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Leading medium-sized chemical manufacturer seeking startups to visually detect food freshness and spoilage

Deadline: December 17, 2020

Denka, a leading medium-sized chemical manufacturer, is looking for startups that have the technology to visually detect food freshness and spoilage.

The goal is to manufacture and sell labels and indicators that have the function of visually displaying food freshness and spoilage, and food packaging containers/food storage containers with the same function.

Denka is looking specifically for startups with the following technologies:

Technology that has the potential to detect or sense food freshness and/or spoilage visually or other simple indication method.
Technology for sensing gas without using electric power
Example 1: Technology that detects gas with an NFC tag type sensor and indicates reading results on a smartphone
Example 2: Label-type sensor technology that visually indicates changes in colors with the concentration of the gas
Technology to detect microorganisms without using electric power
Example 1: Technology that detects microorganisms and microorganism metabolites with NFC tag type sensors and indicates reading results on a smartphone
Example 2: Label-type sensor technology that visual indicates changes in colors with the reactions of microorganisms and microbial metabolites

Denka would like to consider flexibility in consideration of the proposer's business model:

Joint development of new products
Product sales in the Japanese market
Obtaining license to manufacture and sell in Japan

The sponsoring group is the New Business Development Department, which belongs to the Corporate Department. Our mission is to create new businesses based on new technologies, especially in collaboration with startups.

Denka has a track record of establishing Denka Kew Genomics in collaboration with KEW, Inc., a oncogene mutation testing service company in the United States.

DKGX HP: http://www.dkgx.co.jp/index.html

Notice: https://www.denka.co.jp/eng/storage/news/pdf/165/20170317_dkgx_en.pdf

Denka has many affiliated companies (Subsidiary company). In the United States, there are Denka Corporation, DENKA SEIKEN USA Incorporated, Denka Performance Elastomer LLC, etc.

Deadline: December 17, 2020

November 16, 2020

Denka, a leading medium-sized chemical manufacturer, is looking for startups that have the technology to visually detect food freshness and spoilage.

Denka is looking specifically for startups with the following technologies:

Technology that has the potential to detect or sense food freshness and/or spoilage visually or other simple indication method.
Technology for sensing gas without using electric power
Example 1: Technology that detects gas with an NFC tag type sensor and indicates reading results on a smartphone
Example 2: Label-type sensor technology that visually indicates changes in colors with the concentration of the gas
Technology to detect microorganisms without using electric power
Example 1: Technology that detects microorganisms and microorganism metabolites with NFC tag type sensors and indicates reading results on a smartphone
Example 2: Label-type sensor technology that visual indicates changes in colors with the reactions of microorganisms and microbial metabolites

Denka would like to consider flexibility in consideration of the proposer's business model:

Joint development of new products
Product sales in the Japanese market
Obtaining license to manufacture and sell in Japan

Denka has a track record of establishing Denka Kew Genomics in collaboration with KEW, Inc., a oncogene mutation testing service company in the United States.

DKGX HP: http://www.dkgx.co.jp/index.html

Notice: https://www.denka.co.jp/eng/storage/news/pdf/165/20170317_dkgx_en.pdf

Denka has many affiliated companies (Subsidiary company). In the United States, there are Denka Corporation, DENKA SEIKEN USA Incorporated, Denka Performance Elastomer LLC, etc.

Application Requirements

In your response, please

Concisely what you offer & your match with the company above and their interest
Any relevant cases / customer stories (can indicate industry/size if not ready to go public)

Application Requirements
In your response, please

Concisely what you offer & your match with the company above and their interest

Any relevant cases / customer stories (can indicate industry/size if not ready to go public)

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