NEWS 10 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE October 2023 Bühler and NRGene collaborate to increase competitiveness of black soldier fly industry Bühler, the Swiss technology group, and NRGene Technologies Ltd., an Israeli genomics company, announced a strategic collaboration in the field of black soldier fly (BSF) genetics and processing. The two companies are combining their expertise to provide solutions and services to this rapidly evolving industry. The partnership between Bühler and NRGene offers BSF producers a comprehensive solution that incorporates Bühler's high-end equipment and engineering capabilities and NRGene's novel genetics and AI-based genomics tools. Production equipment and tailor made high-performance BSF strains are integrated into a customized solution that ensures cost-effective industrial scale production from the start. "The insect industry is still optimizing its production costs. Advances in insect genetics are key for achieving this. The benefit of genetics is already demonstrated in traditional agriculture. Combining the tailored insect strains with our advanced indusBioflytech constructions its second plant for BSF larvae production in Spain Bioflytech, one of Europe's leading companies in the production of industrial insect protein for animal feed, announced that work is progressing well on the plant it is building in Palas de Rei, in the Spanish autonomous region of Galicia. According to the company's statement, the rendering and drying plants are being set up, and in the coming weeks the first of the six fattening halls will start operations, each of which will produce 2,000 tonnes of fresh black soldier fly larvae per year, until reaching the maximum production capacity of this first phase, of 12,000 tonnes per year, during 1Q2024. In the coming years, further major investments are planned in this plant in order to reach 100,000 tonnes per year of black soldier fly larvae production. This new, second Bioflytech plant - the other is located in Fuente Álamo, in the Spanish region of Murcia - is equipped with a gas rendering installation designed by the company and unique in the market, a disruptive technology that will make it possible to manufacture tailor-made flours with specific percentages of protein and fats according to the customer's demands, and which is set to revolutionise the insect protein flour production sector. The Palas de Rei plant will also have a second conventional rendering line, which is currently in the testing phase and is expected to start production this November. Bioflytech was founded in 2012 as a biotechnology company linked to the University of Alicante. Six years later, the company Moira Capital acquired the majority of its capital, and at the end of 2019 moved its operations to Fuente Álamo. Bioflytech's first and so far, only plant in Fuente Alamo currently produces 4,000 tonnes of fresh larvae per year. One of the largest black soldier fly hatcheries in the world is located here, with a production of 180 kilos of black soldier fly eggs per month. Bioflytech's strategic plan includes an investment of 2.8 million euros this year in various improvements in this plant, with the aim, among others, of increasing the monthly egg production to 350 kg. Read more>>
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