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Storage equipment guide

The International Milling Directory was successfully distributed to all key players at IDMA. 10 boxes were shipped over in advance of our participation at this key Turkish event. We also were able to distribute directly to flour millers after the event as we visited Çorum, Aksaray, Konya and Ankara. We passed many silo plants – new and old installations in a number of places. Many were manufactured by advertising partners of the International Milling Directory and were found in both towns and the rural country.

GSI silos in Bolu, Turkey

GSI silos in Bolu, Turkey

One such photo here shows GSI silos at  BOLU UN VE YEM SANAYİİ (translation: Bolu flour and feed industry). This is a key example of the way that storage is valued in Turkey, which is well known now as an important local and international milling industry, which, importantly is growing well.

Please contact the team at the International Milling Directory for more information about getting your silo and storage products into the new International Milling Directory today. Email Tom at tomb@perendale.co.uk or call +44 1242 267700. This edition will be the best  yet for equipment guides!

 

Enewsletter column: March 2013

The International Milling Directory (IMD) has had a rather a lot of attention recently. We made waves in Louisville with a successful event. Regular and new members were drawn towards our hundreds of copies of the IMD – the 6 boxes we shipped over were snapped up within 2 days, leaving latecomers on the final day with not a lot of availability!

VIV Asia took place in Bangkok in early March. A great honour of the opening reception was a mention for International Milling Directories’ owner and publisher Perendale and Roger Gilbert was a boon for us all back in the office. When we found out the feedback and invitation to chair more CropTech-FeedTech conferences at more VIV events around the world was relayed back, we were all proud of this opportunity in thought leadership. The next event in this series Roger is attending will be in the Netherlands.

The next event draws closer all the time and our build up, tools and ambitions for IDMA in Turkey are very high. This is a bi-annual event in Istanbul will take place over four days and we decided to ship 10 boxes of the IMD to this exciting event. Our large presence will be part of marketing the IMD to returning and new Turkish members and they will be able to see and ask for information about participation in the new edition. On that topic, we are expecting to redesign and improve the functionality of the IMD this year which makes it the leading publication in handbooks for the international milling community.

New companies in the IMD this month: Kay International (India), Aciklar Un Sanayi (Turkey), Jiangsu Myande Food Machinery Co. Ltd. (China) and Dan Corn (Denmark).

I hope that renewal or registration of your company is something you are thinking about. It can be done very quickly and simply at www.internationalmilling.com.

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The International Milling Directory

IDMA 2013

IDMA 2013

The International Milling Directory is once again participating at IDMA in Istanbul, Turkey.

Tom Blacker and Darren Parris will be exhibiting at stand A-19 in Hall 11 freely distributing the 21st editions of the International Milling Directory, the latest paper copy issues of Grain & Feed Milling Technology magazine. Do come and find us at the show, along with hundreds of other companies. This is our major show for grain in Turkey. We are already getting in touch with other attending companies for meetings.

Don’t forget – register or update your listing in time for the July publication of the new edition of the International Milling Directory 2013/14 -  click here!

The International Milling Directory – archive news story

The International Milling Directory (IMD) will enter its 22nd year when we publish the new edition online and in print in July. As we were scanning the web for inspiration, this one page on Engormix’s site really caught our attention.

The 2009/10 edition of the International Milling Directory is featured here, and amazingly still exists online today:–

Facsimile of the 2009/10 IMD

Facsimile of the 2009/10 IMD

For the new edition, 2013/14, the design and production team at Perendale Publishers are gearing up for a functional and attractive product with all the content that you provide. The International Milling Directory is updated before each publication to ensure accuracy, trust and reliability for readers and users. Web, online and mobile app options are popular than ever before, increase your visibility to customers through web, online and mobile app plans today.

Go to IMD Online to register and update your listing — good value options are avaliable for increasing your listing beyond the free option of 1 line.

