News Archive

Buhler continues to grow

02/02/2006 In fiscal 2005, the Buhler Group achieved consolidated sales of CHF 1.5 billion. Compared to the previous year, this translates into growth of 3 percent. Group man-agement is expecting an operating result (EBIT) at the level of a year ago. Read more

Strategic collaboration between Buhler and Micronisers Australasia Pty Ltd

11/27/2009 Buhler Group has entered into a strategic collaboration in the field of nano-sized performance additives with the Australian company Micronisers Australasia Pty Ltd. Read more

Oxylink™ – an additive for eco-friendly coatings

10/22/2009 With Oxylink™ Buhler has developed a new functional additive for waterborne paints and varnishes which considerably improves the characteristics of coatings. A highly effective and widely applicable additive based on nanoparticle technology, Oxylink™ is particularly suitable for one-component (1K) formulations and importantly it facilitates com-pliance with future environmental requirements. Read more

Space-age technology

10/02/2009 The new SORTEX E sorter of Buhler Sortex uses space-age technology to remove foreign matter with unmatched efficiency during packaging of frozen fruit and vegetables. The SORTEX E is an innovative and cost-effective machine which minimizes the rejection of accept product and reliably detects foreign material. Read more

Upgrading recycled PET

09/21/2009 Solid State Polycondensation (SSP) of PET flakes allows the molecular weight of recycled PET to be efficiently increased. At the same time, the PET flakes are purified so that they can be used in applications where the material will be in direct contact with foods. The largest advantage offered by the process is its high reaction and cleaning rate. Read more

Small size, big impact

09/11/2009 A world first has been rolled out by the Buhler affiliate PARTEC: OxylinkTM improves the chemical resistance and barrier strength of water-based coatings while at the same time reducing the drying time. This ultimately also reduces the processing times – whether the product formula has been designed for wood or furniture, for metals or plastics, for industrial maintenance or for machinery. This highly effective and broadly applicable additive technology is based on ZnO nanoparticle dispersions. Read more

Environmentally friendly and energy-efficient

08/20/2009 A new, fully automatic Buhler pelleting system enables the Polish company Stelmet S.A. to utilize the wood remainders from its production process in an environmentally friendly and energy-efficient way. Read more

Capacity adjustment at Buhler sites in Switzerland

08/19/2009 The Buhler Technology Group is experiencing a decline in demand in particular in Europe. As no recovery is expected before the end of 2010, the Group is trimming its capacities in Switzerland by some 5 percent by the end of 2009. Read more

Cost-effective, flexible full-volume bead mill

07/31/2009 Buhler presented its new horizontal Centex® bead mill at the European Coatings Show. Paints and coatings, minerals, suspensions for ceramic applications and other products for the chemical industry can be produced cost-effectively and to a high quality. Read more

Ecoline – the new machine series

07/24/2009 With Ecoline, the Buhler Die Casting business unit has rolled out a third machine type after the Carat and Evolution. Ecoline has been designed with the medium market in mind and is distinguished by its ruggedness and reliability. Read more

Newly launched InGaAs technology detects window of opportunity for plastic recycler

07/15/2009 Buhler Sortex applies InGaAs technology to create uniquely elegant solutions in uPVC recycling. Read more

Oman Flour Mills Co. goes for WinCos

07/14/2009 The existing silo facility of Oman Flour Mills Co. (S.A.O.G.) in Ruwi/Port Qaboos in Oman was built by Buhler in the seventies and has a total storage capacity of 130,000 metric tons. The plant stores and handles 400,000 tons of material a year, predominantly wheat and other grains. In 1995 Buhler updated the electric control system and replaced the relay-based system by a PLC-based one with graphic process visualization. Read more

The finer, the better

06/25/2009 The new production plant for sheet-fed offset printing inks of Epple Druckfarben AG in Germany has been up and running since August 2008. The facility, designed and constructed by the Buhler Grinding & Dispersion business unit, is considered by the industry to be an exemplary installation which sets the trend in advanced printing inks manufacture. Read more

Harald and Buhler – a success story

06/09/2009 Harald is a Brazilian chocolate producer that continuously invests in new technologies in order to maintain its leadership in wholesaling and the food industry. Working closely together with the Buhler Chocolate & Cocoa business unit, Harald has evolved over the past five years from a compound producer to a solution provider for industrial chocolate. Read more

Objective: generate higher value

05/21/2009 The new flour mill of United Millers Ltd. in Kisumu in Kenya allows commercialscale production of flour blends for the company’s own bakery and for export to the countries surrounding Lake Victoria, thus enabling the company to expand ist business. Read more

Innovation starts with understanding

05/04/2009 Since the end of 2008, Buhler has had a new, state-of-the-art, and flexible Analytical Laboratory. This new center of competence is headed by Béatrice Conde-Petit. Read more

Revolutionary new procedure for manufacturing varnish for printing inks

04/14/2009 Buhler introduced a new technology for manufacturing varnish for printing inks at the European Coatings Show 2009 – the continuous production in a twin-screw reactor. Read more

