09/06/2017: Tom Blacker - International Milling Directory

Tom Blacker

 Summer is upon us

 It is May already and summer is upon us, meaning a busy time for the industry.

 IDMA, the International Flour, Semolina, Rice, Corn, Bulghur, Feed Milling Machinery & Pulse, Pasta, Biscuit Technologies Exhibition, is due to take place shortly in Istanbul, Turkey. The conference, which is held every two years, has a strong focus on grain and pulses processing technology. It is unique because of the sheer breadth of participants from across the industry. Professional visitors from 144 different countries will be attending, and it is the ideal opportunity to meet and expand investment opportunities, and market share.

 The event is being held from the May 4-7, 2017 at the Istanbul Expo Center and you can visit http://www.idma.com.tr to find out more information and to book tickets. Milling and Grain magazine will be there, so please stop by to say hello.

 Read more on our online edition of Milling and Grain magazine here. 

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Event: Livestock Asia - day two

This weeks Grain and feed milling Technology's Tom Blacker and Tuti Tan have been in Malaysia for Livestock Asia.

Tom Blacker sent us an update from the three-day event:

The show has been a very good success. Today was a student day and they were amongst agribusiness professionals throughout the halls of the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre.

Yesterday, the chairman of UBM (show organisers), the director general of the department of Vetinary Science and the Malaysian minister for agriculture spoke at the opening ceremony. There is lots of interest from the region in challenges and potential of Malaysian livestock, feed and technology.

According to the event organisers, visitor numbers are rising by 15 percent event on event. Most visitors are from Malaysia and southeast Asia.

Our stand is in the UK pavilion and have had a great meeting new and loyal readers alike. The demand is insatiable for our feed focuses, species specific features and people pages.

If you have not been able to pick up a copy of the magazine at the show and would like a free issue please contact Tuti at tutit@perendale.co.uk.

On the business side of thing, Tuti and I have met companies from all sectors - manufacturing, health, feed and nutrient processing, storage and more. New advertisers have agreed deals with us and we are positive of the outcome from more of the exhibitors.

Livestock Asia has met expectations for us, and we welcome your comments and views headed of the third and final day tomorrow.

Our stand is located at the UK pavilion in Hall 4, stand E405.

Kuala Lumpur (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Guest blog: Tom Blacker from the International Milling Directory

Today we have a guest blog post from Tom Blacker from Perendale Publishers. Tom has taken on the challenge of coordinating the International Milling Directory (IMD) for 2013/14. Although he's fairly new to the company, Tom has fully immersed himself in all thing IMD and the next edition is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever.

So, over to Tom...

Grain & Feed Milling Technology and the International Milling Directory (IMD) are normally separated by the different purposes and also by the building’s walls here at the Perendale offices. As it will be myself coordinating the new 2013/14 directory for publication and print later this year, it is good to welcome you in to 2013 with a renewed focus for the IMD too. 
 

Foremost on the horizon is my first conferencing for the International Milling Directory at GEAPS Exchange in Louisville, Kentucky, USA in just over four weeks. IMD will be at the Perendale exhibition stand and will be distributing copies of the current edition to attendees and participants.

The GEAPS show is for the grain handling, elevator and processing industries and is a very long running conference. I am going to be a new face but aim to be able to attract the same levels of productivity as the old hands who have been before. Many of the IMD’s member companies and organisations will be present, especially from the US market. Large and smaller companies are exhibiting and the single hall plan means all will be easy to reach. 

I am personally excited about the opportunity to interact and promote the IMD as well as Grain & Feed Milling Technology to this conference. Falling in February, after IPPE, will hopefully give a refreshingly compact approach to a US conference. Around 500 stands have been booked in total for GEAPS Exchange so far.  

Do come and check out the IMD and myself at the Perendale Publishers’ stand next to the main hall’s entrance doors. Ivan Marquetti, Perendale Publishers’ Latin America manager, is due to join me for GEAPS Exchange so I also look forward to working together with him at this event. 

Don't forget, you can access the IMD online here.

IMD coordinator, Tom Blacker at the Perendale Publishers office, Cheltenham, UK