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Schmidt-Seeger GmbH is now Bühler GmbH
UZWIL, SWITZERLAND — In September 2010, SchmidtSeeger GmbH was acquired by the Bühler Technology Group. Now that the integration has been completed, the company will in the future appear solely under the name Bühler GmbH, Bühler announced on Jan. 12. The acquisition of this German grain management specialist has enabled Bühler to signiﬁcantly increase its conveying, cleaning, drying, dedusting and storage competencies, especially in the area of grain collection, the company said. These capabilities are now united in the Grain Logistics business unit. The new Grain Logistics business unit has its center of competence at the site of the former company Schmidt-Seeger GmbH in Beilngries, Germany, north of Munich. Since the acquisition by Bühler, a joint integration team has been busy deﬁning the future form of collaboration and the potential synergies. The operating business processes are not affected. Nothing will change for customers and other business partners as a result of this renaming to Bühler GmbH, and the usual contacts will be retained. The new business unit meets the challenges of ensuring optimal grain supplies as a consequence of global population growth and climate changes, Bühler said. At www.buhlergroup.com/grain-logistics, the Grain Logistics business unit also presents its machine design adapted to the Bühler colors in addition to the new joint range of products and services.

LeMar Industries acquires Riley Equipment
DES MOINES, IOWA, U.S. — LeMar Industries announced on Jan. 5 that it has acquired leading material handling manufacturer Riley Equipment. “With this move we take LeMar’s core product offerings to the next level with signiﬁcant expansion beneﬁting customers immediately,” said Robert Martin, president. “Our partners can be conﬁdent in an enhanced experience marked by LeMar’s signature service and ﬂexibility.” The move expands LeMar’s product line to include bucket elevators, chain drag conveyors (horizontal, inclined, and vertical), screw conveyors, distributors and related accessories. Part of Riley’s strength lies in its ability to design and fabricate custom equipment to customer needs, in addition to standard product lines, LeMar said. “We intend to expand on this capability and capacity immediately,” Martin said. Headquartered in Vincennes, Indiana, U.S., Riley Equipment was founded by Charles Riley in 1978 and now serves agriculture and a wide variety of industrial markets both domestic and international.

Perten receives USDA approval for in-line NIR
HUDDINGE, SWEDEN — The DA 7300 in-line NIR analysis system received certiﬁcation from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Dairy Grading Branch, Equipment Design Review Section that the instrument is in compliance with NSF/ANSI/3-A 14159-1-2010 Hygiene Requirements for the Design of Meat and Poultry Processing Equipment. The approval means that the instrument can be installed and used in meat and poultry facilities requiring sanitary designed instruments and equipment. Each sanitary designed instrument is delivered with a copy of the USDA certiﬁcate of compliance. The design’s certiﬁcation is reviewed and renewed with the USDA every four year. The DA 7300 is a diode array based NIR instrument designed for use in food and agricultural environments. It continuously analyzes moving products for parameters such as moisture, protein, fat and others. The analysis results are sent to a plant’s process control system for automatic plant optimization or are read out to a display screen for manual adjustment. The DA 7300 incorporates a real-time video camera with separate illumination for a unique view directly into the process. The video can be viewed on a computer attached to the system’s network – be it in the same building or thousands of miles away. “We are very excited to receive this approval and the value it brings to the industry,” said Gavin O’Reilly, president of Perten Instruments, Inc. “The USDA design approval further demonstrates our ongoing commitment to excel with our on-line/in-line NIR products. This includes formalized testing and certiﬁcation for both sanitary design and hazardous location requirements,” said Ralph Hewitt, manager of Perten’s U.S. Process Instrumentation Group.

Bühler sees strong performance in 2011
UZWIL, SWITZERLAND — The Bühler Technology Group performed well once again in 2011, with an order intake of CHF 2.23 billion, the company announced on Jan. 17. This translates into organic growth of 9% in local currencies. Sales (turnover) in local currencies rose by an even stronger 17% to CHF 2.13 billion. The Advanced Materials and Grain Processing divisions were able to signiﬁcantly grow their new order intake in local currencies (+35% and
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+11% respectively), while the Food Processing division was largely able to maintain its level of new orders, Bühler said. The increase is primarily due to Asia, but Europe and South America also developed well. Advanced Materials also reported the strongest turnover growth (+35% in local currencies) thanks to the positive development of the automotive industry. The Grain Processing and Food Processing divisions also succeeded in gaining new market share, up by 18% each in local currencies
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