The cyclone flash dryer produced by Nobex Technical Limited has gained both local and international recognition, the climax of which is the verdict of foreign experts that the food processing equipment has the best standard among peers in the country.
The product’s manufacturer was also recently recognised by the Nigerian Institute of Food Science and Technology (NIFST) for his innovative efforts in promoting quality standards in the food sector.
While presenting the award to Idowu Adeoya, managing director, Nobex Technical Limited, Lateef Sani, president of NIFST, commended Nobex for adopting global best practices in the production of the cassava processing equipment.
“We had some partners from the United Kingdom, who assessed all the flash dryer models and found out that we needed to improve on some of the aspects of the flash dryer and so Cassava Adding
Value to Africa (CAVA) took over the improvement of the flash dryer system from 2008 to
date,” he said, at the Institute’s 38th conference and annual general meeting held in Lagos.
“NobexTech was able to fabricate equipment that moved to Malawi in 2013, and it was tested and we found out that it was working. He was then encouraged to produce heat exchangers that could be used to replace existing ones in the country,” he said, adding that from 2010 to 2012, enormous successes had been recorded in the production of the six-cyclone flash dryer by Nobex in some of the components efficiency such as the heat exchanger and the blade because he partnered directly with engineers from the Natural Resources Institute UK.
He also presented the NIFST awards to the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), while urging the organisation to sustain its fight against substandard products in the country, especially the influx of poorly fabricated food processing equipment. He commended Nestlé Nigeria plc for its efforts in setting a very high standard for nutrition in the country, stressing that Nigeria’s future depended on the level of nutrition available to children today.
The institute also, in strong terms, condemned the production and patronage of substandard products in the food sector.
Odinaka Anudu
