The Global Miller: June 2020

June 30, 2020

Mondi invest €7 million in food packaging facility in Hungary

Mondi, a leading global packaging and paper group, has successfully completed the implementation of a new state-of-the-art paper sack converting machine at its Nyíregyháza site in Hungary. The machine, a Windmöller & Hölscher AD 8320 / AM 8115, allows the plant to produce a new line of sophisticated paper sacks for food packaging. The site will be capable of producing more than 130 million sacks annually.

The Mondi Nyíregyháza plant, which employs more than one hundred people, serves the Hungarian, Romanian, Austrian and Bulgarian market in many industries and sectors. It produces industrial paper sacks (open mouth and valve bags) for applications such as cement, building materials, food-feed-seed, chemicals and pharmaceuticals.

Image credit: Mondi

Péter Szabó, Managing Director, Mondi Bags Hungária commented,'Our goal is to serve our customers' needs with excellence, so we focused on increasing the plant's quality and hygiene standard to be able to produce high-end and sophisticated paper sacks for food. This investment means we are able to enhance our operational efficiency, as well as offering shorter delivery times to our customers. Our ambition to open this line did not diminish despite the beginning of the health pandemic. Working with revised health and safety measures in place, I am very proud of my team's determination to execute this project and deliver this complex product portfolio."

Due to this €7 million investment, the entire layout and set-up of the Nyíregyháza plant was re-designed in four months, including the storage area, printer area, warehouse, and ink kitchen to increase operational efficiency and safety.

The plant is now in the process of seeking the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) certification by the end of this year in order to serve the food, feed and seed industry with sacks that meet their high quality and hygiene standards.

Visit the Mondi website, HERE.

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Evonik launches AMINONIR® FA, a new NIR service for the analysis of 49 fatty acids

by Evonik Industries, Germany

Evonik has developed AMINONIR® FA – the first of its kind NIR service for the complete set of fatty acids contained in feed ingredients and fish feeds. Besides fish feed for various species, the Evonik calibration portfolio serves more than 20 raw materials covering up to 49 individual fatty acids from C6 to C24.
Calibrations are based on representative samples from all-important countries of origin worldwide and are continuously updated and extended. The major advantage of advanced AMINONIR® FA is that fatty acid profiles become available in a matter of minutes without involving tedious wet chemical analyses or third-party labs.

Director Service Development, Dr Markus Wiltafsky-Martin, says a user of AMINONIR® FA can analyse thousands of samples per year which offers totally new possibilities to benefit from the analytical results.

“The past 60 years in animal nutrition, we have always strived to be more precise and create diets that fit better to the real requirements of the animals,” he says. “Fatty acids are essential for animals to prevent major health and performance problems.”

Besides being an energy source, fatty acids have other vital functions in insulation, the protection of inner organs, and as a building block of membranes. They are also needed for the synthesis of hormones (eicosanoids) and as carriers of fat-soluble vitamins A, D, E, and K.

Dr Wiltafsky-Martin points out that it’s important not to focus only on the total fat levels in animal diets.

“Instead of looking at total fat levels, we advise to focus on the fatty acid composition. There can be a lot of variation in the fatty acid pattern even within the same type of feed ingredient. It is important to consider these variations in the feed formulation to really meet the needs of the animals.”

He says essential fatty acids for poultry and pigs include linoleic acid and linolenic acid, while marine fish require docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and arachidonic acid.

“Some fatty acids are essential and need to be supplied via feed. In laying hens, the supply of essential fatty acids has an impact on egg size, while in sows the supply of essential fatty acids ensures reproductive performance and piglet development,” says Dr Wiltafsky-Martin. “In reproductive animals it’s very important to have the right levels of those fatty acids which are precursors of hormones. They can support uterine health post-partum, follicle-oocyte development, the luteal phase and embryo development.”

Read more HERE.

SCE company profile

An important task
The demand for food is becoming bigger and bigger with an increasing global population, which is why companies will have to produce more efficiently and effectively. SCE wishes to help companies with this. By designing silos that take up little space and are quick to assemble in any production unit. That is why food and feed producers around the world also count on their know-how. Their engineers have given their fullest attention to all cooperation and have done so for over 25 years. This has allowed them, since 1988, to collect sufficient experience to successfully complete each and every project.