Polaris – the third star on the rise

04/10/2009 Sirius the plansifter and Antares the roller mill have now been followed by Polaris: The Buhler Grain Milling business unit presented its new Polaris purifier at the IPACK-IMA trade show in Milan. It offers higher throughput capacity, improved sanitation, and maximum product safety. Read more

Fiscal 2008: High Operating Performance

04/02/2009 In fiscal 2008, the Buhler Technology Group increased its sales (turnover) by about 7% to CHF 1893 million, and with an EBIT margin of 8.4% achieved an excellent operating result. Due to the negative financial result, the Group’s overall result declined by 22% from a year ago, to CHF 101 million. Order bookings increased by approximately 3% to CHF 1891 million (previous year: CHF 1838 million). The backlog of orders as of the end of 2008, which rose by 9% to CHF 948 million, and the existing portfolio together form a strong foundation for fiscal 2009. However, in individual business units, volumes are expected to be lower than a year before. Read more

Buhler and JSW - successful together

03/30/2009 Japan Steel Works (JSW) possesses the necessary knowledge of the Japanese market for die casting systems. Buhler contributes its technological expertise and decades of experience: The Japanese joint venture JSW & Buhler Machinery Ltd., which was launched last summer, has got off to a successful start. Read more

InGaAs 'Spy in the sky technology'

03/12/2009 - takes Buhler Sortex to the forefront in the Quest for safer and cleaner food Read more

One country – three projects

03/02/2009 First a ship loader in Moss, then a ship unloader in Fredrikstad, and finally a combined loader and unloader in Florø: The Buhler Grain Handling business unit has implemented three projects in Norway within three years. Read more

Change in Group Management

02/17/2009 Erwin Frei, member of Group Management and head of the Engineered Products division, is leaving the Buhler Group in mid-February upon mutual agreement. He will be succeeded by Stefan Scheiber, who as the head of the global Service and Sales organization up to now was also a member of Group Management. His successor will be appointed in the course of the year. Read more

Buhler Sortex to launch new InGaAs technology sorter 'SORTEX E' at Anuga

01/23/2009 The most trusted, most successful and most profitable frozen food processors are those who can deliver the highest quality with a commitment to totally safe food. Read more

Buhler continues its growth

01/23/2009 The Buhler Technology Group continued its growth in fiscal 2008. Order bookings rose by 3 percent, while sales revenue grew by some 7 percent. The operating profit increased at an above-proportional rate. Read more

Buhler Sortex rises to the sunflower challenge

01/23/2009 Sunflower seed processors worldwide switch to SORTEX Z+ to remove multiple and hard to identify defects in one pass. Read more

A success throughout

01/14/2009 The new Portalino Combi in operation in China Bay, the port of Trincomalee in Sri Lanka, has an impressive size. But the “Big Baby,” as the locals call it, is also distinguished by its high performance in unloading and loading ships. Read more

Buhler remains family-owned

01/05/2009 Uzwil, January 05, 2009 - Urs Bühler, the sole owner of the Buhler Technology Group, has planned the ownership succession at a later date with his three daughters and thus created the basis for ensuring that the Group will remain in the hands of the family. Read more

A mill upgraded

12/10/2008 In Vejle, Denmark, Buhler is expanding the Lantmännen Group’s existing facility into one of Europe’s largest and most up-to-date flour mills. The new Lantmännen mill will be the first large-scale flour mill to be completely automated on the basis of the new Buhler WinCos automation system. Read more

NOVAPUR Retrofit – an entirely new experience of safety and purity

12/04/2008 Plansifters are key pieces of equipment in grain processing and are thus crucial for achieving a high end product quality. Each individual sieve stack should therefore achieve a maximum throughput. But an optimal result is only possible on the basis of harmonic interaction between the sieve material and the grain. Read more

Carat – a success story

11/26/2008 How has the market accepted the new Carat two-platen die casting machine? Beat Müller carefully observed the market launch. The result: The Buhler two-platen technology has met with wide acceptance. Read more

Everything running smoothly again ...

11/12/2008 A jointly created master plan forms the basis for renewing the flour mill of Koopmans Meel B.V. in Leeuwarden in Holland. Read more

Direct crystallization saves energy

10/29/2008 Direct crystallization allows significant energy savings in the production of PET and crystallisable polyester. The CC-PET® process developed by Rieter Automatik and Buhler combines this benefit with the robustness and flexibility expected of stateof-the-art production processes and supplies a dust-free product of stable quality. Read more

The sun comes out for the SORTEX K

10/24/2008 Buhler Sortex presents to Pan-European audience in Belgium. Read more

Success with master plan

10/15/2008 A jointly created master plan forms the basis for renewing the flour mill of Koopmans Meel B.V. in Leeuwarden in Holland. Read more

Three special things

10/01/2008 The customer is special, the product is special, and the production system is special – the new Buhler extrusion system operated by the Brazilian company Inquil Indústria de Amidos Especiais Ltda for producing modified starch for industrial applications. Read more

