Godrej & Boyce launched Bambusa, its range of bicycles built from bamboo. These bicycles, which can be exclusively bought via crowd-funding platform ‘Fuel A Dream’, are currently available in white and brown saddle options. According to the company, the frames of the Bambusa bicycles are enti…
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IKEA bullish on ‘Make In Assam’; Hails local Bamboo entrepreneurs
Global furniture retailer, IKEA, has identified Assam as a potential source of procuring bamboo and making it locally for global consumption, as part of company’s plans to ramp up operations in India. Unveiling company’s plans for the North East, Sandeep Sanan, New Business Development Manager, S…
Taiwan eyes investment in Assam bamboo
Guwahati, April 28: Chung Kwang Tien, representative of Taipei economics and culture centre in India today said Taiwan is interested in sharing the country’s expertise in Bamboo commodities with Assam. “Taiwan, like Assam, is also closely associated with bamboo. Bamboo shoot is one of our primary…
Green Gold Bamboo Summit to bring latest ideas to Assam’s bamboo sector
GUWAHATI, April 26 – In a major initiative towards achieving the target of harnessing the huge potential of the bamboo industry in Assam, the Sarbananda Sonowal-led state government will be organizing the first-ever Green Gold Bamboo Summit in Guwahati on April 28 – 29, 2017 The Summit, to …
Inspiring Idea: Bamboo pale Ale beer from modern craft brewery
In order to be a novel alternative in the industry of microbreweries in Mexico, a young entrepreneur opted for the manufacture and marketing of a beer made from bamboo, first of its kind in the country and Latin America, a fact that led him in 2012 to create the company Bambusa, located in Cholul…
Land allocated for Bamboo research and training centre in the state of Maharashtra in India
In a recent resolution passed by the state government of Maharashtra in India, it gave a formal approval to the diversion of 4.99 hectares of zudpi jungle forest land for vocational bamboo research and training centre at Chichpalli in Chandrapur district. The government resolution issued mentione…
A Taiwanese prescription to fight pollution by utilizing bamboo and agricultural waste
Contributed by Science & Technology Division, Taipei Economic and Culture Center (TECC), India The bustling city of Del hi has been greatly affected by pollution in recent times with pollutants in the air, water and soil disrupting normal life and health. While political and social scientists…
Bamboo has immense potential to drive for Socio Economic Development
From a ‘poor man’s timber’ to ‘green gold’, bamboo is fast emerging as the super material of the 21st century. Bamboo is one of the fastest growing and highest yielding renewable natural resource making it a good substitute to wood in mitigating pressure on natural forests. Bamboo is a family of …
NRL signs termsheet with Finland’s Chempolis Oy for its bio-refinery project; to give fillip to bamboo cultivation in the region
Numaligarh Refinery Limited (NRL) a public sector oil company in Assam, North East India has signed a term sheet with technology company Chempolis Oy of Finland. The framework agreement undertakes to implement NRL’s Bio Refinery Project in two phases, a company release said. Chempolis Oy develops…
Thai company Universal Biopack Develops Bamboo Packaging to address Waste Problem
To tackle Thailand’s mounting trash problem, one company is turning to the country’s plant life. Universal Biopack makes packaging that it sells to restaurants and manufacturers. But rather than plastic, it uses a mixture of bamboo and cassava, crops that are widely found across the c…