SINGAPORE, Apr. 6, 2009 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Two institutes from Singapore and the United States have signed a Memorandum of Understanding ( MOU) on collaboration of sustainable manufacturing technologies, according to an official statement on Monday.

The MOU was signed by Singapore Institute of Manufacturing Technology and the Golisano Institute for Sustainability (GIS) of the Rochester Institute of Technology from the United States.

According to the MOU, the two-year collaboration between the institutes will include joint research and development in sustainable manufacturing technologies, renewable energy and fuel cells, clean production process technologies, clean technologies, reverse logistics and green supply chains, intelligent testing and diagnostics and sustainable design for remanufacturing.