Chinese bean processors power Buhler Sortex sales drive

09/05/2008 The market leading performance of Buhler Sortex Z+ bichromatic sorters is enabling Chinese processors of all types of beans to achieve export quality product in greater volume and at less cost than was attainable in the past. Read more

Diagram - Grain Handling collected reprints

08/28/2008 This special reprint contains many different articles published in the DIAGRAMM regarding Grain Handling installations around the globe Grain Handling collected reprints. Read more

Buhler Sortex maximises food quality and operational efficiency

08/21/2008 Since developing its first optical sorter in 1947, Buhler Sortex has set industry standards consistently and completed 20000 installations in 140 countries. Read more

Side-by-side trial proves Sortex camera technology

08/21/2008 - offers superior performance on foreign material from foodstuff

Traditional methods for removing foreign material (FM) perform adequately enough, but they have limitations. Foreign materials such as blue plastic, cardboard and light wood can be difficult to remove.

Buhler Sortex wins AWS Ecoplastics vote

08/18/2008 AWS Ecoplastics Limited, the UK’s market leader in mixed plastic bottle recycling, is installing a Buhler SORTEX Z+4 sorter at its Hemswell, Lincolnshire, bottle sorting and processing plant. Read more

Buhler CoolCoreTM receives Ringier Technology Innovation Award 2008

07/30/2008 Buhler’s chocolate process CoolCore was recognized by Ringier for its outstanding contribution in the Chocolate Cold Forming Technology. Read more

Sights set on product safety

07/23/2008 Three Buhler innovations support the grain milling industry in its efforts to improve product safety. Read more

The pearl of Luxembourg

07/09/2008 When the goal of a traditional flour milling family is to achieve top quality and sanitation and therefore entrusts Buhler with installing its latest equipment and control technology, this will inevitably produce Europe’s most up-to-date flour mill. Read more

Three C–lines neatly arranged

06/27/2008 A new pasta factory with one long-goods and two short-goods lines and one additional durum and soft wheat mill each in the midst of an earthquake region: A true challenge for Buhler. Read more

Buhler acquires Aeroglide

06/25/2008 The Buhler Technology Group has acquired all the shares of the U.S. firm Aeroglide Inc. through the signing and closing of a definitive agreement with U.S.-based, Compass Diversified Holdings (CODI). Aeroglide, a mechanical engineering company that is a market leader in the field of drying and other thermal processes, is active in the food, feed, and industrial sectors. Aeroglide has supplemented the Buhler product range for years as a supplier. The acquisition will enable the future joint development of optimally matched solutions. Buhler will operate Aeroglide as an autonomous center of competence in the form of a business unit. Read more

Louisville Pecan proves that a dollar saved is a dollar earned

06/13/2008 Reverse sorting with Buhler’s SORTEX Z+ provides healthy yields for pecan processor. Read more

Buhler Sortex put SORTEX K through its paces for fresh products

06/12/2008 After the highly successful launch in 2006 of the SORTEX K optical sorter for frozen products, the new fresh product version was tested during the 2007 season. Read more

Chocolate shot with a heart

06/11/2008 Buhler Bindler will present its revolutionary new “FlexiShot” chocolate molding system at the Interpack in Düsseldorf. Read more

Buhler’s tailored turnkey solution boosts Portuguese rice mill

05/30/2008 Rapid design and installation of customised plant provides healthy yields for Atlantic Meals. Read more

“WinCos” is the new conductor’s name

05/28/2008 The new, extremely user-friendly WinCos automation system from Buhler ensures data transparency and an optimal utilization of available resources. Read more

Pasteurized under vacuum

05/14/2008 The newest development from Bühler Barth AG is its CCP nut and almond sterilization system. Read more

Antares – perfect, powerful, rugged, precise

04/29/2008 The New Art of Milling: With its novel Antares roller mill, Buhler is setting new standards in the flour milling industry in terms of product safety and operating reliability as well as ease of maintenance and user-friendliness. Read more

High-tech for super cows

04/09/2008 86,000 head of cattle in air-conditioned barns in the midst of the Saudi Arabian desert receive feeds containing additives blended on a Buhler premix system. Read more

Buhler sets new trends in PET sorting

04/07/2008 More than 50 years ago, ICI used Buhler Sortex’s pioneering optical sorting techniques for the sorting of plastics. Over the years as technologies have advanced and environmental awareness increased, the use of recycled input materials has become important and the optical sorting of washed PET flakes is now a key process step in the PET bottle recycling loop. Read more

Sustainable success

04/03/2008 In fiscal 2007, the Buhler Technology Group once again markedly increased its sales (turnover) and result, thus setting a new record in the company’s history. Sales revenues increased by 10% to CHF 1773 million from a year ago. The operating result (EBIT) rose by 34% to CHF 138 million. Orders were received for CHF 1838 million, which is 9% higher than in 2006. Net profits improved from a year ago by about CHF 10 million to CHF 130 million. For fiscal 2008, the Group expects further growth of sales and profits, despite the emerging economic slowdown in some markets. Read more

SORTEX Z+ shapes the future for peanut processors

03/31/2008 Buhler Sortex applies new technology to sort peanuts by shape and colour simultaneously. Read more