Just what you are counting on
A perfect operational production machine also requires a perfect operational silo. That is why every effort from their team focuses on durable quality. From the drawing table to production, delivery and assembly, etc., they work according the strictest quality and hygiene standards every step of the way. Even better: even though it is required to meet the strict 'EN 1090-2' standards from June 2014, they have been delivering products with this quality label since 2012.

Results by a personal approach
In the past 25 years, SCE has grown from a family company into an international player. Nevertheless, they have always remained independent. Moreover, they made a conscious decision to limit the size of their teams so they can always work with their clients in a direct manner. By freeing time for sufficient discussions and meetings, end clients and machine manufacturers can seamlessly integrate their silos into their production unit upon completion.

Thinking ahead
If you integrate a silo building into a machine, then you expect it to last just as long as the company itself. That is why SCE delivers silo components from the best materials and all with a focus on durability. Furthermore, their silos are very easy to maintain which limits the costs of use, to last for the entire shelf-life of the project and not be a cause for down-time at any point of its operation.

Construction is assembly
Steel construction components are prefabricated in construction workshops. At the construction site, the activities are limited to joining the turnkey components. This saves time, money, construction waste and inconvenience for the surroundings. Steel construction components are light-weight and compact, which limits the number of transports to the construction sites as well as the number of investments in transport means and infrastructure facilities. The relatively low weight of the construction also saves on the costs for foundations.

Safety at every level
By cooperating with the biggest producers, they encounter the strictest safety standards. This means they keep raising the bar for themselves, which you can profit from. They safeguard the safety of their and your employees both during the production process and assembly of your silo building. But even afterwards, safety prevails for SCE. Their team provides modular silos that guarantee the quality of your product at any time during storage. Would you like complete insight into their work method? They will draw up a safety manual for you at the start of the project on request.

Safety first - Their values:

1. Working safely
2. Knowledge and experience
3. Respect for people and their culture
4. Passion for perfection and teamwork
5. Looking for solutions inquisitively
6. Their word is their bond

Delivering around the world
Their clients call on them from the whole of Europe, Africa, Asia, North, Central and South America. Nevertheless, they always have short delivery times thanks to extensive project management. Thanks to the design of their silos, they can transport all assembly components in ordinary lorries or shipping containers. Everything is stacked in a logical order so the assembly team can set to work quickly on-site and with a minimum of welding! This means your silo building will be installed quickly by their people or your own under the supervision of an SCE assembly leader.

Efficient in transport
Their silos can be transported very easily by lorry or shipping container. Due to the fact that all components are stacked for transport, all space is used.

Always on time
Their word is their bond, which is why it is very rare that their projects exceed the pre-set deadline. Thanks to extensive project planning and good interaction with their clients, they always succeed in avoiding delays.

Visit the SCE website, HERE.

Vortex appoints exclusive dealer for South Korea

Vortex Global, a solids and bulk handling components company, has recently announced the appointment of TSP (Total Solution Provider) Korea as its new representative exclusive to South Korea. With this appointment, TSP Korea will be responsible for creating customer relationships, arranging site visits, and following up on Vortex customer inquiries received in South Korea.

TSP Korea was established in 1999 and known as HAN Corporation until 2013. The company is based in the Seongdong District of South Korea's capital city of Seoul. TSP Korea has an extensive background in food & beverage, pet food, animal feed and chemical related machinery. Its primary function is to ensure that the end user's preferences are met and to assist with the implementation of machinery and systems.

'The Vortex team looks forward to working with TSP Korea in the South Korean market,' explained Laurence Millington, managing director at Vortex Global. 'We are excited about the opportunity to provide South Korea with solutions for their dry bulk handling needs.'

Visit the Vortex Global website, HERE.

Woo Kyun Kim receives poultry nutrition research award

Woo Kyun Kim, Ph.D., has received the American Feed Industry Association (AFIA)-Poultry Science Association (PSA) Poultry Nutrition Award.

'Dr Kim's breadth of experience and research in the area of gut health make him an excellent recipient of this award,' said Paul Davis, Ph.D., AFIA's director of quality, animal food safety and education. 'The field of poultry nutrition is better off thanks to his passion and dedication.'

