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Siemer, Nagel form Whitewater Mill
to build new facility near Cincinnati
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security are central areas of focus in
the design of the new mill.
“Nagel and Siemer see a great opportunity for flour milling in the Cincinnati area,” said Richard C. Siemer,
president of Siemer Milling. “Existing
and potential wheat supply and flour
demand factors point to long-term
success for this venture.
“Even more important, this will
be a facility that addresses the most
critical challenges of food manufacturing in a steadily more demanding

environment. We and our customers, not to mention consumers and
government, are establishing higher
standards along the entire continuum
of production — sustainability, efficiency, cleanliness of process and
product. Flour mills are built to last
a long time, to the point where some
have outlived their utility. This plant
is designed for the future, not the
past. This plant represents what our
industry must do to participate in the
changing food supply chain.”
Edward S. (Ted) Nagel, president of

Teams from H. Nagel and Son and Siemer Milling, two of the oldest flour milling companies in the United States, in a visit to Buhler Ltd. in Uzwil, Switzerland. The group
included Ted Nagel, right, and Rick Siemer, third from left.

For 156-year-old company, new
mill seen as path to the future
CINCINNATI — For Edward S. (Ted)
Nagel, the decision to participate in
Whitewater Mill L.L.C. offered an excellent solution to increasingly difficult challenges for H. Nagel & Son Co.
“Our mills are getting older, and it
was becoming harder and harder to
find parts for them,” Mr. Nagel said
in an interview with Milling & Baking News. The 51-year-old Mr. Nagel
became president of the 156-year-old
milling company at the end of 2012.
The fifth generation member of his
family to lead the Ohio milling company, he succeeded his father, William
Nagel, who has retired.
Plans to establish Whitewater Mill
L.L.C. were announced Sept. 21. The
new mill with 10,000 cwts of daily flour
production capacity is expected to be
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operating in spring 2015. A new business to be located in Harrison, Ind.,
near Cincinnati, Whitewater is a joint
venture of Siemer Milling Co., Teutopolis, Ill., and H. Nagel and
Son Co. of Cincinnati.
Mr. Nagel said he
and his father were approached with the idea
in late 2011 by Richard
C. Siemer, president of Siemer Milling.
In an era when smaller mills such as
those Nagel operates in Ohio are becoming the exception rather than the
rule, Mr. Nagel said the proposal for
a new mill as a partnership offered an
attractive solution.
“He came to us with the idea of a
joint venture,” Mr. Nagel said. “I actually thought it was quite brilliant.”

H. Nagel (which also does business as
Brighton Mills), described Whitewater
as a way for older milling companies
to turn a corner in a changing industry.
“We all have experienced an increase in complexity of every aspect
of our industry,” he said. “Whitewater Mill will be a renewal for Nagel
and Siemer. For us in Cincinnati we
expect efficiencies in milling and
transportation over our current facilities. We look forward to the challenges of the future with the partnership
between Nagel and Siemer at Whitewater Mill.”
Mr. Siemer offered praise for the
area governments for inducements
aimed at landing the project.
“We are very happy with the positive reception our project has gotten
from local governments in the Dearborn county area,” Mr. Siemer said.
“Incentives can rarely be the decisive factor in business location, and
in this case, transportation probably
ranks as No. 1. But the total package
offered to us by the governments is
extremely helpful in a capital intensive project like this. And their
encouraging attitude and assistance
in dealing with regulatory issues is
invaluable.”
Nagel operates two small flour mills
in Ohio, one in Cincinnati with 2,700
cwts of daily capacity, and a second 70
miles north in Brookville, with 1,800
cwts of capacity.
Siemer operates mills in Teutopolis
(10,500 cwts) and Hopkinsville, Ky.
(16,000 cwts). MBN
The Nagel mills in Cincinnati and
Brookville have milling capacity of
2,700 cwts and 1,800 cwts, respectively.
Mr. Nagel said the Brookville facility
was one of the first pneumatic mills in
the United States. He declined to disclose plans for the older mills once the
Whitewater Mill begins operations, but
he did say the dry mix
plants at each of the mills
will continue to operate
for the foreseeable future.
“Our business interest
is in the dry mix, which
will continue to operate as a separate
business,” Mr. Nagel said. “We’ll continue to focus our sales effort in that
area. Dry mix plants will continue to
operate, at least until a mix operation
is established at the new mill.”
Mr. Nagel said the name for the joint
venture is derived from the Whitewater river near where the new mill will
be built. MBN
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