Innovative rice enrichment technology facility opens in China
27 June 2007
DSM and Bühler today announced the opening of Wuxi NutriRice Co. Ltd, a production facility operated in a joint venture between them. This facility, the first commercial scale production of its kind in the world, produces NutriRice, nutritional enriched rice kernels to be mixed with natural rice produced via a patented process that protects the stability of the nutrients while at the same time ensuring high bio-availability and good taste.
Wuxi NutriRice Co. Ltd. will market the enriched rice kernels (NutriRice®) to rice millers and retailers to introduce the concept and benefits of NutriRice enriched rice to consumers.
The newly opened facility will start production as of August 2007. It will start with limited capacity, which is sufficient to enrich approximately 80,000 tonnes of rice. As it is the first facility of its kind, it is primarily intended for market development and it is anticipated that the capacity will be increased in the coming years.
The
project is a result of the joint research efforts of
the two companies combining
€8-billion revenue DSM''s over 70 years experience
in nutrient formulation and Bühler''s advanced technology
in grain processing and food extrusion.
The Netherlands-headquartered DSM develops, produces and sells worldwide innovative products in nutritional and pharma ingredients, performance materials and industrial chemicals with end-markets and applications in human and animal nutrition and health, personal care, pharmaceuticals, automotive and transport, coatings and paint, housing and electrics & electronics (E&E).
Bühler is a global leader in the supply of process engineering solutions, especially production technologies for making foods and engineering materials and is a leader in mechanical and thermal process engineering such as grinding, blending and mixing, thermal treatment and shaping for processing cereal grains and foods, producing and upgrading engineering materials, and for die casting.
