India’s large dependency on agro-based activities as showcased by the fact that 56.6 percent of its population is engaged in farming and the current enzyme industry in the livestock market is valued at Rs.400-500 crore. An array of Enzymes is used in various industries such as textile industry, leather industry, food industry but the enzymes used in feed industry are unique as they are required to perform a wide range of actions so as to make the feed ingredients easily digestible and also to make them safe. To cut down the cost of feed the animal feed industry tends to use cheaper and sometimes rejected food ingredients.
Such ingredients pose a big challenge for the enzyme manufacturers to develop and produce enzymes which can transform such low quality ingredients. The enzyme manufacturers continuously interact with farmers and feed manufacturers to understand their requirement so that newer and better enzymes are developed. The enzyme manufacturers are required to have in-house testing and R & D facility to meet the needs of the feed industry Home grown enzyme manufacturers cannot be complacent unlike enzyme importers who developed overseas and imported. G. Amareswara Rao, Managing Director, ABT CORPOR ATION, says, “State-of-the-art facilities in animal biotechnology are very few in India and ABT CORPOR ATION is one of the best enzyme manufacturers among them”.
Position in the Market
ABT over the years has made a big investment both in creating research facility and outreach programme with the end users. This has enabled the company to understand the requirements of the animal feed industry and animal farmers. The company not only supplies various specific enzymes but also analyse their feed ingredients
and suggest appropriate enzymes. This has enabled to company to develop trust among the end users. ABT stands out in the market as farmer friendly and sensitive to the needs of the end users as our field executives visit their farms and interact with them to provide solution to their problems and issues. G. A . Rao adds, “The company has introduced novel biotech products for the first time in India such as Destrox- (Toxins destruction through enzymatic bio-transformation in animal feeds), Phytase enzyme (Environment and Societal friendly), Soil Pro BR (Probiotics with Enzymes for soil rejuvenation) and Pro B Activa (Probiotics with Multi enzymes for water productivity). The product performances are proven research by the university research team and published in international journals”. Some of the reputed corporate poultry clients like Suguna, Ponni Feeds, and Maharashtra feeds aquaculture clients like BMR and Fedora. The company has expanded poultry and aquaculture business across Asia Pacific countries like Taiwan, Thailand, Nepal and Bangladesh.
Extended Research
G. A . Rao emphasizes, “The company has a well-established R&D laboratory for testing physical, chemical and microbial parameters in the raw materials and finished products. The manufactured products have to undergo a stringent quality control measures with GMP standards which is put in place to ensure each product meets market expectations. The company has accreditations like ISO 22000 : 2018 I GMP Certifications to enforce strict quality measures”. Nearly all ABT's members are professionals such as veterinary doctors, Aquaculture scientists, Analytical scientists, biochemists, enzymologists, microbiologists who continuously interact with field executives to understand the requirements and opinions of the end users and their feedback.
ABT CORPORATION has a well-established R&D laboratory for testing physical, chemical and microbial parameters in the raw materials and finished products
This networking is greatly helping the company to address all issues on scientific and experiential basis. ABT has advanced equipment’s under its R&D department such as High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy for tracing the heavy metals in raw materials. The company’s manufacturing facility has compatible equipment’s, fermenters, analytical instruments, processing units, separators, freeze driers, concentrators and lab scale testing and production facility.
What the Future Holds
G.A. Rao concludes “The company has drawn up a realistic and pragmatic roadmap for its growth and product diversification. As India continues to face challenges on the availability of good quality feed ingredients, the need is to use under-utilised and rarely used feed ingredients and make them edible, nutrient rich by using a variety of enzymes which will transform them to be good source of feed ingredients”. The company is expanding its wings into agriculture sector using biotechnological applications.
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