International Academic Publisher SAGE Establishes Asia-Pacific HQ

International Academic Publisher SAGE Establishes Asia-Pacific HQ

Date: 01/04/2007

Singapore's publishing industry received a major boost with established academic publisher SAGE setting up its Asia-Pacific HQ here. With this move, the company, which publishes over 450 academic journals and over 500 new book titles a year, is well poised to manage and further expand its key markets in the region.

Highlighting the strategic importance of Asia, Stephen Barr, Managing Director, SAGE London, says, "Within Asia, the major players in scientific, technical and medical research are Japan, China, India, South Korea and Taiwan. We believe at SAGE that Singapore can provide a strategically important regional headquarters for our plan."

Singapore's thriving biomedical industry and ability to attract world-class universities are also major pluses. "The STM (scientific, technical and medical) market is an enormous business opportunity for SAGE, and central to our development over the next decade. We are very keen to interact with the bio-medical sciences community, which we know is so active here in Singapore," says Blaise Simqu, Chief Executive, SAGE Publications.