Singapore, March 31 -- Shimadzu Scientific Instruments, Inc. (SSI, Columbia, Maryland, USA), a Japan-based Shimadzu Group company, has opened a satellite lab in Boston, Massachusetts to be the base of its collaborative research and development (R&D) activities on the East Coast.

Established to conduct research and development more closely linked to customers, SSI's R&D Centre consists of three bases, with the main facilities at its Maryland headquarters, a West Coast location, and this new space in Boston near the city center. The Boston lab was set up by partnering with Labshares, a shared laboratory service provider for life science companies.

The R&D Center's Boston laboratory will focus primarily on the development of products and t...