[Source: Engormix. Accessed on 07/02/13<http://en.engormix.com/perendale-publishers/international-milling-directory-sh1034_pr3557.htm>]

International Milling Directory @ IPPE

The Perendale Publishers International Milling Directory team are in Atlanta, USA this week for the IPPE show. On Sunday the team set up the stand as the site was already a hive of activity with people keen to see the latest food and feed developments.

Day 1 got off to a good start and the stand is looking marvellous. One of the first visitors was Carlos Cesar Pavesa, director and CEO, Engormix (pictured below with Perendale’s Roger Gilbert).

If you’re at the show come and visit us on booth 1700 in Hall A2. More information about the International Milling Directory is available at www.internationalmilling.com

We were visited early on the opening day of IPPE (our stand 1700) by Carlos Carlos Cesar Pavesa, director and CEO of Engormix, the Latin American online news service for the feed industry.

Roger (Perendale Publishers, Stand 1700 in Hall A2) is visited early on the opening day of IPPE  by Carlos Carlos Cesar Pavesa, director and CEO of Engormix – the Latin American online news service for the feed industry.

GEAPS Exchange – Cross-posting from GFMT

Today there is a new effort at Perendale to create synergy and integration between the different publications. We are trying this by including the International Milling Directory (IMD) in Grain & Feed Milling Technology‘s (GFMT) blog and plan to increase this into a column in the magazine issues. There has been a gap in some IMD and GFMT’s members and readers being aware of the other publication and we are aiming to feature the work and good features of both as they do have such similarities; they also have different purposes and benefits to participating.

I invite you to go to the GFMT blog and read my new column focusing on my participation at GEAPS on behalf of Perendale, a media partner and exhibitor at this industry event:

Today we have a guest blog post from Tom Blacker from Perendale Publishers. Tom has taken on the challenge of coordinating the International Milling Directory (IMD) for 2013/14. Although he’s fairly new to the company, Tom has fully immersed himself in all thing IMD and the next edition is shaping up to be bigger and better than ever.

So, over to Tom…

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Grain & Feed Milling Technology and the International Milling Directory (IMD) are normally separated by the different purposes and also by the building’s walls here at the Perendale offices. As it will be myself coordinating the new 2013/14 directory for publication and print later this year, it is good to welcome you in to 2013 with a renewed focus for the IMD too.  Foremost on the horizon is my first conferencing for the International Milling Directory at GEAPS Exchange in Louisville, Kentucky, USA in just over four weeks. IMD will be at the Perendale exhibition stand and will be distributing copies of the current edition to attendees and participants.The GEAPS show is for the grain handling, elevator and processing industries and is a very long running conference. I am going to be a new face but aim to be able to attract the same levels of productivity as the old hands who have been before. Many of the IMD’s member companies and organisations will be present, especially from the US market. Large and smaller companies are exhibiting and the single hall plan means all will be easy to reach.

I am personally excited about the opportunity to interact and promote the IMD as well as Grain & Feed Milling Technology to this conference. Falling in February, after IPPE, will hopefully give a refreshingly compact approach to a US conference. Around 500 stands have been booked in total for GEAPS Exchange so far. Do come and check out the IMD and myself at the Perendale Publishers’ stand next to the main hall’s entrance doors. Ivan Marquetti, Perendale Publishers’ Latin America manager, is due to join me for GEAPS Exchange so I also look forward to working together with him at this event. Don’t forget, you can access the IMD online here.

[Source http://gfmt.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/guest-blog-tom-blacker-from.html].

Introducing: FineTek

FineTek

Another new member has joined The International Milling Directory.

The Taiwan-based manufacturer is a company dedicated to ‘complete instrumentation solutions’. FineTek’s product line includes a varied and wide quantity of digital controllers and meters, pneumatic products, safety instruments,  level switch transmitters for solid and liquid applications. However all impressive this range of categories are, we are interested most in the manufacture of  the level sensor for silo bulk storage. This product is the key selling point for a justifiable place in the International Milling Directory. This alone is all the more impressive considering their research and development arm is an integral part of the company, which sets a strong “backbone” of the company.

