Vergleichende Betrachtungen der europäischen und der amerikanischen Stärkeforschung und Stärkeindustrie
1960
Kempf, W.
The emphasis of the U.S. research at the Universities and Federal Research Institutes as well as in the starch industry itself seems to be directed towards developing chemically treated and modified starches, starch derivatives and starch by‐products with improved and even completely new properties in order to increase the outlet of starch and consequently also the production. This situation is to a great extent a consequence of the tremendous surplus of corn and wheat in the U.S.A. As there is no such cereal surplus in Europe, particularly in Germany, which necessitates the import of practically all the raw material, the main weight of the European starch research — including Germany — lies in the technical and machinery field with the goal of improving quality and increasing yield. The only exception exists at the few Universities and Federal Research Institutes which conduct also basic research. The fore mentioned yields lie, for instance, in the U.S. com starch plants between 64 and 68 % — remarkably lower than in the respective European factories. The visits to the U.S. corn starch, wheat starch, potato starch, corn syrup and dextrose plants indicated that many of the improvements and new developments in machinery technology originated in Europe. The German machinery industriy actively participates in these technological developments.
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