Woo Kyun Kim, Ph.D., of the University of Georgia,
receives the 2020 AFIA-Poultry
Science Association Poultry Nutrition
Image credit: AFIA

Dr Kim, an associate professor and poultry nutritionist in the Department of Poultry Science at the University of Georgia teaches feed and feeding, poultry nutrition and vitamins in animal nutrition. He also serves as a section editor for Poultry Science.

He is recognised for his work focusing on the roles of pre- and probiotics, amino acids, vitamins, minerals and enzymes on growth/laying performance, nutrient digestibility of feed ingredients, feed nutrient utilisation, intestinal development, gut health, immunity and bone health in poultry.

Dr Kim has published 124 peer-reviewed papers, 17 proceedings and symposium papers and 123 abstracts and obtained over $12 million in extramural funding from a wide variety of organisations. He holds a doctorate and master's degree in nutritional science and poultry science, respectively, from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor's degree in animal science from KonKuk University in South Korea. He also served as a postdoctoral fellow from Texas A&M University and the University of California - Los Angeles.

The recognition is sponsored by AFIA as part of its ongoing awards program that began in 1948. To date, 69 people have been awarded the poultry science nutrition award.

Visit the AFIA website, HERE.

June 29, 2020

Famsun’s Chief Technology Officer discusses Future Feed Tech

An interview with Mr Jack Chen, Famsun, China

Milling and Grain magazine paid a regular visit to China 2019 year end, and we had the opportunity to sit down with Mr Jack Chen, the Chief Technology Officer of Famsun Group - a China-based, global integrated solution provider who has a strong market position in China and the global feed manufacturing industry - to talk about something new from Famsun R&D and his perspectives on the future of feed technology.

How your team work out new solutions or make improvements for the feed manufacturing industry?
In Famsun, almost one-third of our employees work for R&D. They are the best talents from different professional fields with great knowledge, experience and wisdom, and innovative skills and motivation for success. With a stand of R&D Institutes in Asia, Europe and America, our R&D team works around the clock in the development of existing products and solutions plus exploiting new terrain and unlock new business fields on the basis of markets analysis, customer needs evaluation and feasibility assessment.

No individual or business can develop on its own. Famsun develops products and solutions through collaboration. Most of our solutions are developed by collaborating with feed producers and applied in their operations. We develop new processing technologies and innovations to help our customers overcome obstacles in their productions, create new solutions to support their new business strategies, and help them bring their innovative products onto the market.

Famsun also have formed dozens of partnerships with industrial partners, universities, research institutes and academics in the past decades. It has included China National R&D Centre for Feed Equipment and Technology, International Technology Committee (TC) of Feed Machinery and the ISO/TC293 Secretariat (Feed machinery) in its Sci-Tech Park since the modern manufacturing and innovation facility was opened in 2013. We will continue to bring all stakeholders in global farm-to-food supply chain together to promote collaborative innovations and create a win-win future for the agri-food industry.

Read more HERE.

Milleral company profile

IMAS was established in 1989 as one of the daughter companies of İttifak Holding, which is one of the most dynamic groups of Turkey which operates in 20 sectors with more than 100 facilities.

IMAS, using MILLERAL TM for turnkey flour milling systems, performs manufacturing, marketing and service after sales processes in international norms with its professional and experienced staff.

IMAS has strengthened its corporate structure with positive values day by day. With its strong capital, problem-solving professional staff, nearly 20-year corporate memory and its specific projects about the future of the sector; IMAS manufactures not only machines but also technology, quality, confidence and comfort for its customers.

IMAS quality in milling diagrams, projecting, manufacturing and montage, - turnkey systems in general- also demonstrates itself with the quality awards its customers receive. IMAS has the knowledge, experience and responsibility for new technologies, manufacturing pace and standardisation, minimising manufacturing costs, meeting immediate support necessities and corporate continuity.

High interest of İMAS to the good and new has been the base for the R&D department, which is furnished with intellectual staff and high technology. CE, TSEK and ISO 9001:2000 certificates have been awarded to İMAS products, which have passed through sensitive tests of R&D to the manufacturing line.

With its competitiveness conforming to international business ethics, İMAS has exported his machines to many countries in a wide range of geographical region.

IMAS, one of the powerful representatives of manufacturing and marketing its own technology of İttifak Holding, has added new-design millennium roller mills to its line with his patent.

“Automatic Grain Moisture System” and “Air Stabilisation System” made by IMAS have been the “firsts” in Turkey.

