Archive for January 15th, 2015

ARLINGTON, VIRGINIA, U.S. — The U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) announced on Jan. 15 changes to its leadership team in Asia following the departure of Regional Vice-President Mike Spier who recently joined Columbia Grain as Southeast Asia Representative.

Matt Weimar was named regional vice-president for South Asia and will relocate to USW’s regional office in Singapore after many years of service in Hong Kong as regional vice-president for China. In addition to supervising staff and directing strategic planning and activities in USW’s ...

UZWIL, SWITZERLAND — Since Bühler’s Polaris purifier first entered the market in 2010, the company said it has sold 800 units worldwide.

The purifier can be sold as a stand-alone machine or as part of Bühler’s Antares-Sirius-Polaris.

The Polaris, listed as article MQRG at Bühler, is primarily used in durum mills for manufacturing high quality semolina for the production of premium pasta. With its high throughput capacity and increased yield for low-ash flours the Polaris purifier can also be used in milling ...