Activities and associations Tom Blacker, International Milling and Grain Directory July has been exceptionally active month for myself and for the directory. Arranging visits to visit two UK directory members, planning more for the website and the 2018 print version and confirming and updating many new companies are always a pleasure for myself to be responsible for. All sorts of rice, feed, grain and handling organisations have recently joined from all continents of the world, increasing our membership size to record levels. Please go to www.internationalmilling.com today to update or newly register your company with virtually unlimited choices of products and services categories. It is a duty of the directory to provide breadth and depth of content and services for the industry, so that the directory will always be relevant and informative. Userfriendly changes that are due to be included in the 2018 directory are being agreed now and it is very exciting to work on these fine details that will make a large difference to you in the 26th edition. Interestingly, the directory is not just a solely independent publication. It is the industry’s own and has always been reliant on co-operation from industry partners. Some partner associations in the grain industry have a lot of implicit influence and can inform the shape and direction of the current trends. Whilst I have been busy recently, so have our partner associations. The Mills Archive Trust will host the London and South East Milling Society (LSEMS) in September. This is interesting as the world’s most international industry archive combines with, the UK’s largest industry society. I personally have been very interested in industry organisations and their growth in relation to the directory. The LSEMS are actively calling for more members from the UK industry and more interest for joining their committee as they seek to enact a great set of plans, see their website here: www.lsemsonline. wordpress.com for more information and all necessary contact details. Furthermore, the LSEMS’ current President, Nick Hinton will be speaking at the ‘Build my Flourmill’ conference CICFO in Beijing, China on September 11, 2017. This will be a highly interesting conference with an international line-up including Nick’s Turkish counterpart, TUSAF President, Gühan Ulusoy also speaking, so do not miss such an important event. Associations provide a lot of added value to the industry and create new links between organisations and individuals but also the fabric and network of the industry, just in the same role for the International Milling and Grain Directory. AND GRAIN @intlmilling facebook.com/internationalmillingdirectory
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Richardson acquires European Oat Millers
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ichardson International Limited has expanded its oat milling business with the acquisition of European Oat Millers. Curt Vossen, President and CEO of Richardson International commented, “We are excited to build on our success in value-added processing and extend our food manufacturing footprint to a new geography. As the largest oat miller in North America, we now look forward to building a presence in Europe to enhance our ability to compete in the global marketplace.” Based in Bedford, England, European Oat Millers is a leader in the oat milling business. It is the second largest oat miller in Europe, producing a wide range of oat products, including various oat flakes, flour and groats, as well as wheat and barley flakes and extruded ingredients and products. Products are sold throughout the UK, with exports to continental Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Vossen continues, “European Oat Millers is a solid, family-owned business that is well-established in the UK We have been very impressed with both the quality of the business and its people and believe it is an excellent complement to our Richardson Milling division. Looking ahead, we will build on the investments that have already been made, including increasing manufacturing capacity, and will continue to seek opportunities to expand our global business.” Bill Jordan, who co-founded European Oat Millers with his brother David remarked, “My brother and I are very proud of the business that we have successfully grown over the past three decades. We are pleased to be passing it on to a similar family-owned business that shares both our vision for growth and our core values and we look forward to watching the business evolve.” Richardson first entered the oat milling business in 2013 with the acquisition of three oat processing plants in Canada - Portage la Prairie, Manitoba; Martensville, Saskatchewan; Barrhead, Alberta – and one in the US in South Sioux City, Nebraska. Today, Richardson is the largest oat miller in North America.
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Norel opens in Sao Paulo orge Calil will be responsible for setting up the company and introducing Norel products into the Brazilian market. This will bring the opportunity to service directly Norel core products such as butyrates, medium chain fatty acid salts, organic minerals, flavours, preservatives, fats or rumen enhancers into the always so competitive Brazilian market. The Brazilian market is one of the main exporters of beef and poultry meat worldwide, currently exporting US$6,500 million and US$5,500 million respectively. Due to the new context in the USA, in which the use of antibiotics has been limited to its medical use and restricted the use as growth promoters, Brazil will be required to produce with these new conditions. Milling and Grain - August 2017 | 31