IMAS is aware that an effective human resources management is needed to manage manufacturing and marketing activities globally. This awareness has gained team-mates to IMAS that are happy to be a member of this team.

All human beings and natural environment are as important as corporate shareholders for İMAS. With this approach, İMAS takes care of the environment for the processes of the flour mills that establishes, in addition to the consideration of nature in his own manufacturing process.

Visit the website HERE.

June 28, 2020

GEAPS and K-State online courses now available

Registration is now open for four online courses from the Grain Elevator and Processing Society (GEAPS) and Kansas State University Distance Education Program in August. These online courses run from August 4th through September 8th and registration closes July 29th.

GEAPS 500: Introduction to Grain Handling Operations
This course is a great way to get a new hire and non-operations staff up to speed on the industry. Participants will learn about different types of elevators and how grain moves through a facility. The course covers the most common hazards at facilities and emphasizes safety in all operations.

GEAPS 501: Management Basics for Grain Facility Supervisors
Managing grain facilities is a complex job with many responsibilities. New and upcoming supervisors can learn the main duties, responsibilities and expectations of grain operations managers over 11 lectures. This course provides a broad overview of policies, safety management, basic accounting, inventory management and more.

GEAPS 542: Electrical Safety for Grain and Processing Facilities
This course will help keep your team safe by explaining electrical safety and how it relates to fires and explosions in facilities. Participants will learn how to do an audit at their facility and hire qualified electrical contractors.

GEAPS 550: Materials Handling I
The properties of the commodities at your facility affect everything from facility design to types of equipment you need. GEAPS 550 is the first of a three-part series that examines the properties of different materials. It will teach you how to select the right types of bins, spouting and screw conveyors for your facility.

Complete courses online at any pace over five weeks. Each course takes approximately 10 hours to complete and all four courses count towards credentials from GEAPS and Kanas State University. For more information on how the certification can benefit your career or improve the skills of your team, visit the credential website.

Courses cost $700 for GEAPS members and $965 for non-members.

For more information about the courses or the GEAPS/K-State Distance Education Program, visit the GEAPS website, HERE.

Christiane Girard receives AFIA-ADSA nutrition research award

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has congratulated Christiane Girard, Ph.D., of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, for receiving the 2020 AFIA-American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) Nutrition Research Award. The associations recognised Dr Girard during the virtual ADSA annual meeting earlier this week.

Created to honour outstanding research in dairy cattle nutrition, the award recognises an individual who has made a worthy contribution to dairy cattle nutrition research within the 10 years immediately prior to the year of the award.

Christiane Girard, Ph.D., of Agriculture and
Agri-Food Canada, received the 2020
AFIA-ADSA Nutrition Research Award
Image credit: AFIA

Dr Girard is a research scientist at the Sherbrooke Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. Her work on B vitamins has challenged the generally accepted concept that dairy cows' vitamin requirements for B vitamins do not have to be taken into account because their synthesis by the rumen microflora is sufficient to prevent deficiency symptoms. Her work has made an outstanding contribution to improving the estimations of supply and requirements of B vitamins. In a perspective of precision farming to optimize metabolic efficiency, meeting dairy cows' requirements for B vitamins cannot be overlooked.

'Dr Girard's work with B vitamins has clearly led the path and made a tremendous impact on the dairy industry,' said Paul Davis, Ph.D., AFIA's director of quality, animal food safety and education. 'Her passion and dedication toward improving dairy nutrition made her a great choice for this year's award.'

Previously, she served as an associate professor with the Department of Animal Science and Faculty of Agricultural Food Science at Laval University in Canada.

The recognition is sponsored by AFIA as part of its ongoing awards program that began in 1948. To date, 73 people have been awarded the dairy science nutrition award.

Visit the AFIA website, HERE.

Grinding challenging recipes for premium pet food? Pre-crushing protects your process and saves energy!

by Volkan Aktan, Project Engineer Dry Grinding, Thomas Runde, Managing Director and Karsten Frese, Senior Project Engineer Dry Grinding, Tietjen Verfahrenstechnik, Germany

Design an optimised multi-stage grinding solution
As a specialist in grinding technology, Tietjen Verfahrenstechnik always keeps an eye on the size reduction of mixed raw materials, especially in challenging applications such as pet food and aqua feed. Together with our worldwide customers and partners, we continue to optimise and search for the economically best solutions for targeted crushing according to customer requirements. Since 1959, Tietjen has been building hammer mills and individual grinding solutions in Hemdingen near Hamburg.

