The Global Miller

May 22, 2018

23/05/2018: Siwertell unloader will deliver a competitive edge to new agri-bulk terminal in Mexico

Siwertell, part of Bruks Siwertell Group, has secured an order from Mexico’s Gramosa Agroalimentos SA for a high-capacity unloader to serve the company’s new agri-bulk terminal located in the Gulf of Mexico port, Veracruz. The unloader was chosen after out-performing all competitor systems during a four-month selection process.

Image credit: Siwertell

The totally-enclosed, rail-mounted, Siwertell ST 640-M unloader offers a rated capacity of 1,200t/h and will handle grain, corn, soya bean meal and dried distillers grains with solubles (DDGS).

Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.

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23/05/2018: Grain elevator industry professionals learn management techniques

As the demand for professionals in the grain industry continues to grow, the need for continued education in the industry is essential.

Carlos Campabadal, feed manufacturing and grain quality management curriculum manager, explains to participants different grain consistencies for Grain Elevator Management course participants. Shown left to right are Tom Phillips, Kansas State University; John Kuhlman, CHS United Plains Ag; Scott Endriss, NEW Cooperative Inc.; and Kendall Frahm, Bunge North America.
Image credit: IGP KSU

The IGP Institute at Kansas State University offered an IGP–KSU Grain Elevator Managers course May 14–18, 2018, where 15 participants gained management skills and learned the importance of grain operation systems.

Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.

23/05/2018: “Trusted. Tested. True.” Chief, the precise difference

by Vaughn Entwistle, Features Editor, Milling and Grain

When Milling and Grain walked into the business offices of Chief Agri, chased inside by a cold, Kearney Nebraska wind, we were greeted with that world-famous Mid-Western hospitality by a warmly smiling receptionist.

Immediately behind her desk, we noticed Çhief’s mission statement emblazoned on the wall, “Our Mission: Provide unparalleled personal attention to meeting the needs of our customers while treating all stakeholders with dignity and respect, thereby ensuring our strength and stability.”

Quite a mouthful, you might think at first. However, as you read the words back two or three times, the power of the sentiment begins to sink in.

Later, when Milling and Grain sat down with Sales System Manager, Travys Woodside, and Marketing Coordinator, Christa Britton, we learned more about Chief’s business ethos and just how meaningful these words are.

“Everyone at the company can recite the mission statement,” Ms Britton explained, “because it’s that important to us.”

A long tradition of customer service
Chief is a company that proudly wears its engineering heritage on its sleeve. If you had any doubt of that, you only had to look at the Indian head Chief logo: “Chief started in 1954,” Woodside said. “To commemorate that, all of the angles in our logo are at a 19.54 degree angle. We began as a construction company founded by Virgil I. Heusen. The company grew into 14 divisions and we have now consolidated down to seven divisions that we feel can take us forward. Chief Agri was formed in 1961.”

Chief Agri currently manufactures a comprehensive variety of grain handling and storage systems including grain driers, bucket elevators, aeration systems, commercial hopper tanks, grain management systems, its range of stiffened and unstiffened farm bins, and the Chief Lamenco square bolted bin systems.

“We have our head office in Kearney and an office in Grand Island. And then we own two other facilities in the USA, one in Hastings and one in Lexington.” Woodside said. “Chief construction has grown 400 percent in the last five years. And in addition, we own our own trucking company—Chief Carriers—to make sure we can get product where we need it to be.”

Leading logistics—Managing the customer’s order from factory to site
Owning their own trucking company is a huge advantage for Chief in ensuring that their products arrive on time and undamaged at a construction site—and with a complete assemblage of parts. For international shipping, Chief partners with Warner Enterprises, another highly reputable company with a solid reputation.

Read the full article, HERE.

Visit the Chief Industries website, HERE.

Chief Industries company profile

Chief Agri/Industrial Division markets grain bins, grain conditioning, bulk-handling, feedmill equipment and accessories through a worldwide network of highly qualified dealers. And since 1954, Chief Industries has been providing customers with quality manufactured products and unmatched personal service.

