Nutreco announces winners of its Feed and Food Tech Challenge 2020

On 23rd September Nutreco announced the winners of this year's Nutreco Feed & Food Tech Challenge (NFTC2020). First held in 2017, the event acknowledges the best breakthrough innovations in livestock farming, aquaculture and, for the first time this year, alternative food proteins.

In this competition, 15 finalists were selected from over 110 submissions by startups from across the globe. On September 22, the top three finalists eniferBio, Poultrix and Bond Pet Foods pitched again to the NFTC2020 jury, this time in a hope to win the top spot in the competition.
 

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The jury of the event consisted of Nutreco and external experts, including AquaSpark's Mike Velings, Mathieu Castex of Lallemand Animal Nutrition and David Welch of The Good Food Institute. The winner wins a validation trial worth 50,000 euros, the second place winner will receive 10,000 euros and third place will receive 5,000 euros.

Watch the NFTC2020 winners' announcement by Nutreco's Director of Venturing and NFTC2020 Head Juror Joost Matthijssen, HERE.

The winner of the NFTC2020 and receiving the scientific validation trial is eniferBio. This startup from Finland works to create a better future using fewer natural resources by revolutionizing an existing single cell protein technology to produce raw materials for aquaculture. In second place is Poultrix from Israel, which provides a digital solution to help poultry integrators manage its farming operations in a more efficient, sustainable and responsible way.  Coming in at third place is Bond Pet Foods. The startup's breakthrough innovation was applying an innovative marketing and technology approach towards pet food.

Alex Obach, Aquaculture NFTC2020 Juror and Skretting Head of R&D commented, 'I'd like to congratulate eniferBio on their exciting technology solution and on winning the NFTC2020. Their innovation addresses raw material sustainability, one of the key challenges the aquaculture industry is facing. I look forward to working with them to validate their technology and explore further collaboration.'

Nutreco's Director of Venturing and NFTC2020 head juror Joost Matthijssen commented, 'We were impressed by the standard of breakthrough innovations throughout this competition. As the 15 finalists put their best foot forward during the pitch sessions to the jury and Nutreco colleagues around the world, we have added an audience award for the NFTC2020 Best Pitch. This award for the startup that gave the best pitch in terms of message delivery, presentation style and engagement was decided by Nutreco employees based.'

Fumi Ingredients is the winner of the audience award for the NFTC2020 Best Pitch and wins a 5,000 euro prize.

The next edition of the Nutreco Feed & Food Tech Challenge will take place in 2022.

Visit the Nutreco website, HERE.

 

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Fi Europe CONNECT 2020, connecting the Fi Europe and Hi Europe communities digitally

Fi Europe co-located with Hi Europe has announced that they are postponing the live event to 2021 and are transitioning to virtual for their 2020 event.

Over recent weeks and months, the Fi Europe team has been in discussions with key industry stakeholders and partners to stay abreast of the challenges facing the F&B industry due to COVID-19.

While the event was set to take place this December with Informa's AllSecure guidelines incorporating the highest standards of hygiene and cleanliness, the decision to postpone the live event and transition to virtual was taken as a result of the global nature of the event.
 

Fi Europe co-located with Hi Europe is a truly international event which brings together key industry players from all over the world. Given international travel is only returning gradually, stakeholders and partners felt it was difficult to ensure the same level of participation typically expected at the live event, and thus the Fi Europe team made the difficult decision to transition to a virtual format in 2020, with the expectation that they will return to a best-in-class physical event in 2021.

For 2020, the Fi Europe team are transforming Europe's largest F&B exhibition into a unique digital experience and expo. Fi Europe CONNECT 2020 is a virtual event designed to give the F&B community access to the global F&B ingredients industry, tools and collaboration opportunities they require to meet their business objectives.

Attracting over 8,000 attendees at their virtual event which will shape the future of the F&B industry, giving the community the chance to stay up to date with trends through 100+ on-demand and 16+ expert sessions and to use Fi Europe's data-driven matchmaking service to find the most relevant buyers for customers' products and solutions.

Julien Bonvallet, Brand Director for Fi Europe said, "The year 2020 has changed the world and the food industry: issues such as food safety and secure supply chains, along with the health aspects of nutrition, have become even more important. At our virtual experience, experts from all segments exchange views on these highly relevant topics and buyers and suppliers can connect with their peers in the F&B industry. That's why it was important for us to create a virtual experience that, even in these difficult times, will be successful for all participants".

Fi Europe CONNECT 2020 will take place from 23 November – 4 December 2020.

Visit the Fi Europe CONNECT 2020 website, HERE.

 

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Myande Scholarship Foundation provides opportunities for over 500 children

Myande Group is a Chinese based leading provider of equipment and engineering services for the oils and fats, starch and derivatives, meal fermentation and evaporation, and crystallisation industries.

