore's journey, and we remain committed to contributing to the nation's next phase of growth through innovation, talent development and sustainable progress."
About tesa SE
As a multinational company, tesa develops innovative adhesive tapes and self-adhesive product solutions for various industries, commercial customers, and end consumers for more than 125 years. There are already more than 7,000 tesa adhesive solutions that help improve the work, products or lives of our customers. Today, the focus is on sustainability and energy-saving processes. tesa invests in the development of environmentally friendly products and solvent-free manufacture processes as well as in the use of renewable energy sources at its locations.
tesa is active in 100 countries and operates plants in Germany, Italy, China, the USA, and in Vietnam. Around three quarters of the tesa Group's sales (2024: EUR 1.7 billion euro) are generated by applications for industries. Together with its international clients, tesa develops innovations that are customized at product and process level. Already more than 130 tesa tapes may be installed in an electric car and over 70 in a smartphone. In the printing and construction industries, too, tesa is constantly penetrating new segments and countries with its special adhesive tapes. The company generates almost one quarter of its sales with products for end consumers and professional craftsmen. 300 applications, such as the legendary tesafilm®, make life easier or, when it comes to insect protection, even make it a bit more pleasant. tesa counts among the world's leading manufacturers of adhesive solutions. Since 2001, tesa SE is an independent 100% affiliate of Beiersdorf AG (i.e., NIVEA, Eucerin, la prairie) with approx. 5,400 employees today.
- Collaboration with impact – Turning partnerships into regional innovation for Singapore's next phase of growth
- Innovating for tomorrow – Developing next-gen adhesive solutions that meet future industry needs
- Building sustainable progress – Advancing circular economy and more sustainable processes across industries
SINGAPORE, Feb. 10, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- tesa, an international manufacturer of innovative adhesive tapes and self-adhesive product solutions, celebrates its 45th anniversary in Singapore this year, marking more than four decades of longstanding commitment and partnership in supporting the nation's industrial development, skills transformation and sustainability journey.
Since establishing its presence in Singapore in 1981, tesa has grown alongside the country's transformation into a global hub for business, manufacturing and advanced technologies. Over the last 45 years, tesa has played a pivotal role in enabling precision manufacturing, supporting critical industries and fostering talent development across the Asia-Pacific region through Singapore.
A key partner in Singapore's industrial and manufacturing growth
Backed by over 125 years of experience in the development and manufacture of adhesives and in coating technology, tesa supports advanced manufacturing across multiple industries. Today, tesa's adhesive and bonding technologies are embedded in products that power life, from smartphones and automotive vehicles to industrial automation systems and packaging.
"Singapore has become a strategic partner in our growth across Asia-Pacific. Over the past 45 years, we have grown together with Singapore's industrial ecosystem and contributed to nation building through technology, knowledge transfer and long-term partnerships," said Andreas Gunnestrand, President and Regional Manager, tesa tape Asia-Pacific.
Driving innovation and collaboration across the region through Singapore
Innovation and collaboration are central to tesa's global success, with Singapore serving as the Asia-Pacific centre of operational best practices across regional offices in Vietnam, Thailand and India, and supporting the development of advanced technologies across key markets.
Initiatives such as tesa's new state-of-the-art Debonding on Demand laboratory, opened in partnership with A*STAR, underscore the company's commitment to accelerating the development of market-ready adhesive solutions, while further strengthening Singapore's position as a hub for advanced manufacturing and circular economy innovation. tesa's Debonding on Demand technologies enable clean, damage-free separation which allows manufacturers to disassemble and rework components quickly and efficiently to reduce downtime and maintain cost-effectiveness, while supporting compliance with evolving repair and recycling targets.
In addition, tesa Singapore supports regional customers with technical consulting, customised applications and rapid prototyping capabilities, which helps accelerate product development cycles and improve manufacturing efficiency.
Advancing sustainability and responsible growth
Sustainability is a central pillar of tesa's global strategy, with Singapore playing an instrumental role in advancing the company's environmental commitments in the region.
In alignment with the Singapore Green Plan 2030 and broader regional decarbonisation efforts, tesa is focused on reducing emissions, improving resource efficiency and has introduced more sustainable adhesive solutions, including solvent-reduced technologies, bio-based materials and recyclable product designs, to help support customers in achieving their own sustainability goals.
Continuous development into the future
As Singapore enters its next phase of smart manufacturing, electrification and digitalisation, adhesive technologies are playing an increasingly central role in industrial innovation, supporting greater efficiency, performance, and sustainability across industries.
