Friday, 31 October 2014 was a historic day for Unimus particulary Department of Food Technology for being successful to have Coolnova Technology from Germany as partner in organizing workshop in Indonesia, including research and Coolnova application development in food storage industry for fish, meat and other agricultural products. Coolnova® is a modern device used for freezing and defrosting for food products such as meat, fish and the such. Being representatives who signed the agreement; Coolnova Technology was represented by Commissioner of the Company Prof. Trobjorn Trondsen, and Head of Study Programme of Food Technology Unimus Siti Aminah, STP, M.Si, witnessed by the Rector Prof. Dr. H. Djamaluddin Darwis, M.A.
Coolnova® offers defrosted output quality = fresh input quality as before freezing, as a result the food has similar quality like fish that has just been caught, meat right after slaughtering, fruit soon after being picked, said the Professor of Fisheries from Norway. “There is no drip loss, dehydration or oxidation, while defrosted food will usually lose its wight up to 3-5% after being frozen. Dehydration and oxidation 
normally cannot be avoided in stored food products that cause discolouring on fish and animal meat. Coolnova® offers processing efficiency up to 75% that involves decreasing defrosted period, save more energy for it only requires 2-5% energy than of manual defrosting method,“ he added. Related video can be seen on the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XONx_MvidcM
The Rector as witnessed by Vice Rector III in Student and Cooperation Affairs Dr. H. Djoko Setyo Hartono, S.E., M.M., S.H., MKn. And Vice Rector I in Academic Affairs Dr. Ir. Nurrahman, M.Si. gladly appreciated this partnership that has been initiated by Department of Food and Technology Unimus, as it is in line with the vision of Unimus to be a global quality university and to conduct research on international scale. M. Yusuf, PhD as the Head of International Affairs Division of Unimus expected the lecturers and students at Department of Food Technology, Chemistry Education, and Mechanical Engineering to make use of this partnership in improving institutional capacity by learning advanced technology from its pioneer that is Germany.