Myande has signed a contract with the Youth Development Foundation to fund the establishment of 'Myande Hope Primary School'. Over the past 10 years, Myande Scholarship Foundation has provided scholarships and bursaries for children with excellent academic performance and poor families every year. So far, more than 500 children have been funded by Myande.
 

Myande fund the Myande Hope Primary School
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Myande stated, 'We will continue to move forward full of positive energy, unite the love and goodwill of all Myande team, plug the wings of dreams for children in need, and bring hope to them for a better future.'

Visit the Myande Group website, HERE.

 

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Record-breaking increases in wheat and corn production

by Rebecca Sherratt, Features Editor, Milling and Grain

World wheat production is continuing to increase as many countries get back into the swing of things following the initial surge of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Global wheat production has now hit a record-breaking 766 million metric tonnes (mmt), with production seeing a sharp increase in Argentina, Russia and Canada. The EU and United States are not experiencing this same increase but continue production at a steady level. Across the globe, countries are producing record amount of wheat, especially India and China, which is surprising, considering that they are countries not traditionally known for record levels of wheat export.
 

Global ending stocks are at a record high, at an estimated level of 317mmt. Should this estimate come to fruition, this volume would be a five percent increase compared to the 2019/20 harvest year. In contrast, US ending stocks are currently the lowest in six years and expected to decrease another 11 percent this year.

The US has seen lower imports and higher exports in recent months. Imports of wheat have lowered by 10 million bushels in August to 130 million. Food use in 2019/20 has lowered slightly to 962 million bushels. This is estimated to decrease slightly to 960 million bushels in 2020/21, due to the closure of restaurants and eating out services as a safety precaution against COVID-19. Other countries experiencing production drops include Kazakhstan and Turkey, both experiencing 1mt drops.

Complications are arising in Iowa, USA, where in mid-August a severe storm damaged maize crops and silos in the area. The total damage is expected to have reduced Iowa’s maize production by up to 18 percent whilst also destroying a significant amount of available storage for future harvests. December 2020 Chicago maize figures are now expected to experience an increase in prices, as a result of the unexpected shortage.

Read more HERE.

 

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Gime Tech company profile

Gime Tech, originally based with Hubei Food Processing machinery Works in the 1950s, is now serving customers from all over the world by manufacturing a high-quality rice mill machinery.

Their factory located in Yunmeng city occupies an area of 40,000 square metres, with a process capacity of 120 tons per day.

Gime Tech supplies rice mill machinery, feed mill machinery, cereal processing machinery, colour sorters, silos, packing machines and other related accessories.

Their products are an ISO 9001:2000 reinforcing their main goal is to supply high quality and reasonable price products.

With an established global sales and after-sales service network Gime Tech can guarantee customers the best service continuously.

Visit the Gime Tech website, HERE.

 

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IDMA and VICTAM EMEA postponed to May 27-29, 2021

Due to the continuing worldwide COVID-19 crisis, the management teams from the Parantez Group and the VICTAM Corporation have decided to re-schedule IDMA and VICTAM EMEA from March to May 2021 at the Istanbul Expo Center in Istanbul, Turkey.

According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), as of September 2020, there are 176 potential vaccines currently being developed in several countries worldwide. With the effect of the vaccine in the coming year, the organisers foresee that the pandemic will ease, travel bans will end and flights will be much easier. Postponing the event to May 27-29, 2021, will give all stakeholders room to breathe and pay attention to other vital issues.
 

The mission is to present a strong and value-adding event to the industry with high benefits for all parties involved. Therefore, we believe it is the right decision for the market and we will come back stronger together in 2021.

The stand application form is live and you can book your stand easily online. Stands are assigned on a first come, first served basis, exhibitors are advised to inform the organisers if they have a preferred location.

If you would like to receive a stand proposal, contact the organisers with your desired stand size and requirements. If you book your stand before December 1, 2020, you also benefit from a special early bird discount! 

You can find all the detailed information on the event website, HERE. 

Any further questions can be addressed by emailing expo@victam.com or by calling +31 33 246 4404.

 

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Symaga Silos offer improved steel quality and bolting

Symaga Silos have recently announced that from September 2020 they will offer silos made with HX500 LAD structural steel with a yield strength of 500 N/mm2, increasing resistance by 45 percent. Symaga's steel quality improvement project is initially focused on stiffeners, helping to support a silo's vertical load.
 

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As Part of the Quality Improvement Plant , Symaga have also made strides to supply preassembled bolting, giving their customers an easier and faster assembly.

According to Symaga these initiatives have come as a result of a customer's needs survey towards Desing Thinking performance improvement. Symaga welcome the input of their customers ahead of their 2020 Product Development Plan, which will highlight Symaga's continued I + D + I efforts to get optimised storage solutions for partners. 

Visit the Symaga Silos website, HERE.

 

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