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  • With the world population predicted to reach 9 billion by 2050, and likely ncreasing shortages of water, food, and energy, there is growing pressure on consumption patterns in advanced and developing countries alike.
  • Ensuring the Digital Games industry in Wales can compete with the rest of the UK will be the focus of a new knowledge transfer centre at the University of Glamorgan.
  • A South Wales hi-tech venture which is pioneering a management system for the food sector has been boosted by a new funding round.
  • A Wales led European project on digital collaboration which aims to explore the economic opportunities presented by online working between business is being launched in Brussels today. Nine European partners will investigate how digital collaboration can benefit small and medium sized enterprises through DE-LAN – Digital Ecosystems-Learning Application Network.
  • The most expensive civil aircraft order in history is set to give a boost to aerospace workers in North Wales. Gulf carrier Emirates Airline is ordering another 32 A380 superjumbos – taking the number of the iconic jets it wants to 90.
  • Wrexham Mineral Cables, the only company in the UK and one of only a handful worldwide making specialist electric cables capable of withstanding temperatures more than 1,000 deg C, has signed its first major export deal to the Middle East.
  • A thousand construction jobs and hundreds of long-term maintenance roles will be created by a massive wind farm project that will start next year. The Gwynt Y Môr wind farm will cover 79 square kilometres with 160 turbines and will sit 13km off the Llandudno coast.
  • The Gwynt y Mor project involves 160 turbines, around 11 miles off the coast - construction work will begin next year on one of the largest offshore windfarms in the world, an energy firm has announced.
  • South Wales-based company Altech Software has secured £610,000 in investment to market its software applications for the food manufacturing industry.
  • The Apple iPad launched in the UK on Friday with a blaze of publicity – and already a Swansea company is poised to cash in on the craze. Mobile TV network firm Yamgo has released a version of its live streaming service especially for the iPad, to coincide with the launch of the new Apple device in the UK.

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