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Ningbo launches innovation center for magnetic materials

chinadaily.com.cn| Updated:  January 22, 2019 L M S

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The Zhejiang Manufacturing Innovation Center for Magnetic Material Application Technology is launched in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province on Jan 17. [Photo/zj.zjol.com]

An innovation center for the R&D and application of magnetic materials was launched in Ningbo, East China's Zhejiang province on Jan 17. 

The Zhejiang Manufacturing Innovation Center for Magnetic Material Application Technology is co-funded by the Ningbo Institute of Industrial Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and DMEGC, a leading domestic magnetic material manufacturer. 

It is designed to integrate all possible R&D resources to help solve the key technological problems being faced in the field of magnetic materials and related industries. 

"We will focus on the R&D, application and commercialization of the industry's common and core technologies, cultivate more innovative talents and serve as a platform for international exchanges and cooperation, so as to build the center into a globally leading innovation base in the magnetic material field," said a director of the center. 

It is the second provincial-level manufacturing innovation center in Ningbo after Zhejiang Graphene Manufacturing Innovation Center which was launched in the city in December 2017.

China has witnessed a rapid growth in its magnetic industry over the past three decades, and is currently the world's largest manufacturer and consumer of magnetic materials. Zhejiang is the largest domestic provincial producer in the industry, and there are over 100 magnetic material manufacturers in Ningbo alone.

The manufacturing innovation center is a new type of platform established by innovative entities such as companies, research institutes and schools of higher learning. China aims to build around 15 State-level such centers from 2016 to 2020, with one each being built for different industries.

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Seven experts in the field of magnetic materials are appointed as members of the center's first expert committee at the launch ceremony of the center. [Photo/zj.zjol.com]

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