by Roger Gilbert, Publisher, Milling and
Grain
Statistics that accompanied Bühler’s 2019 Networking Days in Uzwil, Switzerland are impressive by any industry standard. This two-day event (with a third day to allow a forum for increased networking and experiences) attracted over 800 millers from around the world plus the company’s global staff and representatives with a strong compliment of key staff who work in Uzwil itself.
Approximately 1400 people in total attended this year’s NWDs 2019 from August 26-28th, 2019 at Bühler’s head office.
The theme this year centered on ‘Creating Tomorrow Together’ with the whole event taking a meaningful look at the severe challenges that face societies, food providers and millers today. Those challenges not only include climate change, water scarcity, pollution, technology shifts and food safety and food waste, among others.
Stefan Scheiber, Bühler’s Chief Executive Officer welcomed delegates by simply stating that it would not help anyone “if we ignore or play down these challenges ahead or stand still and watch things play out.”
For those in the industry, the equipment manufacturing sector and those supplying millers must have a “willingness to rethink and innovate for a better and more sustainable world,” he added.
“As industry leaders we have a special responsibility as the quality of people’s lives very much depend on our solutions and products. Our common task is to bring these challenges within good, responsible and profitable business solutions,” he added.
He said his company wants to form a ‘community of people and companies’ who will commit to being part of the solution. And added that the attending 800 industry leaders were testament to that goal in itself. In fact, he reiterated his statement from three years ago, that those attending NWDs 2019 were producing food for the tables of over four billion people every day.
Those in the room today produce “food for more than four billion people and mobility solutions for more than one billion people per day.” And that made this “a very relevant event.”
Read more HERE.
Statistics that accompanied Bühler’s 2019 Networking Days in Uzwil, Switzerland are impressive by any industry standard. This two-day event (with a third day to allow a forum for increased networking and experiences) attracted over 800 millers from around the world plus the company’s global staff and representatives with a strong compliment of key staff who work in Uzwil itself.
Approximately 1400 people in total attended this year’s NWDs 2019 from August 26-28th, 2019 at Bühler’s head office.
The theme this year centered on ‘Creating Tomorrow Together’ with the whole event taking a meaningful look at the severe challenges that face societies, food providers and millers today. Those challenges not only include climate change, water scarcity, pollution, technology shifts and food safety and food waste, among others.
Stefan Scheiber, Bühler’s Chief Executive Officer welcomed delegates by simply stating that it would not help anyone “if we ignore or play down these challenges ahead or stand still and watch things play out.”
For those in the industry, the equipment manufacturing sector and those supplying millers must have a “willingness to rethink and innovate for a better and more sustainable world,” he added.
“As industry leaders we have a special responsibility as the quality of people’s lives very much depend on our solutions and products. Our common task is to bring these challenges within good, responsible and profitable business solutions,” he added.
He said his company wants to form a ‘community of people and companies’ who will commit to being part of the solution. And added that the attending 800 industry leaders were testament to that goal in itself. In fact, he reiterated his statement from three years ago, that those attending NWDs 2019 were producing food for the tables of over four billion people every day.
Those in the room today produce “food for more than four billion people and mobility solutions for more than one billion people per day.” And that made this “a very relevant event.”
Read more HERE.
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