| COURSE ON NONTHERMAL PROCESSING OF FOODS IN MADRID
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The Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) and Universidad de Lleida are organizing the workshop on Innovative Applications of Nonthermal Technologies in Foods, that will take place at the main building of the CSIC in Madrid, on November 19-22.
The program will focus on different topics related to Nonthermal processing technologies such as Engineering and Technical aspects, Safety and Health, and Business management for consumer acceptability that will be presented through sessions and interesting lectures.
This annual workshop represents a meeting point for cooperation and for sharing and transferring technological knowledge concerning applications in food industry.
On November 22, participants could enjoy a technical visit to NC Hyperbaric facilities in Burgos. Our company, whose HPP equipment are successfully commercialized at an industrial scale all over the world, will show to participants some models within the Wave 6000 range and also some applications of High Pressure Processing in food products.
To have further information, please visit the web site www.nonthermalfood2008.com
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| 214 NEW FACILITIES IN BURGOS |
| NC Hyperbaric will move next October to its new facilities located in Burgos. The new plant, situated only a few metres far from the current installations, in the Industrial Area of Villalonquéjar, involves an investment of 7 million euro, with a surface of 15,000 meters, divided into offices, workshop and a new pilot plant to test products on site and check the benefits of technology. |  |
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| FIESTA 2008: EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES & APPLICATIONS |
| Next September (17-18) is taking place in Brisbane (Australia) FIESTA 2008, the fourth biennial Innovative Foods Centre Conference, where emerging technologies including High Pressure Processing will be presented. More than 30 international experts will show the latest results in Innovative food processing concerning a wide range of food products. For further information: www.innovativefoods2008.com |  |
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| NC HYPERBARIC 2008 INNOVATION AWARD |
| NC Hyperbaric has been honoured with the 2008 IFT Food Expo Innovation Award which grants the international organization IFT, Institute of Food Technologists during the inaugural ceremony of the IFT Annual Meeting that took place in New Orleans last 29th of June. The event, worldwide recognized , allows the participants to show the latest in technology for the food industry. NC Hyperbaric,the first spanish company having this prize,was recognized along with three other organizations among a total of 46 nominees by a jury of 9 experts in developing new products, processes food technology, food safety and microbiology. The selection criteria included the level of innovation of each candidate, the progress in technical development, profits for the food industry and consumers, and also the scientific merit. |  |
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| CLOSING OF IFT IN NEW ORLEANS |
| Last 1st July took place in New Orleans the closing of IFT, the most relevant meeting concerning Food Technologist. A great number of visitors expressed in the booth of NC Hyperbaric their interest for the latest in High Pressure Processing equipment. |  |
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| IFT ANNUAL MEETING & FOOD EXPO |
| Please come visit us in New Orleans at the IFT Annual Meeting & Food Expo, www.ift.org, from June 28th till 1st July. We will be in booth 1554 presenting all the newest in HPP technology such as our Wave 6000/420, the largest and most productive machine in the market, the first industrial prototype for High Pressure & High Temperature, which will be used for research of sterilization applications and also the brand new 45 kW intensifiers, which allow a significant reduction in cycle times and an increase in throughput. IFT is the most important event, where food industry professionals are showing the latest in technology and scientific research, Do not hesitate to attend! |  |
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| CLOSING OF EUROPE SEAFOOD PROCESSING |
| Last week took place the closing of Europe Seafood Processing, the exhibition focused on Processing Technology for the seafood industry that ran over three days in Belgium. Most of Producers and users of different technologies expressed their interest for NC Hyperbaric equipment. |  |
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| NOVEL Q WORKSHOP IN PRAGUE |
| Next May 30, will take place in Prague a Workshop based on the High Pressure applications in the food industry; This seminar is arranged as part of the project NovelQ, a research programme exploring the benefits and commercial challenges for novel processing technologies. During the meeting representatives of the main companies using this technology will share their experiences concerning High Pressure Processing applied on different products such as juices and smoothies. Carole Tonello, NC Hyperbaric Applications Manager, will offer a lecture about industrial uses and costs of High Pressure Processing. Among the activities that will be held during the seminar it is worth mentioning a tasting of juices and a visit to the HP laboratory of Food Research Institute Prague. To obtain further information on this meeting or to return their registration forms, please contact Mr. Milan Houska at m.houska @ vupp.cz. |  |
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| EQUIPMENT FOR DIL HIGH PRESSURE APPLICATION CENTER |
| An equipment Wave 6000/55 with a vessel volume of 55 l has been installed in DIL, the German High Pressure Application Center located in Quakenbrück. www.dil-ev.de It offers to potential clients and users of High Pressure Processing, not only in Germany but also in the neighboring countries, the opportunity to evaluate possible applications and to perform pilot productions. |  |
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| SEAFOOD PROCESSING EUROPE |
| NC Hyperbaric will be present at the "Seafood Processing Europe” exhibition that begins next April 22 in Brussels. www.europeprocessing.com Visitors can meet us in the stand 5429 of our norwegian colleagues Stette, located in the Hall 4. On this occasion, manufacturers and clients coming from 22 different countries are meeting to see the best in equipment for the seafood processing industry. This show, one of the most important due to its more than 200 exhibitors, takes place during three days and brings together buyers and sellers in seafood processing. |  |
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| CLOSING OF FOODEX MEATEX
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| The prestigious Foodex Meatex Food Fair, which was held in the second week of April in Birmingham, finished last Wednesday 9 with a great success. NC Hyperbaric was represented inside Interfood Technology's stand where we could receive our clients and establish contacts with all the visitors who showed a growing interest in the High Pressure Processing applications in several products.