"The demanding industry we serve requires flexibility and our diverse line of products provides customers the confidence that Chief can meet their needs. This diversity combined with unmatched personal service and the strength of more than 50 years, are key examples of how the Chief commitment to our customers is unmatched," says the company.

For more than 50 years, Chief has focused on "Engineering Relationships" with its customers, a relationship that begins long before the order and lasts well after the shipment.

Chief products utilise state-of-the-art designs that simplify construction and save time and money. The company extends an invitation to tour its site to find out how Chief can meet your grain management needs.

Visit the company website, HERE.

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This blog is maintained by The Global Miller staff and is supported by the magazine GFMT
which is published by Perendale Publishers Limited.

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May 21, 2018

22/05/2018: ONE18: The birthplace of ideas

Opening day of ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference celebrates the transformative power of ideas and a man who revolutionised the ag industry, Dr Pearse Lyons

www.one.alltech.com

True to its name, ONE: The Alltech Ideas Conference 2018 kicked off by showcasing some of today’s most innovative ideas, all the way from the gene level to disruptive changes to the future of food and how we produce it. Often described as a nexus of global agriculture and the premier business conference in the region, the day’s thought-provoking presentations firmly established ONE18 as the birthplace of life-changing ideas.

Read the full article on the Milling and Grain website, HERE.

22/05/2018: Reliability maintenance – How it saves money

By Edward LaPreze, Pepper Maintenance, Minier, IL USA

Maintenance programmes, are they a costly expense or as an income opportunity?

Maintenance cost is almost always treated as an expense. Utilising reliability maintenance can turn this thinking around and our maintenance programs can begin to create opportunities to increase profits. Most current maintenance programs are typically reactive to failure and attempt to maintain equipment almost exclusively through lubrication.

Few alternatives have been utilised to assist equipment in running reliably or efficiently; therefore, reducing the cost of doing business. With a few additions and alterations of maintenance practices, systems can begin to be seen as income instead of expense. Reliability maintenance is a required component of a world class maintenance program and is changing the way maintenance is viewed.

Current methods of maintenance lose money through a number of system errors. Wasted energy and losses in efficiency increase the cost of production. Reactive maintenance, repairing after a failure, is very expensive and can be up to 10 times more expensive than repairs performed proactively. This is in part due to additional damage done when a part fails.

Shafts and other components can be damaged if a failure is not noticed early. Reactive failures require more personnel and often demand overtime to return the equipment to service as fast as possible. Breakdowns do not occur during slow times when equipment is idle but most often during critical busy times. The added pressure to get equipment back in service adds personnel safety concerns as well.

Unplanned downtime is one of the largest costs a facility can incur. Labour cost alone can produce staggering figures. Running two shifts, 340 days per year at US$19/£13.20 per hour with only five minutes of downtime per shift equals US$26,916/ £19,000 per year. Reducing this downtime by only 10 percent will save over US$9000/£6,300 each year.

Read the full article, HERE.

Satake company profile

In 1896, the founder of the Satake Corporation, Riichi Satake, invented and began the production of Japan's first power driven rice milling machine.

In the subsequent one hundred years, a succession of successful developments and a wealth of accumulated research and knowledge have made Satake the world leader in grain processing systems. Satake produces a comprehensive range of individual machines, integrated systems and totally engineered solutions for the processing of rice, wheat and other grains.

The Company is proud of its tradition of innovation which ensures that Satake machines and systems are always at the forefront of technology.

Satake has achieved its position as the oldest, largest and most advanced company in its fields through its commitment to offering customers superb equipment, specially developed to meet their needs. This driving principle has led directly to the prosperity of the Company.

According to their website: "We are most grateful to all our customers for their patronage which has allowed us to become known and respected in Japan and over 140 countries throughout the world."

"Satake is a 'customer company' as well as a 'technically oriented company' putting the principle of customer satisfaction into practice. The support and assistance of our customers are greatly appreciated."

Visit the website HERE.

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