SORTEX Total Care ensures long term performance

03/27/2008 Buhler Sortex takes its responsibilities seriously. That’s why it is expanding its Total Care package to monitor optical sorting performance remotely across its entire product range. Consequently the lowest possible cost of ownership is guaranteed. Read more

Buhler Sortex Celebrates Official Opening Of New Site

03/26/2008 Buhler Sortex, the world class manufacturer of optical sorters for food processors, has moved to a purpose built plant at Gallions Reach, which was officially opened on 14th March by Stephen Timms, Minister of State for Employment and Welfare Reform. Read more

Europe’s most advanced plant

03/19/2008 The Italian cereals producer Lameri S.p.a. has increased its capacities. Buhler built Europe’s most advanced multipurpose cereals plant for this customer in San Bassano. Read more

From 0 to 7 in eight years

03/05/2008 The Yemen Company for Flour Mills & Silos is the world’s fastest growing flour milling group. Within eight years, Buhler has constructed a total of seven large-scale mills, 24 storage elevators, and one ship unloading installation for this customer in Aden and Hodeida. Read more

Cooperation of Buhler and Aveka

02/29/2008 Buhler and Aveka have teamed up to operate a new shared development and demonstration laboratory in North America for wet grinding and dispersion applications. Read more

Buhler Partec among the top third of companies firms active in nanotechnology

02/21/2008 Buhler Partec, which specializes in chemical nanotechnology, was awarded the rating “positive” by New York, USA based emerging technology research and advisory firm Lux Research in its latest reference study, The Nanotech Report, 5th Edition. This external and independent evaluation therefore sees Buhler Partec among the top 31% of the companies active in nanotechnology studied in the report. Read more

Complete retraceability

02/20/2008 BuhlMark stamps the product data onto cast components, enabling each single part to be completely retraced. Read more

Hygiene optimized by PUR

02/06/2008 With its SIRIUS plansifter, Buhler revolutionized the sifting of milling products years ago. With its new NOVAPUR sieve stack, the developers in the Buhler Milling business unit have now further refined the flour milling process. Read more

Full order books at Buhler

01/23/2008 The Buhler Technology Group booked orders worth CHF 1,835m in the year 2007. This is 8.5% above the previous year’s level. Read more

Buhler forges ahead with biofuels

01/09/2008 Energy from renewable raw materials: Buhler is stepping up its efforts to further develop the processes required to produce biofuels and wood pellets. Read more

New lines produce traditional pasta

12/12/2007 Italy has always been the home of pasta. Rey Pastificio dei F’lli Toso S.r.l. in the Piemont is yet another Italian pasta producer to rely on stateof- the-art Buhler process technology. Read more

When quality counts

12/05/2007 The Japanese chocolate manufacturer Lotte is now in a position to even faster react to the changing market requirements thanks to their newly purchased Bühler Bindler shell moulding line. Read more

Buhler acquires majority stake in G.W. Barth AG

11/23/2007 The Swiss Buhler Technology Group has retroactively acquired a majority stake in the German company G.W. Barth AG with effect from July 1, 2007. G. W. Barth AG, a system supplier to the confectionery and food industries, provides services, equipment, production installations, and turnkey factories especially for the treatment and processing of cocoa and nuts. The company thus ideally supplements the Buhler portfolio. G.W. Barth will be integrated as Buhler Barth in the Buhler Chocolate & Cocoa business unit. The current site of G.W. Barth in the German city of Freiberg will be retained and be developed into a joint center of competence. Read more

Steady growth and success

11/21/2007 The Japanese Torigoe Seifun milling group celebrated its 130th anniversary this year. The group’s development, which specializes in the production of French flours, is closely associated with Buhler. Read more

“We are seizing the market opportunities!”

11/07/2007 The global grain trade continues to develop in a highly dynamic way. The Buhler Grain Handling business unit is part of this positive development and is also continuing its growth. In this, the focus is on fast ship loading and unloading and safe grain storage in special bulk storage terminals. Read more

Bühler PARTEC and Brenntag Schweizerhall collaborate to market Carbon-Nanotube Dispersions

11/05/2007 Basel/Uzwil, 5. November 2007 – Bühler PARTEC, a company active in nanotechnology, and Brenntag Schweizerhall, provider of specialty and bulk chemicals, are collaborating to bring the value of Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) to the market. The collaboration involves the development and production of tailor-made CNT dispersions by Bühler and their marketing and distribution by Brenntag Schweizerhall. Read more

Investing in exports

10/25/2007 When COFCO, China’s leading food group, plans to construct a factory for producing parboiled rice, it chooses Buhler as its partner. Read more

Buhler integrates rice milling and optical sorting business units

10/22/2007 Buhler’s integration of its Rice Milling business unit with its Sortex optical sorting division creates an even stronger solution provider in the rice processing sector. It promises more efficient and cost effective sales and marketing support and an unmatched level of customer service. Read more

“Meat” made from soybeans and wheat

10/10/2007 The Swiss company Fredag AG has added vegetarian escalopes to its product range. Buhler supplied the production plant and the required process expertise. Read more