To ensure that our customers achieve even better grinding results, we have recently also been looking more closely at optimising the pre-grinding process. Good grinding depends on the one hand on the technical design of the hammer mill itself (sieve surface, impact surface, motorisation, speed and sieve perforation) and on the other hand on the aspiration of the mill (air volume flow, air speed, filter type, filter surface). The grinding plant itself can only be optimally operated with appropriate, load-dependent controlled dosing of the input material. However, other components of a good overall system - such as the pre-crushing system discussed here - also contribute to improved results.

Why pre-crushing?
If raw material components are simply too hard for the fine grinding stage, then the grinding stage should be protected. Pre-grinding is then strongly recommended. This is especially true for recipes with legumes such as peas and beans and with sugar beet pellets.

For mixtures with a very wide grain spectrum, such as recipes for flours with legumes, pellets, cereals or rice, a pre-grinding for homogenisation for the further grinding process can be advantageous. A homogeneous structure can be ground more efficiently. This prevents screen damage and increases the availability of the hammer mill - from a technical and economic point of view!

Pre-grinding guarantees the pre-crushing of hard ingredients with simultaneous homogenisation of the recipe, thereby optimally preparing the raw material for the actual fine grinding process.

Read more HERE.

Zhengchang company profile

Zhengchang, established in 1918, has made constant innovations in feed machinery industry and accumulated a wealth of experience in tackling the various challenges facing feed companies and, more importantly, is able to offer a range of comprehensive solutions.
Zhengchang has now evolved into China’s largest manufacture of feed machinery and has 16 branches in China with over 1300 staff and more than thirty offices all over the world.

Zhengchang to date has successfully constructed more than 2000 turnkey projects world around the world, covering fields of poultry and livestock feed, aquatic feed, pet feed, premix feed, sawdust pellet, fertiliser, silo storage, pasture, electrical control and garbage treatment, etc.

Zhengchang projects are designed to deliver to the client higher feed quality, higher overall capacity and more profits. Zhengchang have conquered challenges one after another for the customers and accumulated rich experience over the past 90 years.

They are now making great endeavors to apply their latest achievements to feed, pasture, environment protection, fertilizer, sawdust shaping industries.

Zhengchang is more than a professional partner who can provide advanced machinery, technology and management ideas.

It is also a true problem solver who knows you well during your development. Zhengchang is with you every step of the way.

Visit the website HERE.

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which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.

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June 26, 2020

Less than 2 weeks remain to register for the Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference

Less than two weeks now remain for you to secure your place at the Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference- register now to guarantee your slot! The Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference, now in its fourth rendition, serves as a platform for industry leaders to explore optimal feed processing and nutrition solutions and help attendees make the most out of their feed solutions.

This rendition of the conference will specialise in extrusion for aquatic feeds, and will be held online on July 8-9th, 2020. The two-day conference will feature a variety of industry expert speakers delivering innovative presentations on how users can make the best use of their extrusion machinery and aqua feed systems.

International Aquafeed's Roger Gilbert interviewed conference co-organiser Dr Mian Riaz of Texas A&M University in the Rongorongo Live Lounge, discussing what people have to look forward to from the event:

June 25, 2020

Imas launch innovative feed mill with modular design

Imas, a leading milling technology supplier, has developed a new feed mill type with modular design for the feed industry.

Viteral, a brand of Imas is developing solutions for the feed milling industry, started to offer its farm-type feed facility with a capacity of 2-3 tons per hour for its customers.

The plant which is installed in an area measuring 8x8m with 9m height has many features such as a modular design, short installation time, low investment cost, and short amortisation period.

"Imas Machinery, which has been sustaining its works with a sense of quality and trust for more than a quarter-century, analyses customer demands in the feed machinery sector in the best way and aims to provide the best service to its customers in this sense,' said Imas.

Visit the Imas website, HERE.

Ocrim to supply soft wheat milling system in Morocco

The CEO of Ocrim, Alberto Antolini, with part of the corporate team, have met with the management of Compagnie SABA, S.A., one of the biggest mills of North Africa and delivered a football signed by everyone who played a decisive part in negotiations which have concluded.

