50 Bioenergy Internat ional No 81, 5-2015 Event VICTAM 2015 – Fitting anniversary show Global industry executives from the animal feed, flour & rice milling, grain processing and biomass pelletising industries descended on Cologne, Germany for the 2015 edition of FIAAP /VICTAM /GRAPAS International exhibition and conferences. Over 270 exhibitors from around the world – many for the first time – played host at the beginning of June to thousands of visitors from all continents who came to the event that also marked the 50th Anniversary of Victam Foundation, the event organiser. poland-based testmer and Turkey-based Yemmak are just examples of a feed and oilseed processing technology companies that find themselves quoting for an increasing number of biomass and pellet plant projects. Other examples include those that supply ancillary products and services such as grain and oilseed unloaders and storage silos like Danish companies BM Silos and Lachenmeier Monsun. Participation by companies from the Far East, in particular China, was very visible with some of the largest stands. For the first time ever the European Feed Manufacturers Federation (FEFAC) held its Annual General Meeting during the event. A series of conferences, including AEBIOM’s Pellet Workshop addressing different aspects of the feed, milling, petfood and biomass industries, were held in conjunction with the event. Looking ahead, Henk van de Bunt, the General Manager of Victam International BV announced that Victam, in conjunction with some of their conference organisers, will shortly be launching a new venture. They will organise a series of industry conferences at a venue near Cologne in early summer, 2017. There will also be an additional area where companies will be able to have table-top exhibits. Van de Bunt also announced that FIAAP, VICTAM & GRAPAS Asia 2016 will take place from 29–31 March 2016 in Bangkok, Thailand and will be held as before at the Bangkok International Trade and Exhibition Centre (BITEC). This too will be a Victam anniversary edition as it marks the 25th year since it first organised a show in South East Asia. The exhibition and conferences will cover animal feed ingredients and additives, aqua feed ingredients and produc- tion, biomass pelletising technology, pet-food ingredients and production, flour & rice milling and grain processing. The AEBIOM International Pellet Workshop focused on some of the technologies and challenges associated with biomass pellet production. An overview of the global pellet market was provided by Gilles Gauthier, European Industry of Pellet Suppliers (EIPS). Technical presentations were given by some of the well known pellet press companies such as Amandus Kahl and CPM whereas an insight into cost optimisation were provided by Seeger Engineering and German Pellets. Text & photos: Dorota Natucka & Alan Sherrard BI81/4932/AS – Global production of ENplus certified pellets reached 6.5 million tonnes in 2014, about 60% of EU’s domestic consumption, said Gilles Gauthier, European Industry of Pellet Suppliers (EIPS). – Pellets for heating has historically seen strong development though 2014 was disappointing, noted Anne Leibold, German Pellets and EIPS Vice-President, commenting global pellet statistics. The impressive Salamtec GmbH stand attracted lots of visitors. CEO Christian Müller proudly describes new projects and meets customers. The German based company has long tradition in producing pelleting units and wear parts for different applications such as biomass, animal feed and recycling industries. – We has been designing, engineering and delivering complete processing technology solutions for the pelleting sector since 1991, remarked Piotr Górski, President of the Board for Polish company Testmer (centre) seen with Anton Dulevich (left) sales representative for East Europe. Derek Ge (left) and Paul Pan from the Chinese company Shanghai Zhengchang International Machinery and Engineering were both happy to be present at Victam this year.
Bioenergy no 5 September 2015
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