HANNOVER, April 9 (Bernama) -- A three-member team from Universiti Putra Malaysia showcased its innovations to a discerning international crowd representing a wide range of industries at the five-day Hannover Industrial Fair which ended Friday.Hidayah Ariffin, a senior UPM lectureer, said her department worked on the conversion of palmoil waste into bio-acids used in the chemical industries,notably the food industry, and further fermented to produce bioplastics which,she stressed, was renewable."We are trying to sell our products here because we believe there will be interest among environmentally-conscious Europeans," she said, admitting that bio-degradable polymers are not "as cheap as conventional polymers".However, Malaysia will need to make greater marketing efforts in the future if such products, which do have a commercial future, are to make a mark on European consumers.But one innovative product which UPM displayed was a wire-mesh collimator, a part used in Gamma camera machines."Our wire-mesh collimator enhances the life and efficacy of Gamma camera machines; this part also helps save enormous costs that would be incurred if entire machines are replaced with new ones, instead of just fitting in the new part," explained UPM Researcher Iqbal Saripan in an interview with
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He claimed leading companies such as Siemens, Phillips, Toshiba and General
Electric were UPM customers.
"Our product is available for commercial sale," he added.
Iqbal was also exhibiting a software invention called "MyOBE" (Outcome-based
Education Management System).
"Our software product is widely used in Malaysia. We have received
enquiries from Middle Eastern companies and we are looking for European
distributors.
"We had one German company which wants to represent us in Europe," he said.
Mohd Kamal Bahrin Thahir, Managing Director of Teknologam Sdn Bhd was
showcasing his range of products that included pipeseals and gaskets used in the
petrochemical, oil and gas, oil generation industries.
In fact, Kamal received business enquiries from companies that are in the
same line as he is.
"I had visits from buyers from the Czech Republic and France.
These companies were interested in subcontracting because it is not
commercially viable for them to produce such materials in their countries," he
said.
Kamal said that he was himself trying to find new technology at Hannover for
his Malaysian operations.
Malaysian Ambassador to Germany Datuk Ibrahim Abdullah, also visited
Malaysian exhibitors and exchanged views with them on a wide range of
subjects, including the response received by them at the Hannover show, new
products and technology.
Ibrahim is "very serious" about intensifying relations between Malaysia and
Germany through trade and business, culture and exchange of students.
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