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Ocrim to expand Saudi Arabian flour mill
CREMONA, ITALY - Ocrim S.p.A. and the Government Authority of
the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia have signed a contract for the Cremona,
Italy-based company to expand the Damman flour mill to a capacity of
900 tonnes per 24 hours. The flour mill's capacity is divided in two lines.
Ocrim noted that its presence in Saudi Arabia dates back to 1975.
It recently commissioned two plants of 600 tonnes per 24 hours each,
and it is working on an 80,000-tonne wheat silo.

Ocrim said that its presence extends to other countries in the Middle East with smaller capacity plants but with particular requests by
the client, such as the 50-tonne-per-24-hour flour mill designed to
produce special flour. "The constant acquisition of important projects
in the region is a confirmation of the trust and the excellent technological and organizational results that Ocrim guarantees to its customers," Ocrim said.

Satake debuts Packed Rice Production System
HIROSHIMA, JAPAN - Satake recently
began sales of its Packed Rice Production System (Retort). Satake said this system uses pressurized microwave heating
technology to produce tasty, convenient
packed rice.
According to Satake, conventional packed
rice can be classified as either aseptic rice

Satake's Retort system uses pressurized microwave heating technology to produce convenient
packed rice. Photos courtesy of Satake.

or retort rice, depending on the processing method used. Aseptic rice uses simpler
processing equipment but needs pH adjusters to suppress bacterial growth. As a
result, cooked rice retains the odor of the
pH adjuster, and using too much pH adjuster can cause the rice to deteriorate. Satake said retort rice uses pressure and heat
to ensure product safety and does not need
pH adjusters. However, the retort sterilization procedure requires that the rice be kept
at a high temperature for a long period of
time, resulting in squashed rice with poor
texture.
Satake noted that its new Packed Rice
Production System (Retort) uses pressurized
microwave heating before the final cooking process, and the pressurized microwave
heating causes rice to absorb water, rapidly
cooking and sterilizing it while strengthening the grain surface to protect against the
high temperature and pressure of the final
process. The company said the result is perfectly shaped, lustrous rice with a firm exterior and sticky interior.
Satake has installed a test plant with a

Satake's Retort process causes rice to absorb
water, rapidly cooking and sterilizing it.
capacity of 300 packs per hour in the showroom of its Hiroshima, Japan head office.
Customers can request trial production runs
of packed rice and assess the final product before installing the system. Satake
said it also sells its own brand of packed
rice known as "Rakumeshi" directly from
its online shop in Japan so that rice lovers
everywhere can taste the advantages of the
new producing process.

JCB Consulting Ltd., WWB Recruitment join forces
STOCKPORT, UNITED KINGDOM - JCB Consulting and
WWB recruitment announced on Sept. 21 that
they have launched an initiative to bring their combined resources and expertise together.
John Brown, owner
of JCB Consulting Ltd.,
Stockport, U.K., sources
Brown
Bourne
executives and operatives

for the worldwide flour and feed milling, pasta, baking and aqua
businesses.
WWB Recruitment places finance executives and managing directors/general managers across a whole range of organizations in
Africa. Both companies are located in South Manchester, U.K.
For more information, contact Brown at JCB Consulting Ltd. or
Andrew Bourne at WWB Recruitment.
Brown can be contacted at +44 (0) 161 427 2402 or via e-mail at
jc.brown2@ntlworld.com.
Bourne can be contacted at +44 (0) 161 904 8069 or via e-mail at:
abourne@wwbrecruitment.com.

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