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Industrial Research Institute’s (IRI) 2012 R&D Trends Forecast predicts weak but stable R&D growth in 2013, with 89 percent of R&D managers expecting research investment to increase or remain the same and 11 percent expecting research budgets to decline. As in 2011, the largest growth will come from new-business projects, with 29 percent expecting an increase and only 11 percent anticipating a downturn. Support for existing-business projects and general support is expected to decline. Licensing requirements for 2013 will likely remain the same in terms of spending, with 74 percent not anticipating a change in the dollar value of licenses they pay for. The IRI’s Sea Change Index, which measures changing R&D trends over time, reveals a continued pull back from the extreme optimism of 2010.
The Food Defense Strategy Exchange (FDSE) is a forum for food defense professionals to interact and share their knowledge and experiences. At the most recent FDSE, a poll of attendees revealed that approximately two-thirds were either re-evaluating their existing food defense plan, or implementing new food defense plans. In this podcast, Don Hsieh, Director of Commercial and Industrial Marketing at Tyco Integrated Security, discusses this topic and other findings from the exchange, and offers some best practices to proactively protect a company’s brand from food adulteration.
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