Asia’s stellar economic growth has driven affluence and boosted purchasing power, turning the region into a key market for food companies. Food exporters are now turning to technology to deliver products reliably and quickly with minimal spoilage. Here are some ways in which companies are working with A*STAR to optimise food supply logistics, with the use of technology.

1. Food Production: "Bending"
Light with Nanotech
By A*STAR Nanoimprint Foundry
Technology 1

2. Challenge:
In vertical farming, plants
at the lower levels don't
receive enough light
Insufficient light

3. Solution: Nanostructures
on the film help to
redistribute the light
Nanostructures
Film

4. Plants at the lower
levels get optimal light
Benefit

5. Food Packaging: Blocking
Oxygen with Smart Packaging
By A*STAR IMRE
Technology 2

6. O2 O2
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Food spoils
Plastic
Plastic
Challenge: Food turns bad
faster as oxygen penetrates
through packaging

7. Food stays fresh
Solution I:
Oxygen blocker
a clay polymer composite in
the packaging blocks oxygen
O2 O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
Plastic
Clay
Plastic

8. Solution 2:
Oxygen scavenger
technology incorporated into
plastic packaging absorbs
oxygen
O2 O2
O2
O2
O2
O2
Plastic
O
2
O2
O
2
Food stays fresh

9. 150x
Impedes more
oxygen than
normal plastic
packaging
50%
Extends
food
shelf life
Reduces
food
wastage
Benefit

10. Food Distribution: Efficient
Delivery with Mobile Technology
By A*STAR SIMTech
Technology 3

11. Challenge: How to make
food product delivery
simpler, more efficient and
more cost-effective

12. Solution:
A web app that -
Deploys an optimised logistics
operations plan
04:20pm

13. Solution:
Offers real-time visibility of
operations
Sends alerts for delayed
deliveries

14. Reduce
planning time
50% 20-50%
Increase
deliveries &
pick-ups
per trip
Improve
on-time
deliveries
& pick-ups
10%
Benefit

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