World Grain - May 2023 - 10

NEWS REVIEW
Miller Milling to expand Texas mill
BLOOMINGTON, MINNESOTA, US - Only four years
after completing a major expansion at its Saginaw, Texas,
US, flour mill, Miller Milling announced on March 29 that
it is planning another major expansion that will increase the
plant's daily capacity by 10,000 cwts.
The increase will make the Saginaw flour mill the third
largest in the United States at 34,000 cwts of daily flour production
capacity, behind North Dakota Mill in Grand Forks,
North Dakota, US (54,500 cwts) and Ardent Mills' plant in
Hastings, Minnesota, US (35,260 cwts), according to Sosland
Publishing Co.'s 2023 Grain & Milling Annual.
Slated to begin production in December 2024 or early
2025, the expansion will include leading-edge milling technology
with a continued focus on food safety, efficiency and
waste reduction, the company said.
Miller Milling is a fully owned subsidiary of Japan's largest
flour miller, Tokyo-based Nisshin Flour Milling Inc.
" The expansion of our Texas mill will meet rising demand
around the region while allowing for continued growth with
ForFarmers to sell Belgium feed unit
LOCHEM, NETHERLANDS - European feed manufacturer
ForFarmers is selling its ForFarmers Belgium unit to Arvesta,
a Belgian agricultural and horticultural company, for 25 million
euros ($27.22 million), the companies announced April 4.
Arvesta will acquire the ForFarmers Belgium production
location in Izegem in West Flanders, where its 80 employees
produce and sell approximately 420,000 tonnes of feed. The
factory location in Ingelmunster is also part of the transaction.
Arvesta has production facilities for professional feeds in
Bunge to acquire multi-oil refinery
ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, US - Bunge Ltd., through its
Bunge Loders Croklaan joint venture with IOI Corporation
Berhad, has entered an agreement to acquire a newly constructed,
port-based refinery from Fuji Oil New Orleans, LLC.
The refinery is located in IMTT's (International-Matex Tank
Terminals) Avondale Terminal, Louisiana.
According to Bunge, the facility has multi-oil refining capabilities
and will enable the St. Louis-based company to
expand its existing customer base. It also will provide Bunge
with " a scalable, complementary port-based footprint capable
of connecting North American food, feed and fuel customers
to global markets, " the company said.
Bunge expects to serve customers with the newly acquired
capacity starting in the second quarter of 2023. Moving forward,
Bunge said it plans to significantly expand the facility's
current capacity, creating new jobs.
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An aerial view of Miller Milling Co.'s Saginaw, Texas, US, flour mill.
our existing customers, " said Joe Girdner, president and chief
executive officer of Miller Milling.
Aalter, Merksem, Kortrijk, Andenne and Hombourg. It will
continue to produce feed in the Netherlands to ensure a smooth
continuation of deliveries to broiler farmers in Belgium as part
of the companies' ongoing cooperation in the broiler sector.
The transaction, which must be approved by the Belgian
competition authority, is expected to take place in the second
half of 2023. The sale of co-products, the activities in Belgium
of the organic feed producer Reudink and the horse feed producer
Pavo are not part of this transaction, ForFarmers said.
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