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FEATURE

ASIA 2018
E X H I B I TO R S O P T I M I S T I C
Business opportunities growing in Asia for grain,
flour milling and feed milling equipment suppliers
by Michael King

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well-attended exhibition hosted at the Bangkok
International Trade and Exhibition Centre.
The event, held March 27-29, attracted 228 exhibitors and co-exhibitors from 33 countries and Victam
International organizers said that over its three days
the event received 6,987 visits from citizens of 80
countries.
³7KH H[KLELWRUV ZHUH YHU\ VDWLV¿HG ZLWK WKH YLVLtors," said a spokesperson for Victam. "Exhibitors were
able to have serious discussions and negotiations with

their clients and new potential clients that they had met
at the show. The exhibitors also commented on the very
high quality of the visitors and the wide range of countries from which they came."
Major Mei, representing the overseas division of
conveying specialist Sanwei, which manufactures
Guangzhou province, China, was typical of exhibitors
interviewed by World Grain over the three-day event.
He said his company was a regular at Victam Asia.
"Mostly, our products are for rice milling machines,
grains, granules," he explained. "Southeast Asia is a
good market for us and Victam lets us meet our customers and potential customers. Thailand, Vietnam and
Indonesia are very interesting countries for us, but the
whole Asia market is growing."
Fernando Luenga, Southeast Asia sales manager for
Madrid, Spain-based Symaga Silos, said that Victam
was proving a highly productive exhibition.
"So far it has been great," he said. "Yesterday and
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interested in our products compared to other gatherings
where maybe the public is more general."
Salih Serter Gulsoy, export-import manager at Obial,
said the "show was very good."
"We have many customers from around Asia," he
said. "It has been really good, and we are already looking at attending the next one."
Ludovico Bernardi, sales director of Bedeschi,
which specializes in the manufacturing of complete
One of the larger exhibits at Victam Asia 2018 was from Uzwil,
Switzerland-based Bühler AG. Photos by Michael King.

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Contents
FROM THE EDITOR - Big grain traders caught in the middle
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
GrainTech India 2018 focuses on production, storage, distribution of food grains
News review - Canada passes Transportation Modernization Act
ADM’s first-quarter earnings rise on higher Oilseeds profits
Savage Companies merging with Bartlett milling, grain businesses
Mennel Milling expands with acquisition
China drops sanctions against U.S. sorghum
PPB Group to build flour mill in Vietnam
Prairie AquaTech to build soybean processing plant
Superior Ag opens new feed mill
IGC raises grains forecast for 2018-19
Manildra Australian flour mill restarts operations after explosion
Central Valley Ag buys out Cargill’s portion of joint venture
Cold meat weighs on Tiger Brands results
GRAIN MARKET REVIEW - Rice
COUNTRY FOCUS - Hungary
FEATURE - KUWAIT'S milling giant
FEATURE: SÃO BRAZ OPENS MODERN MAIZE MILL
Brazilian corn crop to drop 10% from record high
FEATURE: GRAIN STORAGE AND HANDLING PROJECTS
FEATURE: CHARTING A DISTINCTIVE COURSE IN MILLING
FEATURE: VICTAM ASIA 2018 EXHIBITORS OPTIMISTIC
FEATURE: FOOD SAFETY IN THE SPOTLIGHT AT IAOM
FEATURE - WORLD FLOUR TRADE HOLDING STEADY
FEATURE: ASIA’S INSATIABLE APPETITE FOR GRAIN
PRODUCT SHOWCASE
SUPPLIER NEWS
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World Grain - June 2018 - FROM THE EDITOR - Big grain traders caught in the middle
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World Grain - June 2018 - GrainTech India 2018 focuses on production, storage, distribution of food grains
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World Grain - June 2018 - ADM’s first-quarter earnings rise on higher Oilseeds profits
World Grain - June 2018 - Savage Companies merging with Bartlett milling, grain businesses
World Grain - June 2018 - Mennel Milling expands with acquisition
World Grain - June 2018 - PPB Group to build flour mill in Vietnam
World Grain - June 2018 - IGC raises grains forecast for 2018-19
World Grain - June 2018 - Central Valley Ag buys out Cargill’s portion of joint venture
World Grain - June 2018 - Cold meat weighs on Tiger Brands results
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World Grain - June 2018 - GRAIN MARKET REVIEW - Rice
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World Grain - June 2018 - COUNTRY FOCUS - Hungary
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