VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - July 26, 2010) - EnWave Corporation (TSX VENTURE:ENW)(FRANKFURT:E4U) ("EnWave" or "the Company") today announced that the Company has signed a Research and Development Agreement ("the Agreement") with Nestec Ltd., a subsidiary of Nestle S.A. of Vevey, Switzerland. The Agreement involves EnWave's nutraREV(TM) food dehydration technology.
Terms of the agreement are confidential.
"I am extremely pleased to be working with the world's largest food and beverage company," stated Dr. Tim Durance, Chairman & Co-CEO of EnWave. "Nestle is well known as a leader in innovation, early technology adoption, and open innovation."
EnWave's nutraREV(TM) technology offers continuous high-speed drying in a low temperature vacuum environment.
About Nestle S.A.
With sales of CHF 108 billion in 2009, Nestle is the world's leading nutrition, health and wellness company. Founded in 1866 in Switzerland, the company now employs more than 280,000 people and has factories in 83 countries.
About EnWave
Using proprietary technologies developed in conjunction with the University of British Columbia, EnWave is commercializing a new method for dehydrating food and biological materials using Radiant Energy Vacuum technology under its nutraREV(TM), powderREV(TM), bioREV(TM) and freezeREV(TM) brands. REV technology combines microwave energy transfer under vacuum to dehydrate and alter structures and drive chemical reactions, thereby creating unique product characteristics for both food products and medical applications that include fruit, vegetables, probiotics, enzymes, proteins, food cultures, vaccines and antibodies. More information about EnWave is available at www.enwave.net.
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