World Grain - February 2018 - 92

SUPPLIER NEWS

Bühler to build turnkey flour mill in Saudi Arabia
UZWIL, SWITZERLAND - Bühler recently completed a 600 tpd
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Jazan in southwestern Saudi Arabia on the Red Sea.
The mill features modern cleaning machines, 42 Antares roller
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At the time of the contract in January 2015, SAGO asked for the
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to complete the facility early and it went into commercial operation
in August 2017 - six months early.
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has been meticulously planned and executed," said Stefan Bürgi,
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worked perfectly together, the project team, the local construction
company and the Bühler installation crew."
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loose soil and high groundwater level, Bühler said. Despite this, construction of the plant made rapid progress and the mill design was
accomplished in record time, the company said.

Brock adds Ginn as district manager
MILFORD, INDIANA, U.S. - Dave Ginn has joined Brock Grain
Systems as a district manager for the Eastern Region of the United
States and Canada.
He will be working with Brock's dealers in the Tennessee Valley
and Mid-South regions to grow their business and increase their familiarity with the line of storage, handling, conditioning and structural products for grain that Brock offers to their customers.
Ginn previously was a district sales manager for a network
of heating and air conditioning dealerships. He was responsible

for distribution management and sales
development in the eastern Midwest region. He
also has been a district manager for a Midwestbased agricultural manufacturer of corn
planters and grain carts with responsibilities for
dealer management and development.
A native of Ohio, Ginn graduated from
the University of Kentucky with a bachelor's
degree in plant and soil science.

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Vortex Global receives ISO 9001:2015 certification
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the ISO 9001:2015 standard as of December 2017. Vortex Global's
parent company, Salina Vortex Corp., made a recent announcement
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transparency within the organization and its shareholders.
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To improve internal transparency, Vortex Global's top management created a document to assess both short-term and longterm opportunities and risks for the company's operations, and
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developed strategies for how those opportunities and risks will
be approached to improve the business. Created in unison with
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management also assisted in the development of a long-term business plan to provide Vortex employees and stakeholders with a
clear understanding of the company's goals and strategic objectives for the future.

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allows us to continue our relationships with Blue Chip companies," said Laurence Millington, managing director at Vortex
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our company objectives - and emphasizing the importance of
meeting those objectives - Vortex Global Limited has seen rapid
growth since its conception ten years ago and continues to be
well-respected among the industries in which we operate."
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