Food Tech Innovation Portal goes online

Submitted by Thomas Pröller, meat-n-more on , Published in Science

Platform for open innovation and networking in the food industry promotes SME competitiveness

After four years of hard work and collecting extensive data, the Food Tech Innovation Portal was released to the public on May 01st, 2013. The online portal www.foodtech-portal.eu offers descriptions of food processing technologies and explains, for example, their working principle, process parameters and possible applications. The technology descriptions are linked to publicly usable or rentable infrastructure, which makes it possible to test technologies instead of having to buy them. Furthermore, both technology and infrastructure descriptions are linked to the contact details of experts, which makes it easy to get in touch. As a further function, the portal offers general information and assistance in the development of innovations - from preliminary tests to market launch, including technical, legal and financial aspects as well as questions relating to management and marketing.

Anyone interested in open innovation has a central contact point with bundled information in the Food Tech Innovation Portal. The portal supports the implementation of new technologies in the food sector and thus strengthens the competitiveness of small and medium-sized companies in particular without their own research department.

The portal works like a wiki and allows constant updating and expansion of the entries, the content quality of which is checked by the portal developers. The portal is available free of charge, but some functions are only available after registering for the “Associated Membership Platform” This e-mail address is being protected from spambots To display JavaScript must be turned on! unlocked. Associated members can enter their own contact information, technologies and infrastructure and use the portal as a networking platform for business contacts. Thus, not only technologies, but also suitable partners for new developments can be found. Visit the English-language portal: http://www.foodtech-portal.eu 

The Food Tech Innovation Portal was developed as part of the EU-funded network of excellence "HighTech Europe". The project involves 22 companies and research institutes from Europe and Australia www.hightecheurope.eu.

Source: Bremerhaven [TTZ]

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