Ocrim and Compagnie SABA, S.A. management conclude negotiations for the supply of a 650 T/24h soft wheat milling system
Image credit: Ocrim

Ocrim has been contracted by Compagnie SABA, S.A. to build a 650 T/24h soft wheat milling system in a new building. Ocrim will be a full partner for the Moroccan company, as it will supply the entire system starting with reception, with a related wheat pre-cleaning line, all the way to the shipment of the finished product, with high-capacity bagging stations for products, by-products and granulates.

It will be a cutting edge plant, which foresees the supply of Ocrim advanced machines and latest-generation equipment, aiming to offer high efficiency when it comes to saving energy and from a sanitation point of view, as well as the supply of the plant automation and management system.

A football was signed by everyone who played a decisive part in negotiations
Image credit: Ocrim

Ocrim will also introduce the modular system, which allows maintenance only on the machines concerned without stopping the entire line: this involves more productivity and flexibility in planning scheduled or emergency maintenance.

Compagnie SABA, S.A. sent a clear message to Ocrim, asking for concentration, seriousness and pragmatism in the negotiations, just like a footballer faced with a penalty kick and just one chance of winning. Ocrim did not dawdle and followed the customer's requirements to the letter.

Mr Antolini and his Ocrim team met Mostafa El Maddarsi, chairman of Compagnie SABA, S.A. and the entire family to deliver a unique offer, as requested, in the form of a football signed by everyone who travelled from Cremona to Nador for this important meeting.

During the meeting, Mostafa El Maddarsi stated, 'Unlike in a real football match, this time we can declare that both teams won; they will work together to make the project a great success, thanks to the professional empathy that unites us.'

The penalty kick as a metaphor for the start of a constructive partnership between the two companies.

Visit the Ocrim website, HERE.

Amino acid balancing rather than crude protein is the cutting edge in dairy nutrition

by Robert Hamilton, Technical Sales Manager, Kemin Animal Nutrition and Health EMENA, UK

Since the 1980s we have been using crude protein (CP) as a key element in ration formulation. As with other industries, when advances are made, they are incorporated into systems and practises. This is also the case for ration formulation.

With the mounting pressure to reduce soya usage as world demand increases, combined with the environmental impact of excess nitrogen protein excretion, it has never been a better time to explore the use of rumen protected amino acids (RP-AA). They not only help in addressing these key issues but also provide a range of benefits, such as increased production, improved milk quality, improved fertility and better general health of the animal. In mid-range CP diets, it is impossible to meet the Methionine (Met) and Lysine (Lys) requirements of the animal, therefore we cannot achieve maximum potential and optimum returns.

Amino acids have been used successfully for many years in the monogastric sector and it makes perfect sense that, with improving rumen protection technology (encapsulation and HMBi), along with higher bioavailability, they are also utilised more extensively in the ruminant sector. To maximise bioavailability the product must escape the rumen relatively intact (encapsulated products) and into the absorption sites (abomasum, small intestine) to achieve the highest possible transfer value. Dependant on the encapsulation technology and product core (particle size & functional specific gravity) the true bioavailability can be very different from product to product.

Methionine benefits are commonly known within the dairy industry but, when used in concert with Lysine, it provides additional benefits beyond individual component feeding. It is important that, when using these two RP-AA, they are fed at the correct quantity (g/hd/day), at the optimal proportion in relation to the metabolisable protein within the diet and at the correct ratio between Met to Lys. This will ensure optimal synergistic improvements.

Read more HERE.

Ottevanger Milling Engineers company profile

Ottevanger Milling Engineers is a leading European company in the design and manufacture of equipment and complete installations for the grain-processing and mixed-feed industries.

Food producers throughout the world use these installations to produce food for people and animals. In modern, well-equipped plants in Aalten and Moerkapelle (The Netherlands) Ottevanger's specialists use the latest technologies to design and manufacture a comprehensive range of products.

Computer-controlled plants – anywhere in the world – are provided with on-line technical support from these plants. In its design of any installation Ottevanger takes into account the strictest environmental regulations and safety requirements.

There are, for example, always adequate facilities for air purification as well as sound and heat insulation. A lot of attention is also devoted to hygiene through the use of stainless steel and special coatings.

Thanks to its expert knowledge and expertise, amassed throughout its over one hundred years' experience, Ottevanger is the ideal partner for the implementation of your project.

