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Animal Feed Ingredients - Beating the Odds
- 24 Oct 2011 08:55
- by Kaushik Ramakrishnan Shankar
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Compound animal feed has been the easiest access to market route for animal feed ingredient manufacturers. FEFAC has estimated that while 2010 has been positive overall for compound feed, 2011 might at best be stagnant if not negative. Two of the trends identified by FEFAC for 2010 are worth mulling over - 1. Partial recovery of per capita meat co...
Success imperatives for Natural High Intensity Sweeteners
- 30 Sep 2011 24:31
- by Kaushik Ramakrishnan Shankar
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New sources of Natural High Intensity Sweeteners are constantly being discovered. The latest to be tested and discussed is "Miraculin" from the African berry - Miracle fruit. This molecule has the ability to make acidic and sour tasting foods, taste sweet. Now that sounds like a wonder molecule for specific pharmaceutic and food applications. But s...
GIL 2011: Africa - Tapping into the untapped - Consumer demand driving mega opportunities in Africa - What is your strategy?
- 23 Aug 2011 11:04
- by Mani James
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Mega Trends and Opportunities for Companies in AfricaMani James, Business Unit Leader, Chemicals, Materials & Food,Frost & Sullivan Tapping into the Untapped: Growing Consumer Demand Driving Mega Opportunities for Chemicals & Material Suppliers in Africa The recent global economic recession has had a significant impact on the chemicals &materials...
Why Blame S&P?
- 09 Aug 2011 06:55
- by Kirti Timmanagoudar
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The president of United States, Mr. Warren Buffett and the analyst on the wall street; many are blaming S&P for downgrading the US ratings. I have the highest respect for the world's greatest investor.. Eu to Buffett? In stead of congratulating S&P for doing a good job and being honest (even at the potential of getting this wrath from various angl...
Advanced analytics made easy with new business discovery tools
- 11 Apr 2011 13:50
- by Avinash Bhaskar
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My last entry in this space was that of text mining. Since that piece, I have now moved onto learning the market trends in the multi-billion dollar business intelligence tools and so far the study has truly been a satisfying 'business discovery'. I emphasize the term 'business discovery' mainly because this is the catch phrase that is being used by...
Managing the fallout: The impact of the Fukushima disaster on Japanese food exports
- 23 Mar 2011 23:14
- by Satish Lele
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The explosions at the nuclear reactors at Japan’s Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex have raised concerns not only about the radiation effects on humans but also about food supplies coming from Japan. Several countries like China, Hong Kong and other Southeast Asian countries have put in place preventive measures to check contamination levels of Jap...
On St. Patrick's Day - The unintended consequence of a lost passport, Murphy's Law and a Mosquito...
- 17 Mar 2011 10:46
- by Noel Anderson
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Earlier in the week I was returning home from Zurich when I realised that I had lost my passport. Up until that point, my journey home from the mountains had been perfect and I thought to myself “typical, Murphy’s Law!” But what is Murphy’s Law? On St. Patrick’s Day, I thought it fitting to debunk a British fallacy linked to this theory, whils...
Mining text - A new way to increase ROI and reduce churn
- 03 Mar 2011 13:24
- by Avinash Bhaskar
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I recently started with a new research on exploring the exciting technology area of text mining. The more I have learnt about the technology, the more I have realised the wonderful implications that it could potentially have on such multi-billion dollar sectors such as retail, banking & financial sector and healthcare. What the heck is text mining...
Game on in the Global Membrane Bioreactor (MBR) Market with the entry of LG with its Green MBR product
- 26 Nov 2010 05:24
- by Fredrick Royan
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The Global MBR Market has received a rather expected member in the form of LG Electronics, which has announced the launch of its Green MBR system (http://www.lg.com/global/press-release/article/lg-unveils-first-mbr-process-for-wastewater-treatment.jsp) The key features of the LG Green MBR is the flat sheet MF membrane configuration and claims to b...
Global Ballast Water Treatment Market Gathers Steam with major contract in large vessel segment
- 16 Aug 2010 11:10
- by Fredrick Royan
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Frost & Sullivan had earlier this year published a report on the Global Ballast Water Treatment market and indicated a sizeable market opportunity of more than $30 billion over the next 10 years. The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) International Convention on for the Control and Management of Ships Ballast Water and Sediments adopted in ...
2020 Vision - Global Food & Beverage Industry Outlook
- 16 Aug 2010 06:12
- by Christopher Shanahan
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The global demand for Food & Beverage products reached $US 11.6 Trillion in 2009 and is likely to reach $US 15 Trillion by 2014. Accounting for significant share of the global economy, the Food & Beverage industry’s health is critical and intricately tied to the health of the entire economy as a whole. Within the Food & Beverage industry, companies...
Clean Coal, Dirty Coal
- 29 Jul 2010 21:35
- by Sapan Agarwal
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Despite repeated urging from environmental activist to employ renewable energy for energy needs, coal remains and will likely continue to remain a key source for power generation in Asian countries. Reasons - abundance (296.9 thousand million tons) and wide distribution (43 percent of primary energy needs and 54 percent of the electricity in Asia-p...
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