General
- Samsung launches a new range of washing machines
Ahead of the festive season, Korean consumer durable maker Samsung today introduced a new range of semi-automatic washing machines in India. The new machines with silver nanotechnology has been developed keeping in mind the requirements of the Indian consumers priced between Rs 6,590 to Rs 9,990. .......
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- BCC Research Report Says Global Market for Microscopes, Accessories and Supplies to Reach $3.6 Billion by 2012
The fastest growing segments of the market are scanning probe microscopes, with a CAGR of 19.4% between 2007 and 2012, and charged particle microscopes with a CAGR from 2007 to 2012 of 9.0%. Optical microscopes are projected to have the lowest growth rate of any major market segment (5.6% CAGR)........
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- Kalam to visit US
The Indian American community, especially students and academicians, are eagerly awaiting the visit of former president A P J Abdul Kalam, who will be touring the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, Texas and Arkansas starting on Monday........
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- Heng Li Machinery Co., Ltd Introduces Garlic Processing Machines Technology
As the first garlic processing machine manufacturer, Heng Li was established in 1970 and has occupied over ninety percent of market coverage in Taiwan. It not only provides integrated garlic processing line, but also offers Food Skewer Machine to satisfy various market demands, Heng Li has marketed worldwide for sixteen years with food processing industries from South Asia, Europe and United States........
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Design & Innovation
- Seoul Named 'World Design Capital'
Seoul was designated as the "World Design Capital (WDC) 2010" by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design on the last day of its congress in San Francisco, Saturday, according to the city government Sunday......
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- Manufacturers must think global
MUMBAI: Even as the debate on corz competency and diversification continues to dog Indian companies, a well known Japanese management expert was in the country recently to try and make Indian manufacturing companies look beyond mere production and to include aspects like research and logistics, to increase their share of the global pie.......
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Agriculture
- Centre open to EU setting up agri lab on quality control
The Centre is willing to co-operate with the European Union to set up a lab of international standards for quality control in India in the agri sector, food processing industry minister Subodh Kant Sahai said. Urging the EU to come up with a guideline that would enable putting quality infrastructure in place, he said a different yardstick was applied for retail giants like Metro, whereas in the Indian context,.......
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- Technology centre for farmers
Fragmentation is as much a striking feature of the Indian agri-produce processing industry as it is of landholding, crop production and markets. The domestic agro-processing industry comprises a large number of small players across the country. Often, the processing units do not enjoy economies of scale........
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- India is global Banana destination
India with rich bio-diversity of banana and plantain is the largest producer and consumer with estimated production of 16 million tonnes of banana annually. India's domestic production alone exceeds the entire world trade, with 19 per cent share of the total production of banana in the world. The contribution of banana to GDP of agriculture in India is 2.8 per cent. It also provides livelihood security to millions of people in primary producing areas, trade and processing........
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- Processed food exports jump 194%
India's total exports of processed food jumped 194 per cent in the last four years to ¤13.8 billion in 2006-07 from 4.7 billion in 2002-03, a KPMG-FICCI report said. The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MOFPI) aims to increase India's share in the global processed food trade to 3 per cent in the next eight years from 1.6 per cent.......
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- Australia likely to invest in India's processed food sector
Australia is finding suitors in India to forge alliances in the food processing sector. It has identified opportunities in Indian food processing sector and its firms are likely to invest, collaborate and make partnership with Indian companies, says a joint study between the two countries on food processing sector. The study also highlights benefits from greater Australian participation in this sector........
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- Dwindling food - Shortcomings of the Green Revolution
The import of 50 lakh tonnes of wheat for the second consecutive year (2007-08) and 55 lakh tonnes during 2006-07 imply that our food security is at risk. The Prime Minister has recently expressed concern over the declining trend in crop productivity, and has focussed on agricultural development. He has announced additional financial assistance of Rs 25,000 crore to encourage states to draw up comprehensive agriculture plans to achieve the targeted farm growth.........
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- Drip irrigation a boon to farmers
Chitradurga: By adopting "in line dripper irrigation technique", onion farmers of Chitradurga have not only reaped a bumper crop, but also encouraged the Horticulture Department to seek special subsidy from the Government to popularise the technique. .........
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- Indian agri institutes to tap commodities boom
MUMBAI: Booming commodities market, food processing industry and mushrooming retail chains have resulted in high demand quality agriculture institutes across the country.........
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- Kiwi created food processing technology
Months of hard work in the United States have paid off for Auckland Company Fresh Appeal Ltd, with a US $700,000 deal signed for its innovative technology that keeps sliced apples and other produce fresh for extended periods. ........
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- Precision Agriculture: Changing the Face of Farming
A description of agriculture is one of superlatives. Its economic impact, extent of land use, and environmental and social significance are all of the first magnitude. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) estimates there are 2.1 million farms in the United States, using 941 million acres (about 1.5 million square kilometers) of land, with production worth $200 billion a year.........
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Biotechnology
Engineering
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Feeding The World Without Genetic Engineering
The work of a Kansas State University professor is challenging the assumption that genetically engineered plants are the great scientific and technological revolution in agriculture and the only efficient and cheap way to feed a growing population.Jianming Yu, an assistant professor of agronomy, is teaming with Rex Bernardo, a professor of agronomy and plant genetics at the University of Minnesota, on research with marker-assisted selection.......
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Nanotechnology
- New Feedstock for Biofuels
Asia's efforts to adopt biofuels are faltering as the surge in food prices forces governments to scramble for crops other than corn and palm oil with which to make the fuels. Unlikely plants such as cassava and sweet sorghum are emerging alongside the better-known jatropha as alternatives, illustrating the pressure on fast-growing emerging economies to cut crude-oil consumption and pollutants while keeping food prices low. If successful, the shift to marginal, low-maintenance crops as feedstock could yield the policy push that is necessary for the growth of the Asian biofuels industry, experts say. The crop switch also could benefit the region's land-rich, populous countries by unlocking the value of less-fertile areas where plants such as jatropha, a hardy shrub whose seeds are pressed to yield biodiesel, and cassava are easily grown......
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- Baby steps to reach out to consumers
Even as nanotech researchers continue to look for the killer-app, arrays of nano-enabled consumer products have burst into the markets. More than 500 products using nanotechnology are doing rounds in the market......
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- AIXTRON AG: AIXTRON acquires Nanoinstruments Ltd.
AIXTRON acquires Nanoinstruments Ltd. Product Portfolio now expanded to Carbon Nanotubes and other Nanomaterials.......
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- Russian government orders probing proposals for use of nanotechnology
The Russian nanotechnology supervision council should give consideration to proposals from Russian scientists for diverse uses of nanotechnology in the economy and healthcare, First Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov has said. Ivanov heard the proposals from Andrei Alexenko, director of Angstrom Center Nanotech, and Pavel Erman, general director of the Everest K company, during a meeting with them.......
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- Global nanotech code up for consultation
A global consultation is underway to create a code that would guide companies developing, manufacturing and selling nanotechnology-engineered products..........
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- Mazda Develops a World-First Catalyst Material Structure for Autos Using Single Nanotechnology
Mazda Motor Corporation has developed a world's first catalyst for cars that uses single-nanotechnology to create a catalyst material structure which substantially reduces the amount of precious metals that are used, such as platinum and palladium...........
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