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| FOODEX MEATEX IN BIRMINGHAM
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Next Sunday is the start for the Foodex Meatex 2008 Show, the only exhibition covering food processing, packaging and retailing under one roof. NC Hyperbaric will be represented in the Interfood Technology stand (R 290, Hall 19) where we will be showing the latest in High Pressure Processing Technology.
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| NC HYPERBARIC LEADS THE MACRO PROJECT FUTURAL THAT IMPROVES QUALITY OF FOOD
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| NC Hyperbaric leads the macro project Futural from the governmental programme Cenit. This project, whose objective is to improve the quality of Spanish food products and the competitiveness of the sector, is worth 35 million euros and will study the use of technologies like pulsed electrical fields , the technical packaging or high pressure processing (HPP), where NC Hyperbaric will contribute their experience and knowledge in the manufacturing of hyperbaric pasteurisation units as a non- thermal method that improves quality and shelf life of foods. Futural involves a great number of R&D agents like Technology Centres, Universities, Spanish Foundations of food science and 24 companies from different sectors like beverages, meat, dairy and refrigerated products. The participation of NC Hyperbaric in this project is not casual, but the result of a high investment in R&D, (this year the 15% of the total turnover), that the company finds as the most important to be leader in providing the food industry with HPP solutions.
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| NEW EQUIPMENT IN SOUTH AMERICA
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A new Wave 6000/300 equipment of NC Hyperbaric has been installed in Peru in early November. This is the first big industrial HPP machine in South America.
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| MEAT INDUSTRY CONFERENCE |
| Francisco Purroy, NC Hyperbaric Technical Sales Manager, will give a lecture focused on Applications of High Pressure Processing in meat products within the National Congress celebrating in Ede (Holland) next March 28th , devoted to Benelux based meat products industry. www.vleescongres.nl |  |
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| SUCCESS IN AMI |
| The last AMI 2007 World Wide Food Expo in Chicago (October 24-27 2007) has been a great success for NC Hyperbaric. A large number of visitors expressed their interest in our technology with all the main players in the protein business – many of them are now current users of high pressure processing technology- visiting our booth; One of our Wave 6000 range equipment was on display. |  |
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| “MATER IN PROGRESS” EXHIBITION |
| Last February , an exhibition devoted to the MATER project was inaugurated in Barcelona. Aimed at a general public,the exhibition presents the culture of the innovation in materials and the technological development. NC Hyperbaric is represented in a booth, in which, close to a series of graphical panels explaining the High Pressure Processing are also exposed some of the products, currently commercialized, that are processed with our equipment. In view of the project’s interest to bring the last advances in technology over to the public, the sample will be showed , during 2008, in several industrially relevant cities as Zaragoza, Madrid, Bilbao, Valencia and Sevilla. |
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| PERSPECTIVES ON COMMERCIALIZATION OF HPP |
| Ms. Carole Tonello, NC HYPERBARIC Applications & Process Development Manager, gave a lecture on Industrial supplier’s perspective on commercialization of high pressure processing,within the week devoted to the NW Food Processing Conference 2008 organized by the Institute of Food Technologists ( IFT ). The event took place on Thursday 15th January,at 9.30 in the morning,in the Oregon Convention Centre in Portland (USA). |
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| OUR NEW OFFICES |
| In September a new commercial office of NC Hyperbaric was opened in New York and since October, the company Gridpath, Inc – our representatives in North America –in Toronto, Ontario, Canada has a pilot plant, with one of our units installed there, to perform trials with food products, help NC Hyperbaric customers with consistent market tests and new product development, and allow every interested party to be more familiar with this innovative technology. In addition, one of the most important improvements for the company will take place in September 2008 when the works in the new manufacturing premises, nearby the current ones, will be finished. The company is planning to move to this new site in order to improve the process of manufacturing and the total turnover as part of its strategy of growth and expansion. |
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| IFFA 2007: SUCCESS FOR NC HYPERBARIC |
| The last IFFA exhibition in Frankfurt (May 5-10, 2007) has proven to be a success for NC Hyperbaric. Large numbers of visitors from International and Germany meat industries came to visit the NC Hyperbaric booth and learned about the new developments and dramatic improvements of High Pressure Processing. The impact of this emerging technology keeps on growing! |  |
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| NC HYPERBARIC LAUNCHES ITS NEW WAVE 6000/420 EQUIPMENT |
| NC Hyperbaric has launched the biggest, most productive HPP equipment worldwide: the Wave 6000/420. Working in the industry at up to 6000 bar (600MPa), this equipment is able to process up to 2 Tons of products per hour. Its process chamber has a 420 l capacity and a big diameter (380mm) for optimization of product loading and cycle production capacity. This equipment is able to perform a complete cycle at the maximum working pressure in less than 6 minutes. With this unit NC Hyperbaric satisfies the increasing demand of the industry - big volume and very high production environment, cost optimization...- and maintains its position as World leader and a reference in High Pressure Processing technology. |  |
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| NC HYPERBARIC SHOWS ITS LATEST DEVELOPMENT IN TOKYOPACK 2006 |
| NC Hyperbaric presented its High Pressure food Processing technology during the past TokyoPack 2006, held in September in Japan. The exhibition has been a great success for NC Hyperbaric due to the interest showed for the technology in this country. NC Hyperbaric showed at the exhibition one of its industrial Wave 6000/55 HPP equipment which attracted the attention of numerous visitors. |  |
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