The CyberColloids team represents a myriad of different hydrocolloid experiences with members coming from a range of hydrocolloid industries. This unique mix provides the ideal environment for ground breaking innovation that can be utilised to develop your hydrocolloid business.
Services
CyberColloids offers a range of services to help manufacturers and users get the most from their hydrocolloids. A few of the services on offer include:
Innovation
Manufacturing and Processing
Cybercolloids can help you design, build and commission new units for the cost effective processing of hydrocolloids from raw materials such as seaweeds and plants through to food grade or technical specification products.
Toll manufacturing or outsourcing production has been very successfully employed in the electronics and pharmaceutical industry for a number of years and gives rise to new opportunities for start up businesses with spare capacity. Not everyone has to own all the assets they utilise. With this approach it is possible to increase capacity via a low risk, no capital route.
Publications and Literature
The Quarterly Technology Review is the only review that specifically covers hydrocolloids technology and spans both the academic literature as well as the patent literature. The review is not just another abstracting service but aims to explain the expound upon the key technology advances in the hydrocolloids field so you can best utilise the information in your business.
Cybercolloids can perform a wide range of literature, marketing or industry surveys on any hydrocolloid, market segment or technology that your company are interested in.
Research
CyberColloids offers a complete contract research service. From basic research, through product development, to final application testing. In todays corporate world with high overheads it is now more cost effective to outsource research than to run projects in house. Particularly when contracting to cybercolloids allows access to a complete team of world class experts.
CyberColloids Ltd provides innovative technical and business solutions for raw material suppliers, processors and users of hydrocolloids – including the seaweed derived hydrocolloids; alginate, agar and carrageenan. The company has also established itself as a recognised research provider in the “seaweed for health” space and is currently engaged in a number of research projects that are exploring the health and nutrition potential of seaweeds. The combined technical and commercial expertise within the CyberColloids team enables the company to offer a unique range of services that spans the entire seaweed value chain. See Seaweed research at CyberColloids and the EU FP7 TASTE project for more details.
In addition to seaweed projects CyberColloids is involved in other projects at an EU level where it is an SME partner providing hydrocolloid expertise and so helping to improve textural quality of products. LikeMeat and Glutenfree are two such projects.
Sales and technical Marketing Support
We are increasingly faced with the dilemma of using our own people to support a business in a country, which is expensive, or using agents and distributors who simply do not have the capabilities to handle the technical marketing required. Using specialists in the field along with the emerging tools offered by e-commerce we have a unique opportunity to redefine how we reach our customers. By being seen as a one stop shop for hydrocolloids knowledge we become the ideal route to market for products supplied direct from source to customer with expert backing.