"45 years is both a milestone and a moment of reflection," said Gunnestrand. "Singapore will continue to serve as a strategic gateway for tesa's Asia-Pacific growth, supporting key markets across the region and beyond. We are proud of the role we have played in Singapore's journey, and we remain committed to contributing to the nation's next phase of growth through innovation, talent development and sustainable progress."
About tesa SE
As a multinational company, tesa develops innovative adhesive tapes and self-adhesive product solutions for various industries, commercial customers, and end consumers for more than 125 years. There are already more than 7,000 tesa adhesive solutions that help improve the work, products or lives of our customers. Today, the focus is on sustainability and energy-saving processes. tesa invests in the development of environmentally friendly products and solvent-free manufacture processes as well as in the use of renewable energy sources at its locations.
tesa is active in 100 countries and operates plants in Germany, Italy, China, the USA, and in Vietnam. Around three quarters of the tesa Group's sales (2024: EUR 1.7 billion euro) are generated by applications for industries. Together with its international clients, tesa develops innovations that are customized at product and process level. Already more than 130 tesa tapes may be installed in an electric car and over 70 in a smartphone. In the printing and construction industries, too, tesa is constantly penetrating new segments and countries with its special adhesive tapes. The company generates almost one quarter of its sales with products for end consumers and professional craftsmen. 300 applications, such as the legendary tesafilm®, make life easier or, when it comes to insect protection, even make it a bit more pleasant. tesa counts among the world's leading manufacturers of adhesive solutions. Since 2001, tesa SE is an independent 100% affiliate of Beiersdorf AG (i.e., NIVEA, Eucerin, la prairie) with approx. 5,400 employees today.
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A 45-year bond: tesa drives innovation and sustainable growth in Singapore
HANGZHOU, China, April 3, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A team led by principal investigators Bobo Dang and Ting Zhou at Westlake University/Westlake Laboratory reported in Science a high-throughput platform for engineering fast-acting covalent protein therapeutics. Their work, titled "A high-throughput selection system for fast-acting covalent protein drugs," opens new avenues for next-generation biologics.
Covalent small-molecule drugs have shown great success in cancer therapy by forming irreversible bonds with their targets. This has inspired efforts to extend covalent strategies to protein therapeutics, especially engineered miniproteins. However, their development is limited by a kinetic mismatch: Miniproteins are rapidly cleared in vivo, whereas covalent bond formation is typically slow. In addition, high-throughput platforms for systematically optimizing covalent protein reactivity have been lacking.
To address this challenge, the researchers proposed that precise spatial positioning of chemical warheads within protein scaffolds could enable molecular preorganization, thereby accelerating covalent bond formation without increasing intrinsic reactivity (Fig. 1).
Based on this concept, the team developed a high-throughput platform that combines yeast surface display with chemoselective protein modification to screen diverse crosslinkers and millions of protein variants. By optimizing warhead placement and the local chemical environment, the platform enables rapid and irreversible target engagement.
Using this platform, the researchers developed a covalent antagonist targeting PD-L1, termed IB101. Structural analysis revealed that IB101 forms a defined binding pocket that precisely positions the warhead in a reactive conformation, greatly accelerating covalent bond formation. Functionally, IB101 effectively blocks the PD-1/PD-L1 immune checkpoint pathway and demonstrates strong antitumor activity in mouse models. Notably, despite its short in vivo half-life, IB101 achieves durable target engagement and tumor suppression, outperforming conventional antibody-based therapies under comparable conditions.
The platform was further applied to cytokine engineering, leading to the development of a covalent IL-18 variant, IB201. This engineered cytokine rapidly forms a covalent interaction with its receptor, enhancing signaling strength and duration. In vivo studies showed that IB201 induces potent antitumor immune responses without detectable systemic toxicity. These results highlight the potential of covalent engineering to improve the efficacy and safety of cytokine-based therapies.
Beyond immunotherapy targets, the platform was also applied to develop a covalent inhibitor targeting the receptor-binding domain (RBD) of SARS-CoV-2. This molecule achieves durable viral neutralization, demonstrating the versatility of the approach across different therapeutic modalities.
This study establishes a general strategy for engineering fast-acting covalent protein therapeutics. By enabling covalent bond formation on timescales compatible with rapid in vivo clearance, the platform overcomes a fundamental limitation in the field.
These findings provide a new framework for designing biologics with both rapid kinetics and sustained target engagement, with broad implications for cancer immunotherapy, antiviral therapy, and beyond.
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Fast-Acting Covalent Protein Drugs From a New High-Throughput Platform