Read more on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.

Visit the Ottevanger website, HERE.

AFIA invites industry newcomers to virtual feed industry institute

The American Feed Industry Association (AFIA) has opened registration for its popular biennial Feed Industry Institute (FII), which will be offered in a self-paced, virtual learning environment over a span of a few weeks later this summer. The conference, which kicks off August 17th and runs until September 23rd, brings together industry newcomers to learn the fundamentals of the animal food manufacturing process – from the types of ingredients used to the animals served to federal policies that shape the output of the industry.

'The Feed Industry Institute is a great educational forum where people who are new to the livestock feed or pet food industries can learn more about the business of animal food from those who know it best — industry experts,' said Paul Davis, Ph.D., AFIA's director of quality, animal food safety and education. "Our goal is that attendees not only understand how to manufacture high-quality animal food, but why doing so is so essential for animal productivity and well-being.'

Typically a weeklong conference, the 2020 FII has been revamped into a virtual learning environment in light of current public health concerns and travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic. FII officially opens on August 17th, when attendees will be invited to sign in to the online platform and watch nearly 30 lectures – at their leisure – from highly acclaimed experts in the field. Attendees must complete the lectures by September 23rd, when AFIA will hold a live webinar with attendees to answer questions, recap the presentations and conduct a graduation ceremony.

There will be plenty of opportunities for attendees to engage with the material, such as through quizzes, and with each other. Upon registration, AFIA will invite participants to join a private group on social media, where they can network, discuss the course content and get to know their industry colleagues.

'At AFIA, we recognise that COVID-19 has changed how we communicate with one another, but it should not be the stumbling block for those new to the industry looking to start their careers off on the right foot,' said Veronica Rovelli, AFIA's senior director of meetings and events. 'We are committed to meeting people where they are – whether that be physically distanced or career stage – so they can learn the essentials, build their professional networks and put their best foot forward.'

The 2020 FII will include an overview of the US feed industry, animal physiology and nutrition basics, information on the types of ingredients used in animal food and why, the role of medications and other additives, and various processing techniques. It will also look at agriculture's role in building consumer trust, the role of international trade and provide an overview of state and federal regulations. The full agenda can be found on the event's website.

AFIA encourages people to register between now and July 22nd to receive the special one-time discounted rate of $300 for AFIA members and $650 for non-members. After that, the rate raises to $450 for AFIA members and $850 for non-members.

For more information about FII and to register, visit the event's website, HERE.

Hamlet Protein strengthens NCA distribution relationships

Hamlet Protein, market leader in specialty proteins for young animal nutrition, announced the renewal of existing distribution partnerships and the start of new ones in Canada, Mexico and Central America. Based in Findlay, Ohio, the American branch of multinational Hamlet Protein has been steadily increasing its production capacity, technical and commercial resources. The company aims to increase its leading position in swine nutrition and has made a successful entrance in the poultry market.

The NCA region (North and Central America) combines some of the world's top feed producing countries, with 215 MMt produced in the US, 37 MMt in Mexico and 30 MMt in Canada. Hamlet Protein increased the production capacity in Findlay, Ohio with the completion of a new production line earlier this year, and is targeting growth across the region.

Image credit: Mike Mozart on Flickr
(CC BY 2.0)

Canada has long been a target market for Hamlet Protein. It renewed its already successful partnership with Jefo Canada, with the aim to increase market share in the monogastrics segment.

To be closer to customers in the Spanish speaking geographies in the NCA region, Hamlet Protein established a distribution relationship with Jefo Mexico and partnered with Profil in Central America. Distribution agreements were signed for Profil's group companies in El Salvador (Servicios Tecnicos Avicolas); Honduras (Profilaxis) and Guatemala (Profilaxis).

Grady Fain, Regional Director NCA with Hamlet Protein commented, 'We are very pleased to announce the extension of existing relationships and the start of new ones. Our distribution partners have deep knowledge of the local markets. Coupled with our first in class technical support, we feel confident that together we can achieve our ambitious growth agenda going forward.'

Hamlet Protein produces soy-based protein ingredients for young pig, poultry and cattle feed at two production plants in Denmark and the US. Hamlet Protein services customers around the world through a network of own sales offices and distributors.

For more information visit the Hamlet Protein website, HERE.

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