Colour Sorters - an obvious choice for PVC recyclers

09/26/2007 In its 'Progress Report' for 2007, Vinyl 2010 (the organisation coordinating the European PVC industry’s commitment to sustainable development) confirmed that 83,000 tonnes of PVC was recycled through its various projects in 2006. Of this, 16,800 tonnes was recycled in the UK alone - and that's more than double the previous year's figures for the second year running. Read more

High quality calls for adequate capacity

09/26/2007 The innovative Honeywell Flour Mills Limited company commenced milling business in 1998 and has quickly risen to become one of Nigeria’s major milling businesses. Its four flour mills with a total capacity of 1610 tons per 24 hours were all supplied by Buhler. Read more

Buhler Group Appoints Josef M. Müller as New Member of the Board

09/25/2007 The Group’s annual general meeting appointed the former Nestlé manager Josef M. Müller as new member of the board of the Buhler Group. Following his return from China, he has now assumed his functions. Read more

The filter hose with the green seam

09/21/2007 The new ExCharge® filter hoses which were specially developed by Bühler for MVRS and MVRT filters for use in the milling industry have been available to our customers for just a few days. Read more

Bühler Partec´s risk management system certified

11/11/2007 Bühler Partec, a firm active in nanotechnology, is one of the first companies worldwide to introduce a certified risk management system. The certificate was granted to Bühler Partec at the NanoEurope industry trade fair in St Gallen, Switzerland, by German certification body TÜV Süd, which has tested and certified the applied system according to established criteria and safety requirements. Read more

Buhler Sortex forms a partnership with Diepvries Doetinchem

09/03/2007 Buhler Sortex Ltd., leading optical sorting specialists from Docklands, London, United Kingdom has worked with Diepvries Doetinchem to complete the installation of SORTEX K colour sorting system in their Doetinchem, Holland plant. Read more

Becoming a top global market player

08/29/2007 If you set out to climb Mount Everest, you will choose the best possible equipment to take along with you. If you want to get to the top of the world in animal feed production, you will best rely on Buhler plant and equipment. Read more

Record project in the Cape

08/15/2007 When everything meshes together perfectly, it may very well be that a project can be handled “in no time at all.” This is exactly what happened with the new short-goods pasta line supplied to the Sasko Pasta company in South Africa, where project engineering, installation, and start-up were completed within the record time of eight months. Read more

Buhler Sortex thrilled to be part of Axion Event

08/02/2007 SORTEX Z+ Colour Sorter a big hit with industry professionals at ground breaking event. Read more

After 60 years Sortex has a new name and a new home

08/02/2007 Sortex celebrates its Diamond Jubilee as a global leader in optical sorting with a move to a brand new purpose built – and much bigger – headquarters at a riverside site overlooking London City airport. Read more

Chocolate for cookies

08/02/2007 The Canadian cookie specialist Leclerc has made a successful step toward vertical integration: Since June 12, 2006, it has been producing the chocolate that goes into its products on its own cocoa and chocolate line – which was supplied by Buhler. Read more

Large, larger, largest

07/04/2007 China is the world’s largest beer market, and the Yongshuntai Malting Group the country’s largest malt producer. The Group recently signed a contract for the supply of a tower malthouse with the world’s highest batch processing capacity of 550 metric tons, selecting Buhler as its supplier. This is quite natural, since Buhler is the global market leader in this field. Read more

Joint Venture with Japan Steel Works

06/25/2007 Bühler Druckguss AG has announced plans to set up a joint venture with the Japanese Japan Steel Works (JSW) for selling and producing cold-chamber die casting machines. Read more

Broad basis

06/20/2007 The Buhler Grinding & Dispersion business unit has undergone sweeping changes over the past few years in an ever-new environment. Novel fields of application such as ultrafine coating materials, paints, or cosmetics have been added to the traditional areas of printing inks and chemicals. Read more

SORTEX Z+ first to sort coffee by colour and shape

06/18/2007 Buhler launched new shape sorting technology that allows coffee processors to sort simultaneously by shape as well as colour, at the Tea and Coffee World Cup in Geneva. Read more

Buhler Die Casting says “Welcome to PRODUCTIVITY”

06/17/2007 Buhler supplied its first the casting machine exactly 80 years ago. Today, Buhler is at the cutting edge of die casting technology in terms of quality, performance, and process expertise. Read more

One man handles 80,000 tons

06/06/2007 Higher unloading capacity – shorter berthing times. The new Buhler Portalink 800 installed in the port of Durban helps the company Bidfreight save time and money. Read more

Buhler wins 15 SORTEX K sales from Virto

06/01/2007 Spanish Group makes massive commitment to unique SORTEX Technology. Read more

Kampffmeyer Choose Sortex Z for cleaning Wheat

05/29/2007 Premiere Milling Company turn to optical sorting in a move away from me-chanical cleaning. Read more

Blending die casting with die making

05/22/2007 The Buhler Die Casting division and Schaufler Tooling have demonstrated their competence by introducing a new concept for manufacturing engine blocks by the die casting process. Read more

