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Buhler investing in China
UZWIL, SWITZERLAND - In 2005, Buhler made substantial investments in its grain processing operation in
China.
Buhler now has the ability to execute flour mill projects in China with all the equipment for those projects
being made in China. In 2005, Buhler enlarged its engineering capacities in China and executed five flour-milling upgrades. It also established a new wholly foreignowned enterprise (WOFE) in Xian, China that produces
plansifters.
During the last year, Buhler localized the production of color sorters in Shenzhen, China and completed its first turn-key rice plant fully handled out
of China.
In order to strengthen its presence in the feed market,
Buhler acquired an 80% stake in one of the major Chinese companies in this industry, Baolong Agro. Buhler
will transfer its full set of feed technologies to this new
joint venture and will also introduce its quality and engineering system.
Finally, Buhler has localized its conveying and cleaning equipment in China and says it now has all the tools
to support its clients in the silo market.

Assembly of color sorters in Shenzhen, China. Photo courtesy of Buhler.

Ocrim/CETEC to build new mill for Mennel
ROANOKE, VIRGINIA, U.S. - Ocrim
SpA, Cremona, Italy, and CETEC Cereal
Technologies, Inc., Millersville, Maryland,
U.S., were awarded the contract for a new
10,000-cwt flour mill for The Mennel Milling Co. in Roanoke, Virginia, U.S. The new plant will be constructed on a green field
site.
"Our existing mill had outgrown its location in the city and was being surrounded by
new high-tech businesses dealing in the medical field," said Don Mennel, chief executive of the Mennel Milling Company, Fostoria, Ohio, U.S. "The city of Roanoke asked
us to relocate to a site on the outskirts of town."
The site development and new mill construction will be headed up by Ibberson
Construction, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S. Ibberson will act as
general contractor and provide the
equipment installation crews.

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Ocrim makes appointments
CREMONA, ITALY, U.S. - Ocrim appointed Marco Galli its manager of the
technological department and Fabrizio
Baccinelli its technical sales manager for
North America, effective Jan. 1.
In his new role, Galli will be in charge
of all milling technology flows as well as
research and development into new equipment and process innovations. Galli will
continue to liaise with customers that hold
close associations with Ocrim.
Most recently, Galli was the North American technical sales manager for Ocrim. In
this role he worked closely with Ocrim's

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