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Ceremony marks opening of
Whitewater Mill
WEST HARRISON, INDIANA, U.S. - A ceremony to mark the
opening of Whitewater Mill LLC was held April 17 in West Harrison, Indiana, U.S. Whitewater is a joint venture of two existing
milling companies - Siemer Milling Co. and H. Nagel & Son.
The program was attended by more than 200, including Indiana
Lieutenant Governor Sue Ellspermann. Siemer Milling said the project received assistance from the state of Indiana, Dearborn County
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and facilitating the construction of the mill.
West Harrison is about 25 miles west of Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.,
and the mill will be supplied with wheat principally grown within
125 miles, from the states of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.
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Milling executives Vernon "Red" Tegeler, vice-president of producWLRQRI7HXWRSROLV,OOLQRLV86DQG6XQLO0DKHVKZDULRI(I¿QJham, Illinois, U.S. Maheshwari will serve as plant manager of the
West Harrison facility.
Primary contractors for the mill were Bühler, Inc. of Plymouth,
Minnesota, U.S., equipment supplier; and Todd & Sargent of Ames,
Iowa, U.S., which handled construction and installation. Wohltman
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Richard C. Siemer, president of Siemer Milling, explained the
thinking behind the decision to build the mill in West Harrison.
"We are building a new mill rather than expanding our mills at
Teutopolis or Hopkinsville, Kentucky, U.S., because the logistics of
both supply and demand make the third location much more costeffective," he said. "Locating in the Cincinnati area has been of in-

The new Whitewater LLC flour mill located in West Harrison, Indiana, U.S.
Photo courtesy of Siemer Milling.
terest to us for a long time. Recent customer expansions, and the
opportunity to partner with Ted Nagel's company, gave the idea its
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While long based in Illinois, Siemer and Siemer Milling have
roots in Cincinnati dating back to the 19th century.
"Most Teutopolis ancestors lived in Cincinnati for a while before
trekking west in the late 1830s," he said. "My great-grandfather, Joseph Siemer, was born there in 1857. So it's almost like going home
again."
Siemer Milling, headquartered in Teutopolis, was established in
1882. Nagel is based in Cincinnati and was established in 1853.

ADM plans extensive improvements at Argentina port
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, U.S. - Archer Daniels Midland Company
(ADM) announced on May 21 that it is investing in substantial improvements and expansions to its port facilities in Puerto San Martin
in the Argentine state of Santa Fe, enhancing the company's capability to export grain and other agricultural products from the region.
The improvements, which will include the construction of a new
berth for barge discharge and the addition of storage capacity, are
expected to be complete by early 2016.
"From acquiring full ownership of our Black Sea terminals, to
quadrupling the capacity at our port in northern Brazil, to this enhancement of our capabilities in Argentina, we are executing on our
plan to diversify and expand our trade and origination territory," said
Joe Taets, president of ADM's Agricultural Services business unit.
The current export facilities in Puerto San Martin have an annual
throughput of approximately 2 million tonnes. The improvements
will increase annual capacity by 25%, to 2.5 million tonnes, allowing ADM to reduce its reliance on third-party facilities, which today
are limiting the company's ability to export increasing volumes from
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Paraguay. The expansion also will allow ADM to move a higher volume of products through its seamless, fully-owned network, helping
the company to deliver on its goal of providing customers with an
identity-preserved supply chain from origination to processing.
"The improved Puerto San Martin facility, along with our export
elevator just downriver in Arroyo Seco and our deep water port at
Bahia Blanca, will have a total annual throughput capacity of 7.5
million tonnes, giving us the ability to take full advantage of expanding agricultural production in Paraguay and Argentina," said Taets.
The Argentina expansion comes on the heels of ADM's announcement hat it is acquiring complete ownership of North Star Shipping
and Minmetal, enhancing the company's European origination and
transportation network through the addition of export facilities at
the Romanian Port of Constanta on the Black Sea. And in February,
ADM reached an agreement to sell to Glencore plc a 50% stake in its
export terminal in Barcarena, in the northern Brazilian state of Pará,
and to quadruple the terminal's capacity from 1.5 million tonnes to
6 million tonnes.
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