High Impact Programme 2 (HIP2) fund award for UiTM Sarawak

UiTM Sarawak, in collaboration with Banana Trees Sdn Bhd, has been awarded the High Impact Programme 2 (HIP2) Fund from Platcom Venture Sdn Bhd, a 100% owned subsidiary of Agensi Inovasi Malaysia to commercialize the innovation product, Gluten free flour. It was the 1st time UiTM won the award with the innovation product initiated by Associate Professor Dr. Khong Heng Yen who will be the technical advisor of this project. Within a year, her team needs to assist the company to optimize the production processes of high quality gluten free flour on an industrial scale to be marketed in local and foreign markets. Initially valued at USD $3126 million in 2015, the gluten free flour product world market is projected to reach USD $5279 million by 2022, growing at a cumulative annual growth rate (GAGR) of 7.5% from 2016 to 2022. It is hoped that the success of the team will inspire more innovators to create more successful innovations through HIP2 facilitation programme.