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Insect Technology Group, previously AgriProtein, in administration The Insect Technology Group Limited (ITG), formerly branded as AgriProtein, has entered into administration.
Administrator, UHY Hacker Young, was appointed to manage the business and property of ITG and related companies in February this year.
Jason Drew, non-executive director of ITG, is unable to comment on the process at this juncture, given that it is a legal process. He said he will provide a fuller picture in due time.
AgriProtein was set up in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 2008 to rear Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae on organic wastes and process them into a sustainable source of feed protein.
NOT everyone across the Scottish tourism and hospitality sectors is feeling confident as the country further eases restrictions and starts to reopen for business. The move into level two for most of Scotland is welcome and much anticipated, but it will be an apprehensive reunion on Monday, and it looks as though some areas are likely to see a more swift return to profitable business than others. Others in Glasgow and Moray also face a longer wait for restrictions to ease after infections spikes. Along with cinemas, theatres, and concert and bingo halls, all holiday accommodation – hotels, self-catering accommodation and campsites – is back, and, with the recent opening also of shops, it is as exciting a prospect as we’ve had for some time.
Recycled bricks primed for production in Scotland after £1m funding boost
Jessica Rawnsley
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The K-Briqs are soon set to go into commercial production | Credit: Kenoteq
Kenoteq claims its K-Briqs, made from recycled construction and demolition waste, generate a fraction of the CO2 of regular bricks
Bricks made from recycled construction and demolition waste are set to go into commercial production in Scotland, after clean tech company Kenoteq secured £1m in funding to help scale-up manufacturing.
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Two Million Revolutionary Bricks Go into Annual Production Following Funding Award
From KenoteqMay 13 2021
Kenoteq, a clean-tech spin-out from Heriot-Watt University, has been awarded £1 million in funding by Zero Waste Scotland to commercialise production of its revolutionary brick made of recycled construction waste, the K-Briq, to more than two million bricks per year.
Image Credit: Kenoteq
The unique, multi award-winning K-Briq™ is made from over 90% recycled demolition and construction waste materials. It produces a tenth of the CO
2 emissions of a traditional fired brick and requires less than a tenth of the energy in its manufacture.
The Circular Economy Investment Fund, administered by Zero Waste Scotland with funding from the European Regional Development Fund and the Scottish Government, offers investment for SMEs based in Scotland and supports innovative work that will deliver circular economy growth.