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Matson and Hahlweg named to
milling director roles at Bay State
QUINCY, MASS. - Steven J. Matson has joined Bay State Milling as
director of manufacturing milling operations while Bart Hahlweg has been
named director of core milling commercial management.
Mr. Matson has 25 years of operations
leadership in the food industry, most recently as regional plant manager at Ardent Mills. Earlier, he held various roles
at Cargill/Horizon Milling, including regional operations manager and

facility manager. He is a member of the
International Association of Operative
Millers, where he serves on the education committee. Also for the I.A.O.M.,
he has served as a director representing
the Wheat State District and as chairman of the Flour City District.
Mr. Matson received a bachelor of
science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Minnesota, Institute of Technology.
Mr. Hahlweg will manage the inside

Ingredion to add Bastos Licht as
new president for Asia-Pacific
WESTCHESTER, ILL. - Valdirene
Bastos Licht is slated to join Ingredion, Inc. as senior vice-president and
president, Asia-Pacific, on March 1.
She was elected to the position at the
company's Dec. 15, 2017, board of directors meeting.
In her new role, Ms. Bastos Licht will
be responsible for the management of
financial and operational performance

in Asia-Pacific. She will succeed Jorgen Kokke, who was named executive
vice-president, global specialties, and
president, North America.
Ms. Bastos Licht is currently senior
vice-president, Asia Pacific, for Solvay's Euro Novecare business. She has
been with Solvay for nearly six years,
holding roles including senior vicepresident and Latin America general

sales and customer service group for
core milling, and he will be responsible for capacity management in support of the organization's market sales
strategy. Prior to joining Bay State earlier this year, Mr. Hahlweg was regional manager at JM Swank. Earlier, he was a plant manager at several ConAgra
Foods' facilities.
Mr. Hahlweg received a bachelor of sciHahlweg
ence degree in agriculture/business from Colorado State
University. MBN
manager for several chemical and industrial businesses.
Ms. Bastos Licht began her career
with BASF, where she spent 23 years
in various positions of increasing responsibility in I.T., operational and
strategic supply chain, and global strategic and operational marketing.
She received a bachelor's degree
in mathematics from Fundacao Santo
Andre in Brazil and a master's of science degree in management from the
MIT Sloan School of Management in
the United States. MBN

Data

I.G.C. forecasts imports of high-protein
pulses to rise to record high
LONDON - Worldwide trade in
pulses - edible seeds such as dried
peas, lentils and kidney beans - is
expected to grow 5% to a record 16.9
million tonnes in 2017.
Expansion in import and export
of pulses is largely tied to increased
demand from Far East Asia and Africa, where some countries have experienced population growth and
improved economic conditions, according to a Nov. 23 report from the
International Grains Council.
Total world trade in pulses - a category that also includes chickpeas,
mung beans and broad beans - averaged 14.5 million tonnes per year in the
2012-16 seasons. Exports of pulses have
risen for the past three seasons to an estimated 16.1 million tonnes in 2016, a
2% increase from 15.8 million tonnes
in 2015 and a 10% increase compared
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with 14.6 million tonnes in 2014.
Canada, the world's largest pulses
exporter, is forecast to export 5,864,000
tonnes in 2017, a 3% increase in shipments over the 2016 estimate, and
down less than a percentage point from
5,906,000 tonnes in 2015. The I.G.C.
prediction is based on increased dried
peas demand from China, Bangladesh
and India. Australia's 2017 exports
of pulses are predicted to increase by
35% over the previous year to 2.8 million tonnes. By comparison, the United
States is forecast to export 1,461,000
tonnes in 2017, a slight increase over
2016 and a 25% increase compared
with 1,167,000 tonnes in 2015.
Pulses, the edible seeds from leguminous plants, are allowed to dry in
the fields before harvest. They require
relatively low water use to thrive yet
provide high levels of protein. Pulses

contribute value in farm rotations via
soil health by returning nitrogen to
the dirt and lessening fertilizer use for
subsequent crops.
Dried peas are the top exports among
pulses and are expected to rise 3% in 2017
to 5.7 million tonnes on strong demand
from Asia and Africa. Canada is by far
the top dried pea exporter, followed by
the European Union and Russia.
Australia's sizable year-over-year
increase in predicted pulses exports is
due in large part to a record harvest
of lentils. Import demand, especially
to India, could push Australian export shipments of lentils to 715,000
tonnes, more than triple the estimated
2016 shipments. That's indicative of a
worldwide trend toward increased lentil demand. A forecast 14% increase in
exports from 2016 to 3.5 million tonnes
would be the second highest in history.
Australia also is predicted to see a 10%
year-over-year increase in chickpeas
exports, part of a 4% increase in world
trade to 2.4 million tonnes. MBN
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