Kinfra plans tech centre at food park

The Kerala Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Kinfra) and Defence Food Research Laboratory (DFRL), Mysore, a research institute under the Defence Research Development Organisation (DRDO), have proposed to set up a technology demonstration-cum-incubation centre.

The centre would come up in the Kinfra Food Processing Park at Adoor in Pathanamthitta district.

DRFL has submitted the preliminary proposal for the centre. The project has been conceived with the objective of providing assistance to new as well as existing entrepreneurs by giving them exposure to various technologies developed by DFRL in the food processing sector. Besides, it would provide facilities for carrying out trial/initial production, a Kinfra release said.

The facility would be equipped with adequate food processing machinery to enable demonstration of technology. There will also be a training centre to impart training at various levels, a quality control laboratory to undertake food testing and analysis and a product display centre to showcase the products developed by DFRL.