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Kevin Miles, Rolfes@Boone president, dies
BOONE, IOWA, US - Kevin Miles, 65,
president of Rolfes@Boone, died at his
home in Boone, Iowa, US, on Feb. 26.
In addition to being president of the company since its founding in 1994, Miles was
active in the Grain Elevator and Processing
Society (GEAPS) for many years.
In 2001, he received the Corbett award,
GEAPS' highest award for Associate
Miles
Members.
Ryan Moorman, project manager at Rolfes@Boone, said
the company's employees are stunned and saddened by Miles'
sudden and untimely death.
"Kevin was, and will continue to be, a huge part of the grain
industry," Moorman said. "He has left a legacy unlike anyone
before him, because he was truly one of a kind.
"He meant many different things to many different people

over the years, and I can promise not one of them will ever forget the impact that Kevin made on our lives, be it professionally
or personally.
"A staunch supporter of our industry, he worked tirelessly
(and oftentimes loudly) to make sure that we would continue
to improve and grow. He will be greatly missed by his many
friends and family."
The company announced on March 4 that Gregg Knox was
named interim company president. Knox has 50 years of grain
industry experience and has been vice president of the company since its inception in 1994.
Miles began in his career in the grain industry in 1977 as
a sales representative for G.A. Rolfes Company. In 1988, he
was hired by PMI as a territory manager.
Rolfes@Boone is employee-owned and is a full-line manufacturer of grain temperature detection and hazard detection
equipment as well as aeration and dust control systems.

Alapala completes 650th mill
ISTANBUL, TURKEY - Alapala commissioned its 650th
mill since its establishment in 1954.
Last year, Harinera Roca SA selected Alapala to supply
and install a new turnkey flour mill to replace its existing
100-tonne-per-day (tpd) plant.
The new mill produces 120 tpd of organic and traditional
flours for bakeries.
The new mill has one of Alapala's latest processing technologies: Swing Milling. It allows the processing of different kind of grains like wheat, spelt and rye at different shifts
upon requirement.
It also is equipped with Scada software that provides the
ability for process control, traceability and centralized monitoring of the entire milling process generating reports on production data.

Alapala builds turnkey plants in a range of capacities and
is one of the top 500 exporters in Turkey. It has references in
more than 100 countries and four continents.

Ocrim completes successful testing of bagging line
CREMONA, ITALY - Ocrim recently completed successful
testing of its branded handling system at Molinos de Costa
Rica SA.
The new packaging line, completely automated, is a completion of the existing system for small-cut flour packets intended for the convenience goods sector.
Specifically, the line supplied includes the primary packaging in bags, automatic package quality and quantity control
systems, conveyors lines, secondary packaging in shrinkwrapped bundle and in pre-cut cardboard boxes, and finally
the double robotic automatic palletizing station and wrapping
of pallets with stretch-film.

"Thanks to Ocrim, we will soon have an innovative handling
system," said Luis José Ruenes Reynoard, general manager of
Molinos de Costa Rica SA. "It is one of the most innovative
and automated systems in Central America. We chose Ocrim
four years ago, we have done it today and we will do it again in
the future"
Alberto Antolini, chief executive officer of Ocrim, said that
"feeling a point of reference for Molinos de Costa Rica, one of
the most important and technologically advanced companies in
Central America, gives us the measure of our growth. It gives us
the concrete answer to the natural questions we asked ourselves
a few years ago when we took this path of growth and renewal."

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