Kampffmeyer Group Tackle Ergot Contamination With Sortex Sorters

05/15/2007 Meeting the legal requirements for milling rye. Read more

Phoenix arises from the ashes

05/08/2007 Fire destroys, but fire also creates the breeding ground for new life. Thus arose a state-of-the-art flour mill with a capacity of 150 metric tons per 24 hours from the ruins left after a fire devastated the Minoterie du Château flour mill in the French town of Ernée. Read more

New bead mill MicroMedia®P2

05/05/2007 - nanogrinding with microbeads now also on commercial scale

Following the successful launch of the new bead mill MicroMedia® P1, Bühler will present its newly developed MicroMedia® P2-C commercial-scale machine size as a full ceramic design at the European Coatings Show in Nürnberg on May 8 –10, 2007.

Buhler´s Sortex Colour Sorter In Plastics Recycling

05/01/2007 Efficient and cost effective sorting is at the heart of the plastics recycling industry. Read more

Three become two

04/06/2007 The Vaksdal mill is one of three flour mills operated by the Norwegian company Norgesmøllene AS. Over the past few months, it has been thoroughly revamped by Buhler. Instead of three old mills, two state-of-the-art milling lines are now in service. Read more

Making great strides

04/03/2007 In fiscal 2006, the international Buhler Technology Group enjoyed vigorous growth. Sales (turnover) increased by 7% to CHF 1,613 million from a year ago, and the operating result (EBIT) by 24% to CHF 97 million. Net earnings increased by 60% to 116 million. For the current fiscal year, the Group expects continued sales and earnings growth. Read more

Developing processes together

03/28/2007 Time and again, Buhler technologists develop new processes in close cooperation with customers. The Pasta and Extruded Products (PE) business unit has revolutionized the production technology for making multicolored products by taking this approach. Read more

Convinced by quality

03/14/2007 A large order for a total of twelve complete die casting cells for manufacturing high-grade engine blocks from aluminum was awarded by the Hyundai Motor Company to Buhler Die Casting. The signing of this contract marks the culmination of a patient effort. Read more

Buhler Distinguished for Supply Chain Management

03/12/2007 The Fraunhofer Institute for Production Technology ITP has distinguished the five best European companies in their respective industries for their excellence in supply chain management. Buhler was awarded the renowned distinction in the plant and equipment supplier category. Read more

Hot business

02/28/2007 The Buhler Rice business unit does not only build rice mills, but also spice mills. Just recently, the new pepper mill operated by the national Pepper Marketing Board (PMB) went into service in Kuching in East Malaysia. Read more

Buhler supplies world’s largest wood pelleting plant

02/27/2007 Green Circle Bio Energy Inc., a Florida based company in the renewable energy sector, is building the largest facility for the production of wood pellets in Florida. Buhler is supplying the heart of the processing complex – the wood pelleting system. Read more

Leading Italian Millers Choose Sortex

02/26/2007 Italian grain processors make Sortex their first choice for key Durum wheat to Semolina market Read more

Loading follows unloading

02/14/2007 Economic progress is yielding results: The Buhler Grain Handling business unit is now also installing ship loading systems in China beside the ship unloaders supplied up to now. Read more

Buhler Continues Steady Growth

02/02/2007 The Buhler Technology Group grew at an encouraging clip in fiscal 2006. Read more

Panta rhei!

01/31/2007 The Buhler Feed and Oil business unit is holding its own in the global markets as a reliable partner for the feed and vegetable oil milling industries and for the producers of bio-energy. Read more

Simple solution to a complex problem

01/17/2007 Die casting is a complex process. One of its sub-processes is the control of the die temperature, which has been hard to monitor and control up to now. Bühler Druckguss AG has now found a simple solution to this challenge. Read more

SORTEX K sets new standards

01/17/2007 With its new SORTEX K sorting unit, the Buhler Sortex business unit in London has set new standards in the production of safe and clean foods. Read more

Bindler-FlexiStamp™ Flexible Stamping Head System

01/04/2007 The chocolate industry is finding itself confronted with new challenges due to the increasing variety of recipes and smaller production batches. This wide variety of products requires faster production changes, shorter production cycles, and higher equipment flexibility. The new FlexiStamp™ stamping head system developed by Bindler offers an outstanding solution for achieving flexible batch production. Read more

Serbian soft fruit comes out of the cold

07/13/2006 Sortex solution improves efficiency and cuts costs in frozen fruit sorting. Read more

Locally available to customers around the world

07/12/2006 The Buhler sales organization is near customers in 140 countries with over forty affiliated companies, additional branch offices, and numerous agencies. Sales & Service is not merely a division in the Group, but a philosophy. Read more

Bühler meets Pasta Top Management in Venezuela

12/14/2006 With the topics "Global market trends, future oriented pasta production and new pasta technologies” meets Bühler the needs of the modern Pasta producers. Read more

A jewel

12/12/2006 From corn trader to corn miller – Buhler has built Poland’s first corn (maize) mill for the Bio Corn company in the southwestern part of the country. It satisfies the most stringent technological and hygienic requirements. Read more

