NEWS FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE December 2024 109 UK-based technology company in insect farming, Entocycle announced the success of its recent collaboration with EnviroFlight, one of the largest producers of insect-based ingredients for animal and plant nutrition in North America. The partnership, formed in late 2023, brought Entocycle's cutting-edge optical dosing solution, Entosight Neo, to EnviroFlight's Research and Development Center in Apex, North Carolina, for a series of advanced trials. Entosight Neo uses advanced imaging technology and machine learning to count and dose black soldier fly (BSF) neonates with unprecedented accuracy, according to the announcement. The system’s integration of data analytics also enables BSF operators to identify trends, predict outcomes, and make data-driven improvements to their production protocols and processes. EnviroFlight’s research and engineering teams worked closely with Entocycle’s technical experts to install the system into their R&D facility and monitor its performance over several months. The trials evaluated key performance metrics, including neonate dosing accuracy, flow rate speed, and the larvae’s survivability post-inoculation. EnviroFlight currently uses a mass-based solution to provide insects and feed in each crate. Mass-based dosing reportedly determines the target dosing weight by multiplying the average weight of a single neonate by the target number of neonates. Read more>> New trials present success of Entocycle’s BSF optical dosing solution From May 5th–7th in Italy, each component of the manufacturing supply chain will take centre stage at Zoomark 2025, the global B2B pet food and pet care show that brings together the pet industry and professionals in the sector from all over the world. A special area among the various halls at BolognaFiere, called Factory will reportedly provide businesses supplying the pet industry with a chance to strike new business deals at Zoomark. Factory aims to provide a golden opportunity for all companies in the supply chain. It will be the ideal platform for gaining new business, enjoying global visibility, and presenting innovative products and solutions to both manufacturers and an array of professional visitors in your precise target sector: purchasing managers, quality managers, formulators, R&D managers and production engineers. Luisa Bersanetti, Exhibition Manager at Zoomark, explained: “The Factory area will showcase the most innovative aspects of the supply chain, creating new business opportunities for industrial firms. The project targets tech leaders and pioneers in their sector: businesses that sell raw materials, key ingredients for food, premixes and semi-finished products, firms specialising in production and packaging equipment, packaging manufacturers, and all companies that provide cutting-edge logistics, industrial and distribution services, which play an increasingly important role in the pet market”. Read more>> Zoomark 2025 to introduce new area for pet industry
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