The facility, founded in 2017, has been a regional research hub serving Asean academia and businesses.

Due to the high demand in the past two years, the centre has been expanded and the lab now features a wider range of leading brands to help researchers in developing technical and application expertise.

The enhanced Centre of Excellence is located at the Venture Club Building of the Science Department in Mahidol University.

The university aims to transform this modern building into the go-to centre for the latest technology and equipment – and Switzerland-based DKSH is the university’s first partner to help realise the vision.

The Centre of Excellence has doubled in space and features instruments, covering chemical, physical and structural-material analysis from some of the world’s leading brands, including Malvern Panalytical, Claisse, Pharmatest, Lauda, Mitsubishi and Tecan.

A fully dedicated local application manager will provide high-quality services and application knowledge for researchers to facilitate results.

The fully equipped centre also offers a seminar and training room to enable knowledge-sharing and development.

Marco Farina, general manager, business development, at DKSH, said on Tuesday: “The Centre of Excellence will continue to foster the collaboration between DKSH and the academia in Thailand. University staff will have access to the equipment and leverage the leading technologies to conduct their research.

“On top of that, DKSH will use this facility to provide pre- and post-sales support to its key customers, as well as to host tests, training and product demos. We are excited about this expansion and look forward to interacting with many researchers to bring Asean’s research and innovation to the next level.”