The Global Miller

November 19, 2019

Franz Waxenecker appointed Managing Director of BIOMIN

Animal nutrition firm BIOMIN has appointed Franz Waxenecker as Managing Director of BIOMIN. Mr Waxenecker joined the company in 2001 and most recently served as Director of Development and Innovation.

Franz Waxenecker, Managing Director of BIOMIN
Image credit: ERBER Group

Visit the Biomin website, HERE.

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Creating tomorrow together: Millers challenged to be ‘part of the solution’ at Bühler’s 2019 Networking Days

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.

Beyond the Ri’ichi

by Hiromi Saita, Senior Staff, International Management Office, Satake Corporation, Japan

Part 1: From local town in Japan, to the world
Since its foundation in 1896, Satake’s 123 years of history have been an endless challenge with technological breakthroughs and regional boundaries. Initially started as a short grain rice milling machine manufacturer in Japan, Satake’s products now range from rice milling machinery, flour milling machinery, biomass gasification systems and microbial analysers for ballast water, to packaged rice for the food industry.

Satake currently serves its customer with 29 offices in 13 countries outside of Japan, and supply products and services to over 150 countries worldwide, establishing and extending its global production system and service network.

We would like to go back in time and explore how Satake expanded its application of the short grain rice milling machine beyond the realms of imagination to all other products.

Born in Saijo
In 1863, Ri’ichi Satake was born in a small town of Higashi-Hiroshima city, Hiroshima prefecture, Japan, as the first son of the Satake family who made their living as farmers for generations. It was in 1878, at age of fifteen, during the laborious work of manual rice milling that the first new ideas started to flash through Mr Satake’s mind on how to improve the rice milling process.

However, as he was about to start trials on a new type of rice milling machine, he was appointed as a person in charge of water management of the largest lake in Hiroshima Prefecture. In 1893, immediately after completing this work, he was again assigned as a commander of line construction for the railway between Mihara city and Hiroshima city, both in the prefecture.

The railroad later became one of the main lines in Western Japan, the Sanyo line. Furthermore, he was then chosen for the post of line construction between Kyoto city and Nara city.

It was 1895, he was finally able to start the development of the rice milling machine. In 1896, Riichi had realised his dream of creating a power-driven milling machine - the first of its kind in Japan.

He not only designed it but crafted all parts by himself in a small shack. Its performance was 20 times more efficient than that of man-powered alternatives and impressed everyone who saw the demonstration; he immediately sold three of them.

However, not completely satisfied with its tall bulky heavy weight body (at near 370kg in total), he was led to recalling all machines he had already delivered to customers and begin the addition of further improvements.

The improved version became the famous four-linked type motor power-driven milling machine, twice the capacity but half the size of the first machine. The sales of this revolutionarily efficient rice milling machine expanded so rapidly that soon the tiny manufacturing facility became one of the largest in the area, hiring over 200 employees. This is the foundation of the current Satake Corporation.

Read more HERE.

Özpolat company profile

Özpolat Milling Machinery Technology was founded in 1966, today production continuous in its 6000m² interior production area with its expert personnel, computer based design and production technology, and modern CNC lathes.

Özpolat Milling Machinery Technology became the pioneer in mill machinery production in 1980s and was the first company in Turkey that produced the fully-automated, single-piece, cast body roller mills.

Özpolat Milling Machinery Technology has more than 300 references all over the world including many from turn-key factories.

The high quality machinery and turn-key factories produced by Özpolat are now being exported to more than 20 countries including EU countries such as Germany and Austria as well as South American countries such as Argentina.

Özpolat has adopted the principle of continuous technological development and presenting the highest quality products to its clients.

For more information visit the company website, HERE.

Register now for Milling and Grain's Conferences!

VICTAM and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia have just opened registration for their exhibition, which also means that registration for Milling and Grain's conferences taking place at the exhibition is also open!

Simply register for the event, click youre confirmation email and then select from the drop-down menu of confeences which you would like to attend.

Milling and Grain have a great set of conferences taking place during the event in Bangkok:

GRAPAS Innovations Conference

Taking place on March 24th, 2020, the conference will feature 10-minute presentations from each applicant in the GRAPAS Innovations Awards, discussing what makes their products so special and what they bring to the flour, pasta and rice processing industry. At the end of the conference, Milling and Grain will also announce the winner(s) of the awards and hand out the coveted GRAPAS trophy!

We already have 3 confirmed applications into the GRAPAS Innovations Awards 2020 from Yenar, Wingmen Group and Henry Simon!

For more information- click here.

Tickets US $30 each.

Build my Feed Mill

Build My Feed Mill Seminar will once again take place during VICTAM Asia and Animal Health and Nutrition Asia on March 25th 2020. During the Build my Feed Mill Conference, 10-12 companies are given the chance to present 10-minute presentations about how their solutions assist feed mills in their everyday processes and practices.

Taking attendees through every process within a feed mill, Build my Feed Mill enables attendees to discover the latest innovations that help make your feed mill truly innovative, efficient and profitable. Currently confirmed speakers include PLP Liquid Systems, SCE, FrigorTec and Amandus Kahl.

For more information- click here.

Attendance and participation are both FREE.

November 18, 2019

Fire breaks out in recently expanded Cargill animal feed plant, USA

Local news outlets reported on Friday 15th that a fire broke out in a hoper at Cargill's Animal Nutrition & Health facility in Temple, Texas, USA. Reports have said the fire took just over an hour to get under control and fortunately all 15 workers escaped without injury.

Cargill had only announced on 1st November that this facility had undergone a $34 million expansion improving the manufacturing, packaging, warehousing and shipping capabilities of the plant, the work began in January 2018 and was completed in August 2019.

Image credit: Temple Fire & Rescue

'The Texas feed market has always been central to our animal nutrition business,' said Joe Comte, sales manager. 'We are excited to offer improved access of our Nutrena, Record Rack and Cargill branded product lines to our farm and ranch feed store customers and the animal owners they serve.'

In Cargill's 1st November announcement they stated that the Temple facility employs 26 people and is capable of producing nearly 500,000 tons of bag and bulk animal feed per year. In addition to the Temple facility, Cargill operates in 13 locations across the state of Texas, employing 3,947 Texans through its Animal Nutrition & Health, Grain Processing and Distribution, Starches and Sweeteners, and Protein businesses.

Visit the Cargill website, HERE.

Andritz company profile

ANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel Technologies is one of the world’s leading suppliers of technologies, systems and services for advanced industrial equipment for the animal feed, aqua feed and pet food industries, and for the biofuel pelleting industry.

The ANDRITZ concept
Their production lines are based on a full program of well-proven process machinery and equipment in combination with inteted IT solutions that ensure easy operation, high plant efficiency, and full process traceability. All ANDRITZ equipment and solutions take account of the demand for reliable processing, cost efficiency, and uniform, high-quality feed and biomass products.

Products and solutions
When choosing products and solutions from ANDRITZ Feed & Biofuel Technologies, you will have a qualified and experienced partner with the ability to assist you all the way from the start to the finished product.

ANDRITZ offers
- Turnkey projects
- Single unit machines
- Technical consultancy
- Engineering services
- Local aftermarket service and support
- Key machinery and complete plant solutions

Visit the ANDRITZ website, HERE.

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