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June 02, 2020

FILIP company profile

FILIP know the exacting requirements of their customers, how important a perfect screen cleaning is for the performance in the plan sifter - and thus for the final flour yield in the corresponding passages. That is why they place the highest value on the highest quality of their products.

FILIP offers:
• 100 years of expertise in screen cleaning technology
• Proven products with efficient screen cleaning for decades
• Screen cleaner for all common plansifter types
• Competent and individual advice
• Short delivery times and fast order processing
• Strict quality management
• Custom made items
• Numerous foreign representations worldwide
• Food suitability (FDA / EU)

High Quality - Made in Germany
The well-known FILIP quality is created through conscientious manual work at their location in Germany. We rely exclusively on experienced, well-trained personnel in the production. Every single cleaner goes through several strict quality controls before leaving the factory. The final quality control is documented by an employee in writing and sent with the goods. This process and selected, high-quality raw materials ensure a long service life of their products - even under extreme temperature and humidity conditions.

The brush and cleaner bodies are made of a food grade polyurethane, which protects the screen frame due to its high elasticity. And the specially tailored trimming material is processed so that the mesh fabric is gently cleaned. Thanks to a dynamic knocking and cleaning effect, their products achieve above-average screening performance, even for products that are difficult to sieve. They protect the sieves from sticking and are resistant to fats and enzymes.

FDA / EU certified - safety comes first
When processing food, safety and quality are top priorities. Of course, this also applies to their products. At the mill, their screen cleaners come into direct contact with the product to be screened. For this reason, the food suitability of their materials used is of utmost importance to us.

The plastics from the FILIP range are therefore made from materials whose substances are considered to be harmless in connection with food. FILIP products have been proven to meet stringent US and European requirements.

Applied guidelines are:
FDA Code of Federal Regulations (US), Food and Drugs, FDA Regulation 21 CFR §177.1680 Title: For Direct Food Contact (USA).

Regulation (EU) No 1935/2004 of 27 October 2004 on materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

Regulation (EU) No 2023/2006 of 22 December 2006 on good manufacturing practice for materials and articles intended to come into contact with food.

Visit the FILIP website, HERE.

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Register now for the Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference

Milling and Grain magazine are happy to announce that the Aqua Feed Extrusion Conference will now take place online. 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.

Mehrtash Ghaziani joins Omas Industries as Regional Sales Manager

Omas Industries is proud to announce that Mehrtash Ghaziani, already Regional Sales Manager for Iran and Iraq and a valuable collaborator within the company, has been named as Sales Manager for Pakistan as well as Afghanistan countries.

Strengthened by his knowledge of the territory and his decades of experience in the industrial milling industry, Mehrtash will be able to bring his enthusiasm and determination to the new area, which is full of potential for Omas Industries.

Luigi Nalon, Omas Industries CEO said, 'I am sure that he will provide even more added value thanks to his long-term experience in the milling industry. He is an admirable professional and skilled person who, in time, has gained the admiration of all the customers that had the chance to work with him and he will surely get the approval of new ones. Good luck Mehrtash in this new adventure!"

Iran’s rice harvest increases almost 50 percent

In a recent report from the Iranian Ministry of Agriculture it has shown that the total rice harvest in Iran has increased over 46 percent on last year, reaching 4,518 million mt.

Image credit: Gagandeep Sapra on Flickr
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The ministry also said that the total production for white rice is 2.9 million tons and meets its own needs on a yearly basis, where the per capita rice consumption is 35 kilograms on average.

The increase in rice production has been credited to cultivation areas and the rains in Iran last year. Land used for rice cultivation has expanded by 230,000 hectares, 38 percent increase, and has reached 834,000 hectares across Iran.

The landed dedicated to rice farming has almost doubled in both Golestan and Khuzestan, two provinces in the northeast of Iran. Authorities said the country has met rice needs from other countries, especially India, but this time it will not be needed.

The ministry stated that this increase in production will mean that the country will suffice on its own and that Iran will not have to import 2 million tons of rice as previous years.

June 01, 2020

New Zealand flour industry endures COVID-19 lockdown

by Peter Parker, General Manager, Milling and Grain Oceania, New Zealand

At the time of writing this article over 200 countries and territories around the world are being affected by COVID-19. While we are all fighting the same virus, each country is faced with its own unique challenges and opportunities. New Zealand is an island nation of just five million people, with thousands of kilometres of ocean isolating us from the nearest neighbouring countries. These attributes have allowed New Zealand the fortunate opportunity to not only ‘flatten the curve’ but to potentially squash out COVID-19 entirely.

With the assistance of Paul Fahy, Manufacturing Manager of Champion Flour Milling Ltd and Chairman of New Zealand Flour Milling Association (NZFMA), this article is going to explore the steps taken as a nation to get to the stage whereby, on April 27th, we can safely begin to relax our lockdown restrictions, as well as the inspiring story of how the domestic flour industry has managed to keep Kiwis (New Zealanders) stocked with the essential ingredient of flour.

The New Zealand Flour Milling Association (NZFMA) comprises of four flour milling organisations with mills located on both the North and South Islands, Champion Flour Milling Ltd (three mills), Mauri ANZ (three mills), NZ Flour Mills Ltd, and Farmers Mill. The New Zealand Flour Milling industry was de-regulated in 1987 with New Zealand continuing to operate in a free market trade relationship with countries.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and her government have received global praise in the past year, for the fast law reform to ban semi-automatic weapons in response to the Christchurch mosque terrorist attack, the volcanic eruption of White Island, and now the relatively successful response to COVID-19. Prime Minister Ardern’s strategy for COVID-19 from the outset has been to respond hard and early with an emphasis on testing, restricting the physical interaction and movement of people, and transparency of information.

On February 3rd restrictions were put in place banning foreign nationals who had travelled through or from mainland China, and all people entering the country had to self-isolate for two weeks. On February 28th, New Zealand reported its first case of COVID-19, from overseas travel. A few days after two suspected cases of community transmission the country moved into alert level 4, and the entire nation goes into self-isolation.

Read more HERE.

Yenar company profile

With more than 20 years experience in the sector, Yenar have a state of the art production plant on an area of 40,000 m2, of which 18,000 m2 is covered.

Domestic and global leaders since 1995, Yenar's equipment range includes rolls manufactured using the most up to date technology by means of the double pour centrifugal casting method. These rolls are in demand in many food sectors.

Manufacturing 22,000 units annually of various diameters and lengths as of 2014, Yenar is the fastest growing Turkish company in the sector, supplying hundreds of food sector producers in both domestic and foreign markets by means of professional sales teams.

Visit the website HERE

Minister Taneva announces Bulgaria's expected annual harvest numbers

According to the Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, the expected grain harvest in wheat this year will reach approximately five million tonnes. In line with the announcement made by Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry, Desislava Taneva, Bulgaria will maintain its self-sufficiency in bread and feed this year. According to the statement made by the minister, the country is one of the leading countries in grain exports to third-world countries and the EU.

"We will definitely maintain the status of a major grain exporter in the current sales period," Minister Desislava Taneva notes. 'According to the estimates of the European Commission Field Crops and Olive Oil Committee, our country will produce 5.8 million tonnes of produce. Real returns are always 10-to-15 percent higher than estimates. At the moment, we do not expect the prices of basic needs such as flour and bread to increase.'

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