The CRM R&D Park, now operating in New Uzbekistan, is the only center in Central Asia that integrates the entire value chain for critical raw materials: from sample analysis to industrial technology implementation.
Globally, such competencies are often distributed across various centers and infrastructures. New Uzbekistan, however, is establishing a model that unites them into a single technological chain:
from ore to metal, from metal to advanced material, from a scientific idea to a marketable product.
The following processes are interconnected within the R&D Park:
nanoanalytical analysis;
technology development;
pilot testing;
production of high-purity materials;
additive technologies;
commercialization
and industrial-scale implementation.
The park's current potential:
▪️ 22,000 m2 of science and technology infrastructure
▪️ Over 260 specialists
▪️ Capability to analyze for more than 40 elements
▪️ Capacity of up to 300,000 sample analyses per year
▪️ Technologies aimed at producing materials with up to 99.999% purity
The Central Nanoanalytical Laboratory is organized based on the SGS management model and the requirements of the ISO/IEC 17025 standard.
Moreover, the R&D Park's 7-component model ensures scientific developments do not remain at the laboratory stage. Projects are advanced from TRL-1 to industrial implementation: market analysis, technology and engineering, prototyping, equipment selection, pilot testing, attracting investors, and launching production—all these processes operate within a single, unified chain.
In parallel, the park is developing technologies for spherical metal powders and metal 3D printing.
The key distinction of this approach is that analysis, pilot testing, high-purity material production, additive manufacturing, and commercialization are not separate activities, but stages of a single industrial R&D system.
For TMK, this is more than just scientific infrastructure. It is a new industrial model that will facilitate New Uzbekistan's transition from exporting critical minerals as raw materials to creating high-value-added technological products.
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