Innovation award for Buhler PARTEC

06/30/2006 This year’s APCS (Asia Pacific Coatings Show) took place on June 20-23 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The trade show was attended by over 100 raw materials producers and plant manufacturers from the Southeast Asian paints and inks industry. A specialist convention, the Asia Pacific Coatings Conference, was held concurrently with the exhibition. Read more

Processing in addition to harvesting

11/28/2006 In the future, Ghana will not only harvest cocoa beans, but also process them into cocoa mass, cocoa butter, and cocoa powder. Buhler is supplying the necessary systems. Read more

Teamwork up to the first “shot”

06/28/2006 The support offered by Bühler Druckguss AG has enabled the South Korean company Innocast Inc. to win lucrative export orders. Read more

New tower malting plant for Yongshuntai Malting Group (China)

06/17/2006 Yongshuntai Malting Group (GDH-Supertime Development Ltd. / Hong Kong) has chosen Buhler as general contractor for the supply of their new tower malting plant of its affiliated company Guangzhou Malting Co., Ltd. (Guangdong Province).The nominal annual capacity will be 100.000 t of high quality malt and pushes the company into the top five of the world malt production. Read more

An ideal team

11/15/2006 The Sayga Flour Mills company has existed in the Sudan for ten years now. And since exactly these ten years, a close customer relationship has existed between Sayga and Buhler. Read more

The SORTEX Z+ sets new standards

10/31/2006 Over the past four years, the optical sorters of the Z Series have set the standard in the field of sorting. And now Buhler has further raised it by rolling out the SORTEX Z+. Read more

SORTEX Z+, The Latest Generation Optical Sorter

06/15/2006 Sortex Z series sorters are used all over the world. Their sorting accuracy gives the best yield and efficiency of any optical sorting system even at very high production capacities. Now we are delighted to introduce the very latest sorting developments in the new SORTEX Z+. Read more

Sortex Performance Wins Approval From SOS Group

06/15/2006 Trial result leads to eight Z4 sales within year. Read more

Huge opportunities in a vast region

10/18/2006 Industry and trade are picking up in the Russian Federation and in Ukraine. Buhler’s local organization in Moscow is growing in step with the country’s expanding economy. Read more

SORTEX K - new standards for safe, clean food

10/11/2006 Technologies proven in SORTEX Z+ dry sorters are applied to revolutionary solutions for fresh or frozen fruit and vegetable processors. Read more

The Future of Your Business Approved

06/15/2006 Calling all processors of pulses, grain, nuts, coffee and cereals - The new SORTEX Z+ optical sorter has arrived and processing your product just became simpler, more efficient and better value than ever before. Read more

A large-scale mill moves

10/04/2006 What to do if there is no longer enough space left for further increasing the capacity of a flour mill? The people in charge at the Korean CJ Corporation opted for the most straightforward solution: move the entire mill and – after increasing its capacity and updating it – install it at a different location! Read more

The Rise of the Colour Sorter

06/15/2006 The processing requirements of both tea and coffee have spawned the evolution of several kinds of mechanical equipment, but for the last 50 years the evolution has been slow. Mechanical sieves, destoners, catadors, stalk removers have changed little from their original designs although over the same period, consumer expectations of quality and safety have risen to new heights. However, the introduction of optical sorters to these industries since the late 1980s has changed working practices and greatly helped processors in meeting consumer demands. Read more

“Serving the global food economy”

06/14/2006 The Buhler Milling business unit is the global leader in the design and construction of flour mills. The head of the business unit, Martin Schlauri, expects the market for grain-based staple foods to continue growing – with Buhler as a partner who focuses on customer needs. Read more

A rising star

09/20/2006 The Buhler Rice Milling business unit enjoys an excellent international reputation as a supplier of state-of-the-art, industrial-scale rice processing plants. As industrialization makes progress in Asia, the rice milling experts at Buhler identify outstanding market opportunities. Read more

“Green energy” from grain

09/06/2006 Buhler and renewable energy: After launching the wood pelleting process and bio-diesel production technology, Buhler’s Grain Milling business unit is now entering another novel business field – bio-ethanol. Read more

Buhler modernizes feed production plant in St. Margrethen

06/12/2006 The Buhler Technology Group has signed a contract worth several millions for a project in the immediate vicinity of its headquarters in Uzwil. UFA-Mischfutter AG is investing 20 millions of Swiss francs in its existing animal feed manufacturing plant in St. Margrethen near Uzwil. Buhler will supply the mechanical equipment and the control system for the heart of the facility. Read more

Change in Group Management

06/08/2006 Erwin A. Frei has been appointed to the Group Management of Bühler AG effective June 1. He has been placed in charge of the Engineered Products division and is thus the successor to Ulrich Baur, who will retire. Read more

“ GRANDE MOINHO ARATU project ” Simply complete!