Do see the new listing here at the International Milling Directory online: http://www.internationalmilling.com/company_3940.html

OLAM and GAFTA to speak at the high-profile Soft Commodities Summit: February 2013, Geneva, Switzerland.

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International Milling Directory staff and some members are entering a second day of ISRMAX in Delhi, India. Marking events is something we at Milling International like to do for our readers and International Milling Directory members but we always look ahead to future industry events. One event we are excited about is the Soft Commodities Summit taking place in the scenic city of Geneva, Switzerland in February next year.

The volatile and changing market presents new demands, and the need has arisen to get fresh insights into dealing with priorities in the most effective way. With this in mind, the International Research Network (IRN) brings you an even more focused event with fresh content and sessions on 26-27th February 2013 where you can pick up unrivalled advice and insights on how to develop excellence in every part of your organisation; from building efficient strategies to reducing costs and risks across the supply chain and of course engaging your corporate responsibility towards the crucial new challenges of the industry.

Senior level practitioners across the soft commodities industry will be addressing exclusive presentations over the two days. Olam, Cargill, Armajaro, Ameropa, Louis Dreyfus and HSBC are among the numerous companies involved in the forum this year again. Through interactive presentations, case studies and workshops, their senior-level representatives will be looking at the best practices in terms of reducing costs and driving efficiency within the operations. They will demonstrate in real concrete cases the strategies that can be put in place to help the industry embrace effective approaches to challenges such as sustainability, integration of developing countries, keeping up with the logistical and legal aspects, risk management across the supply chain as well as human and resource asset development.

‘Jagdish Parihar, Managing Director, Natural Fibers Division, Olam International Ltd’ will be discussing the long-term future of agricultural commodities and the key challenges.

‘Pamela Kirby Johnson OBE, Director General, GAFTA’ will be discussing Warehousing – Assessing effective measures and practices in quality control, standards and certification challenges.

Financial institutions and commodity finance specialists will also have a look at the implications of the Euro zone crisis on the industry. The summit is a must-attend event for professionals involved in the soft commodities trading industry, whether they deal with rice, cocoa, cotton, sugar, coffee or grains.

It is a critical point to bring the key players in the industry together once again. SCT 2013 has been designed to allow discussions, benchmarking and networking.

Registration for the summit is open at http://www.softssummit.com/.

Soft Summit 2013

Introducing: Borg Mills

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The International Milling Directory has a new member in its ranks.

Please give a warm welcome on this cold day to Borg Mills of Egypt. The are a specialist in wheat milling and bring The International Milling Directory further diversified listings to serve new markets. The broad horizons attract new members and our 22nd edition 2013/14 will surely be all the better for the inclusion of Borg Mills. Mr Mazin Merkkawi is their registered contact for more information and details about their business activity.

The best online information about Borg Mills of Egypt was found today online at: http://www.processcrusher.com/mining-solutions/borg-el-arab-rice-milling-co.html.

Go to their entry in the directory here.

California Rice

The International Milling Directory spans all sorts of companies and industries. One such group we came across was the California Rice Commission and their impressive YouTube channel. This is in addition to their website and other social media outlets. The horizon is broad and approaching for the new production cycle of The International Milling Directory‘s new edition, 2013/14, already so vibrant digital presences help bring the industry to life. California Rice describes its roles as:

The California Rice Commission was organized under the provisions of the California Food and Agriculture Code Section 71071. The commission operates under the overview of the California Secretary of Agriculture.

By statute, the commission represents the entire California rice industry, including all 2,500 rice growers and handlers who farm and process rice produced on approximately 500,000 acres annually. The commission deals with the broad fields of development, maintenance and expansion of markets, marketing research, education, advertising and promotion, as well as production and processing research necessary to promote, maintain and enhance the rice industry.[Source]

See a recent playlist of videos here.