World Grain - June 2018 - 39

AND HANDLING PROJECTS
Customers seek to make facilities flexible so they can
adjust to changes in the global economy
by Susan Reidy

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PT Cerestar recently completed its second expansion at its flour
mill in Medan on the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, with equipment
supplied by Chief Agri. Photo courtesy of Chief.
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