Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) have announced plans to
move its global headquarters and 100 high-level jobs out of the small
central city of Decatur, Illinois, USA.
The
company assure there will be no lay offs and the move will leave 4,400 jobs behind. In addition,
Decatur will become the international firm's North American
headquarters.
Guttridge Ltd, in partnership with main contractor Chief Industries UK Ltd, will supply all the materials handling equipment for a new chicken feed unit in Georgia, Russia. The new unit will be established at the heart of Chirina Ltd, the largest integrated chicken production business in the region.
Chirina turned to Chief to supply a fully integrated system for the provision of its poultry feed plant for maize, wheat and soya bean handling. The facility used a selection of equipment from the Guttridge Carrier range for transportation of material, managing the bulk intake and bulk out-loading.
Commissioned during the maize harvest season, the facility was completed in 3 months and is operating successfully.
A research paper by Standard Chartered PLC recently predicted that
China would have to import 100 million tons of food a year within 20 to
30 years to avoid shortages.
As a result of this, China is exploring the potential of using unused land in Uganda, Africa to grow food. Tress Bucyanayandi, agriculture minister of Uganda says he has no problem with China growing food in Africa to tackle its own growing food deficit.
"Although the land belongs to people, they can enter into partnerships with the owners to develop it. We are running a liberal economy so there is no issue about them exporting the food back to China or the profit. They can take it," said Bucyanayandi.
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| The finished integrated grain handling system using Guttridge materials, for the largest integrated chicken producer in Georgia, Russia |
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