Bühler and Microsoft have committed to build an alliance to improve the availability of safe food and enhance food integrity and traceability. The technology companies recently entered a partnership, before making the new commitment at the Hannover Messe, announced a statement.
Their aim is to introduce cloud-based solutions to eliminate contaminated grains and to rapidly introduce new services to improve the availability of safe and healthy food. To do so, they will use Bühler’s inspection and processing technologies, and Microsoft’s Azure Cloud, artificial intelligence and blockchain technologies.
Bühler and Microsoft unveiled some of their joint solutions at the Hannover Messe. Among them was LumoVision, which can identify and sort grains contaminated with aflatoxin, a poisonous substance, by using UV light to recognize discoloration.
“The Bühler and Microsoft partnership proves that the rigorous digital transformation of the business enables companies operating in traditional industries not only to win new customers and expand their markets, but also solve major challenges for humanity,” commented Marianne Janik, General Manager of Microsoft Switzerland.
Bühler is headquartered in Uzwil in the St.GallenBodenseeArea.
