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SUPPLIER NEWS

SCAFCO Grain Systems hires new CEO
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, U.S. - Jim McDonald has
joined SCAFCO Corp. as chief executive officer of the
SCAFCO Grain Systems division.
McDonald brings a wealth of both domestic and international management experience to SCAFCO Grain Systems.
Prior to joining SCAFCO, McDonald led an international
organization with several sales and manufacturing opera-

tions in the U.S. and Europe. While there, McDonald implemented programs that led to increased sales and greatly
improved operational effectiveness.
McDonald earned his bachelor's of science degree in
electrical engineering as well as his master's of business
administration from Gonzaga University in Spokane,
McDonald Washington, U.S.

SCAFCO celebrates 60th anniversary
SPOKANE, WASHINGTON, U.S. - On April 28, SCAFCO Corp.
celebrated its 60th year of operation.
SCAFCO was established in Spokane, Washington, U.S., in 1954.
It began as a small business known as Spokane Culvert and Fabricating Company whose main product was corrugated steel culverts. In
1961, the company expanded to include manufacturing of grain storage systems and started the division now known as SCAFCO Grain
Systems Company.
SCAFCO expanded again in 1994 to include the production of
steel framing products and created the division known as Spokane
Steel Stud Company. The original culvert product division was sold
in 1986 and the company name was changed to SCAFCO.

SCAFCO Corp. is still a privately owned company. Today, it is
directed by the son of the original Spokane Culvert and Fabricating
Company founder.
In the 53 years that SCAFCO Grain Systems Company has been
operating, the product line has been developed to offer complete systems for grain storage and handling. This includes flat-bottom and
hopper-bottom bins/silos, aeration systems, material handling equipment, catwalks and towers. With products installed in 83 countries,
SCAFCO Corp. said it is proud of the growth that has been experienced in the past 60 years, and looks forward to continued relationships with current customers and the opportunity to work with new
customers all over the world.

TORNUM to supply dryers to Polish company
KVANUM, SWEDEN - TORNUM announced on April 29 that it
has received the order from Elewarr Sp.z o. o. in Poland to supply
four heat recovery dryers.
Elewarr Sp.z o.o. has 16 grain elevators across Poland and the
storage capacity is approximately 650,000 tonnes.
"We are very pleased by receiving this business from Elewarr and
especially that they selected our heat recovery dryer," said Andrzej
Sedkowski, sales manager at TORNUM Polska, a fully owned subsidiary of TORNUM AB in Sweden.
The selected model is HR 4-22-6 and shall be in operation for the
coming season, mainly running corn. This type of TORNUM dryer
is able to save as much as 30% energy compared to a conventional
continuous mixed cross flow dryer, TORNUM said. The dryers will
be equipped with in-line burners for LPG and natural gas.
Considering a dryer lifetime of 20 years and a capacity of 40 tph,
the energy savings will be significant and consequently less fuel emissions, TORNUM said. The payback time for the additional investment
involved in a heat recovery dryer will be less than two years.

TORNUM is supplying a heat recovery dryer similar to this one to Elewarr Sp.z o. o. in
Poland. Photo courtesy of TORNUM.

Perten releases software
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - Perten Instruments announced on
May 22 the release of the Process Plus software for its range of process instruments
The software platform is for Diode Array-based process instruments.
The Process Plus will replace earlier instrumentation software. The
primary user advantages with Process Plus include the web-based user
interface that makes displays accessible from any device with a web
browser anywhere in the process. It also includes features for quick and
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easy download of data and support for a range of other integration options, including legacy OPC DA, fieldbus integration, SQL connectivity
and analogue I/O.
Process Plus can run completely independent of physical installation
location. The Process Plus can be installed on a stand-alone PC or laptop or in a virtual machine in a customer server. This enables effortless
IT management by making updates and back-ups part of the local IT
regime, Perten said.
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