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BASF AND TRINAMIX INTRODUCE MOBILE NIR SPECTROSCOPY SOLUTION TO THE FEED INDUSTRY
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ASF Animal Nutrition and trinamiX GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of BASF SE, join forces to introduce trinamiX’ Mobile Near Infrared (NIR) Spectroscopy Solution to the feed industry. The portable NIR solution provides customers across the entire value chain with a fast and reliable on-site analysis of animal feed and ingredients. By significantly miniaturizing conventional NIR spectroscopy, trinamiX has successfully paved the way for a high-performance
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‘lab in the pocket’. Together with BASF, the company is now using their solution to accelerate and simplify feed analysis. The collaboration brings together BASF’s animal nutrition knowledge and trinamiX’ expertise in mobile NIR spectroscopy. The result is a powerful, cloud-based combination of a handheld device, smartphone app, and customer portal which enables customers to receive relevant insights into the quality and nutritional value of samples
at the push of a button. The solution thus enhances feed formulation and quality control. Through this partnership, BASF Animal Nutrition is expanding its digital solutions portfolio, thereby providing customers with solutions that go beyond feed additives to address the industry's most complex challenges. “Gaining transparency on the nutrient composition of feed is key when addressing livestock requirements. Differing needs across life and health stages as
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