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Still, analysts estimate Chinese stockpiles of surplus corn now stand at only about 30 million metric tons, down from more than 100 million tons at the end of the past decade, as demand picks up. (The Chinese government doesn't provide official estimates
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In September 2000, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) asked the National Research Council to assemble a committee to study the trends and forces in science and technology (S&T), industrial management, the economy, and society that a
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Corporate America spends about $200 billion a year on R&D. But according to a recent Forrester report based on interviews with big company execs, we’re not getting enough bang for that buck. In fact there’s little relationship between R&D spending lev
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Food R&D outsourcing consultants in the EU
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What's the current state of affairs in the food industry when it comes to outsourcing? "The trend is that fewer and fewer R&D projects are being done in-house," states Robert Brown, Ph.D., R. D., group manager of nutrition for Frito-Lay, Plano, TX.
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Don Goodman, president of M&D Technologies Inc., Columbus, MS, says his years of experience in the industry have, unfortunately, caused him to hold a similarly jaded perspective. "I see the food industry lagging behind most other manufacturing industries
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Another 13 percent outsource up to 60 percent of their manufacturing operations. Support services are even stronger candidates for outsourcing. The survey found 18 percent of respondents outsource 91 percent to 100 percent of their microbiological testing
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The lack of food science recruits in the UK is unsustainable if the country wants to remain a centre for innovation and avoid becoming the food industry's global admin office, says the head of Britain's most prestigious food science course to Chris Mercer
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The food industry continues to sit at the bottom of the pile when it comes to investing in research and development, an annual study shows.
The study, published every year by the European Commission, shows food producers worldwide are still last on the
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