GFMT is inviting exhibitors to apply for the GRAPAS Award – Asia 2012

At Victam 2011 in Köln, Germany last May, GFMT had the honour of sponsoring the first ' GRAPAS Award for Milling’ – and on the day presenting the winners with their trophies.

Winner: Allen Willoughby General Manager of CPM Europe (left) and Ing Paul Alderliefste pose with Victam 'Award for Milling - GRAPAS 2011'

 GRAPAS – which stands for Grain and Pasta – had been introduced by the organisers Victam International to recognise the broad nature of milling of which feed manufacturing is a significant but just one of its many milling disciplines. The objective of the GRAPAS Award is to recognise the contribution to milling – in this case anything involving grain, rice and pasta - made by suppliers and manufactures of milling equipment and services alike.

As GFMT is the industries oldest magazine still in print – we are 120 years old this year – we immediately accepted the request to sponsor an award that reflects the importance of all suppliers to our industry in a way the recognises their contribution to the improvement in our industries’ efficiency, safety and production processes while encouraging more companies to consider innovation as a central ingredient of their research and development programs. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers