Japan's Dai Nippon Printing (DNP) will establish a new research and development base in Telangana, India, in April 2026, to advance and reinforce its global R&D strategy. The base will be the company's second overseas after the one established in the Netherlands in September 2025.
DNP will pursue joint research with the Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad (IIT-H), a leading science and engineering university in India, in the mobility and medical healthcare fields, which are focus business areas for DNP. By establishing a base at the Technology Research Park (TRP), a corporate collaboration facility on the university campus, DNP aims to accelerate R&D outcomes and their social implementation by combining IIT-H's strength in human resources and R&D with DNP's technological capabilities.
Through joint research with IIT-H, DNP will advance the development of synthesis routes for active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs). Leveraging the knowledge of precision organic chemical synthesis and process development amassed by DNP Fine Chemicals Utsunomiya, a DNP Group company, DNP will advance development from synthesis route design through prototyping and evaluation to mass production.
In the future, the company aims to position India as one of its global development bases for APIs, commercialise R&D outcomes, and pursue sales in India and other markets around the world.
