Hi, I'm Cody Gough with a special sponsored podcast episode from Curiosity.com.

And I'm Ashley Hamer.

This episode is sponsored by EMD Performance Materials, a business of Merck K-GAA, Darmstadt, Germany.

And it's the second episode in a five-part series we're doing to help you learn about how

science and technology are being applied to drive innovation and change the world.

Last week you learned how EMD is driving innovation,

but today you'll learn about everything else the company needs to do

to stay ahead in a fast-paced global business environment.

Today you'll learn about the unbelievable level of purity and complexity that goes into producing

new technologies, what researchers are working on and how the world will look in the future

thanks to their efforts, the cool things liquid crystals can do and more. To help you learn about all that, we're

welcoming back last week's guests from EMD, Anon Nambiar and Don Kwan Lee.

Anon Nambiar is the global head of Semiconductor Solutions business unit, and Don Quan

Lee is the head of packaging business field.

Let's start with Anon N. B. R. who has some insights into what makes E. M.D. special. Let's satisfy some curiosity.

Materials can be produced by anybody.

So what differentiation do we provide to our customers?

Innovation gets us in the door. Innovation gets us talk about. our customers.

but, but supply, supply-ability,

supply-ability, and uninterrupted supplyability keeps us in the game.

Innovation alone doesn't enjoy it, doesn't cut it.

Because our customers need a supply chain that brings innovative materials and actually

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