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SUPPLIER NEWS

OMAS to open new headquarters
PADOVA, ITALY - In just a few weeks,
OMAS said it will be opening the doors to
its brand new, 11,000-square-meter company headquarters
Founded in 1966 by Adriano Nalon,
OMAS will soon be celebrating its 50th

anniversary. Based on exceptional Italian
manufacturing and a passion for development, technological innovation and ongoing
research into excellence in all production
lines, the company said it is focused on its
future.

The new headquarters includes 1,800
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along with a considerably increased production and warehouse areas and cutting edge
laboratories to test machine quality and design and develop new product lines.

GSI appoints director of commercial sales
ASSUMPTION, ILLINOIS, U.S. - Derek Hemphill was named GSI's director of
commercial sales, North America, with responsibility for driving efforts to provide
the commercial grain industry with leading
storage, conditioning, material handling
and structure solutions, the company announced on Aug. 6.
Hemphill has more than 10 years of commercial grain industry experience and has
been with GSI since 2013 as global product
manager for material handling. With this

promotion, Hemphill will manage the commercial sales organization.
"I am excited for the opportunity to lead a
great team representing the grain industry's
most complete line of products from GSI, including our InterSystems and Zimmerman divisions," Hemphill said. "Our team is focused
on listening to customers' wants and needs,
and helping them solve their problems."
Roger Price, GSI's director of Grain Sales
& Service, North America, said, "Derek has
built his entire career in the grain industry.

His combination of
vast technical knowledge and a genuine
passion for the industry
makes him the logical
choice to enhance our
market leading presence. His commitment
to our customers runs
Hemphill
deep and this will enable GSI to back our industry-leading products with unmatched service and support."

AFS completes construction of grain storage complex in Jamaica
BRADENTON, FLORIDA, U.S. - American Feedmilling Systems, Inc. (AFS) announced on Aug. 6 it recently completed
construction of a new grain storage complex for Best Dressed Feed Chicken/HiPro
in Jamaica.
The new grain storage complex includes
a 350-tph bulk truck receiving station and
transfer system. The reclaim system is
designed to recirculate stored whole corn
and/or transfer stored whole corn to the
existing feed mill complex. Its design will
also allow receiving of soybean meal and
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warehouses.
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an additional 12,000 tonnes of storage
designed for future expansion. The complete operation is computer controlled, and
linked to the main central computer system for inventory review and control.
AFS assisted in the project's complete
design and engineering, as well as sold
all the required U.S. manufactured equipment, including: conveyors from The Essmueller Company; elevators, two-way
valves and distributors from Hayes and
Stolz; SCAFCO grain bins and support
towers; catwalks from Warrior; and WEM
Automation for the controls.
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The new Best Dressed Feed Chicken/HiPro complex in Jamaica includes SCAFCO grain bins with overall storage capacity of 25,000 tonnes. Photo courtesy of AFS.
AFS's engineering team offered support
for the civil and electrical engineering as
well as offered onsite supervision from the
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training on the equipment.
Visit AFS's newly developed website
(www.americanfeedmillingsystems.com)
for more details.

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