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The Temple of the Monastery of San Jerónimo, home of the San Antonio Catholic University of Murcia (UCAM), has welcomed this morning's Awards for Innovation in Health and Nutrition 2012, granting the Food Innovation Institute of the UCAM .

The award ceremony has been framed in the Summer Campus 'Panorama legislative, regulatory and Latin American innovation in functional foods and food supplements', celebrating the company's technological base, UCAM, San Antonio Technologies.

During the ceremony, Executive Director intervened in the Spanish Food Safety Agency (AESAN), Angela Lopez de Sa, the Deputy Director of Development Institute of the Region of Murcia (INFO), Antonio Martinez Martinez, the Vice President for Research Catholic University of Murcia, Star Nunez and the director of the Food Innovation Institute of UCAM, Javier Moran.

These awards are designed to promote research projects on social, as well as seek the promotion of scientific excellence in the industry, and trying to bring academia and industry to increase collaboration between the two agents.

Note that the University has given a special award for Spanish Food Safety Agency (AESAN) for its communication and education programs to citizens.

The Agency's Executive Director, Angela Lopez de Sa, has highlighted the nature of the prizes reward for innovation, and has stated that "from the Agency thought, as it can not be otherwise, that research and innovation are key drivers of progress, and is one of the most important things to do college and the company. Innovate, make new products. For these it is especially gratifying for us to be here. "

During the presentation of the winners, the rector of Research of the UCAM, Estrella Nunez, said that "it is urgent that society identifies the services the University can offer, and among them is formed, discover and transfer; The latter term, is undoubtedly the most hard-to convey to the society or the business world. Technology transfer between academia and industry has always been one of the weaknesses of the system, but it is true that in recent years both universities as companies are developing a culture of cooperation that progress towards an unthinkable scenario. We recognize that innovation is not an option but an obligation. "

For his part, Deputy Director of the Institute of Development in the Region of Murcia (INFO), Antonio Martinez Martinez, he asserted to innovation to be "pioneers is staying one step ahead and innovate is a key factor of competitiveness , understood in a much broader sense than is commonly understood, "and added that although it is true that the progress made in recent years has been important, you can still go further.

List of companies awarded and project that have been awarded

- SPANISH AGENCY FOR FOOD SECURITY AND NUTRITION (AESAN)

For its communication and education programs to citizens

- BLENDHUB, SLU

For their project Open Innovation

- FOOD CORPORATION Peñasanta, SA (CAPSA)

For his project on Nutrition and Health

- FOOD CORPORATION Peñasanta, SA (CAPSA)

For innovation for the launch of functional foods by their 'line Apolo'

- AROMATIC CREATIONS INDUSTRIAL, SA (CARINSA)

For his clinical research in nutrition for his studies on the 'Probiotic 3547 lp'

- ELPOZO FOOD SA

For innovation in the development of healthier meat products

WHITE CHICKEN STAR

For its R & D project on nutrition and health in development under the Zenith Henufood

GO FRUSELVA, SLU

For innovation in packaging and labeling for its project Pouches

- Hero Spain SA

For their innovation projects in infant

- CASEN FLEET LABORATORIES, SLU

By their actions in business development and research on food for special medical purposes

- CINFA LABORATORIES, SA

For innovation in the launch of its new line of food supplements

- Laboratorios Salvat, SA

For innovation in medical communications programs for the launch of its product nutira

- Laboratorios Silanes IDF

For development projects in Europe

- MIXPAK SYSTEM, SL

Because of its special and innovative method of packaging

- OMEGA NUTRA OLEICA BIOTECH, SL (NOBO)

For innovation in functional ingredients based on fish oils

- PROBELTEBIO

For the development of new bioactive plant ingredients from the Mediterranean diet

- TEAM FOODS, SA

For its innovation in the development of bioactive ingredients from vegetable oils

- HEALTH vivsan, SL

To stimulate the development of a healthy and affordable web

Source: UCAM