5.4.1 Kagawa Intelligent Park

Many　public　facilities such as　FROM　Kagawa (Kagawa　Prefecture　Science　and　Technology Center), NEXT Kagawa (Support Facility for New Industry), The Research Institute for Solvothermal Technology, The Kagawa Industrial Intelligence Center, The Kagawa University Department of Engineering and The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Shikoku are based here in Kagawa, and many private facilities researching and developing the latest technology have located to the surrounding areas, which has led to a new city developing out of this cluster of R&D facilities and industrial support facilities.
The idea behind the Kagawa Intelligent Park is to use this agglomeration of industrial, academic and government facilities to its full potential and offer support to research and development projects in emerging fields such as nanotechnology and biotech sugar research. We aim to establish the park as "a centre for creating new industries and new research and development by linking industry, academia and government."