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Africa: Pentair, partners open solar-powered community site
Pentair joins The Coca-Cola Company, Ericsson, Medshare, Phillips, Solarkiosk and TIGO Rwanda to open the flagship solar-powered Ekocenter in Ruhunda, Rwanda.
The site was designed...
Europe: KSB releases high-pressure pumps for fluids
KSB is launching its Movitec 125 pumps, complementing its current range of vertical high-pressure pumps.
The multistage centrifugal pumps are designed for fluids such...
Americas: Neogen adds six tests to portfolio on drug residue detection in food
Neogen Corporation rolls out six tests to detect veterinary drug residues in food, which adds to four others introduced recently.
The six new tests are...
Americas: Neogen acquires companies, disinfectant technologies
Neogen Corporation has acquired Preserve International and Tetradyne LLC, sister companies owned and operated by Nevada-based Preserve International corporation.
Founded in 1991, Preserve and Tetradyne...
Americas: Researchers devise sensor to find bacteria – alive or dead
A new type of electronic sensor that might be used to quickly detect and classify bacteria for medical diagnostics and food safety has passed...
Asia Pacific: Fonterra upgrades NZ plant to capture lactose
Fonterra upgrades its Edgecumbe site to capture lactose that was previously unable to be extracted from the site’s waste stream by creatively applying existing...
Europe: New business models open with intralogistics, says Beumer CEO
With Internet, e-commerce and wireless connectivity, intralogistics plays an important role for businesses to expand and scale.
Dr. Christoph Beumer, chairman and CEO of the...
Asia Pacific: Fujitsu company to grow, sell kale in Japan
Smart Agriculture Iwata (SAC iWATA) will begin full-fledged sales in Japan of kale that can be eaten fresh and uncooked as the first product...
Asia Pacific: Scientists in Singapore invent material that kills E Coli in 30 seconds
Researchers at the Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) of A*STAR have developed a new material that can kill the E. coli bacteria within...
Europe: Checking quality of chocolate with ultrasound
The quality of Belgium's famous chocolate largely depends on the crystals that form during the hardening of the chocolate.
Researchers from KU Leuven, Belgium,...