Over the past year or so, industrial estate developer JTC has been looking to be more than a landlord - by actively linking its customers to potential partners which can help them to adopt more advanced technology and ease their talent crunch.

To date, it has approached around 300 companies out of the 14,000 or so across its estates, forming a group that it dubs a partners network, Mr Alvin Tan, assistant chief executive for JTC's industry cluster group, told The Straits Times.