08/23/2006 Once again, Buhler engineers have proved their high level of performance: They designed the Grande Moinho Aratu, a new, advanced, and fully automated food complex with port terminal, flour mill, cookie factory, and pasta plant in the northeast of Brazil. Read more

“BURUNDUKI project” at Europe’s eastern tip

05/31/2006 Being far away from home is occasionally a challenge: The Buhler specialists from the Feed business unit recently constructed a state-ofthe- art feed manufacturing facility halfway between Moscow and the Ural Mountains. Read more

Corina Atzli is the New Head of Communications

08/22/2006 Corina Atzli took charge of Corporate Communications at the Buhler Technology Group in mid-August 2006. She succeeds Detlef Janssen, who has switched to the company management of the PR agency Peter Bütikofer & Company in Zurich. Read more

Buhler takes over IdraPrince

08/11/2006 On 10th August 2006, Buhler, the Swiss technology group, took over IdraPrince of Holland/Michigan (USA). With this move, Buhler is taking an important step in the expansion of its die casting division. Read more

Sortex contributes to Amcor's European PET recycling activity

05/23/2006 Amcor PET Packaging chooses Sortex Sorters for French PET recycling venture. Read more

“ HOLLAND MALT project ” Superlative malthouse

08/09/2006 Eemshaven on the shores of the North Sea, the Dutch brewery group Bavaria N.V. recently designed and constructed a large-scale malthouse based on the latest technological knowledge. Buhler was a major player in the project. Read more

Leading Italian Millers Choose Sortex

05/18/2006 Italian grain processors make Sortex their first choice for key Durum wheat to Semolina market. Read more

“NATION GRANARY” Assembled “ex ship”

05/17/2006 Preassembly in Turkey, an ocean voyage around half the globe, and finally the assembly of two ship unloaders “ex ship” – the “Nation Granary” project turned out to be a logistic acid test. Read more

Extruders lead to success in niche markets

07/26/2006 The Rubin Mill in Lahr in the southwestern part of Germany has successfully established itself as a maker of niche products. Last year, it expanded its range of production equipment by adding another extrusion line for making direct-expanded breakfast cereals and cornflakes. Read more

Buhler PARTEC inaugurates kilogram-scale pilot plant

07/14/2006 On July 7, 2006 the next step for Buhler PARTEC was made. A new kilogram-scale pilot plant with an explosion-proof room and three laboratories started operation. Read more

Sortex Ensures Pine Nut Quality

05/10/2006 Spanish market leader Frutos Secos Puig maintains 30 year relationship. Read more

Safe Food, Clean Food

05/03/2006 Buhler unveil their latest, most versatile and efficient sorter yet - the SORTEX Z+ optical sorter. Read more

“LändlePellets” from a feed manufacturing plant

04/20/2006 Vorarlberger Mühlen und Mischfutterwerke GmbH is launching a new business field using Buhler technology: the production of wood pellets. Read more

Buhler wins innovation award for new rice process

04/19/2006 The Buhler Technology Group has won the renowned European food technology innovation award for a process that revolutionizes rice processing. Read more

Buhler strengthens board of directors

04/12/2006 Peter Quadri, president of IBM Switzerland, has been appointed to the board of directors of the Buhler Group effective March 23, 2006. Read more

An Impressive Range of Competence

04/11/2006 Buhler will be present at the ACHEMA 2006 to display the latest technologies and comprehensive solutions in wet grinding and dispersion, in the processing of tailor-made nanoparticles, in extrusion technology, and in the thermal treatment of plastics. Read more

Sustained Growth

04/06/2006 The international Buhler Technology Group increased its consolidated sales by 3.2 percent to CHF 1.5 billion in fiscal 2005. Order bookings rose by 3.8 percent to CHF 1.53 billion. The operating result (EBIT) was maintained at the level of the previous year at CHF 78 million, and net profits increased by 1.3 percent to CHF 72 million. Read more

Less rice brokens – better quality

04/05/2006 Compania Arrocera Covadonga recently took delivery of Mexico’s first fully automated rice mill – built by Buhler. Read more

ECO-Steep – New efficient steeping technology for malthouses

03/30/2006 The ECO-Steep from Buhler is the consequential further development of the well proven Buhler flat-bottom steep. The outstanding feature of ECO-Steep is the fact that it enables water consumption to be slashed by at least 35 percent compared to the classical flat-bottom steep. Read more

Buhler U.S.A.: Close to customers

03/08/2006 Buhler has been present in the U.S.A. since 1924 and a reliable partner and supplier of top-notch process technologies to this day. Read more

The perfect flour mill of Trinidad

02/22/2006 The new flour mill operated by Nutrimix Feeds Ltd on Trinidad is distinguished by its harmonious architecture, its cleanliness, and its state-of-the-art process technology. Read more

Setting sights on customized solutions

02/08/2006 As a global partner assisting pasta producers in satisfying the requirements of their customers, the pasta specialists from Buhler are entering new markets. Read more

Biogenous pellets from wood chips

01/25/2006 Buhler recently built Germany’s largest wood pelleting system for Dold Holzwerke GmbH in Buchenbach. It allows sustained ecological utilization of wood chips. Read more

Customized rebuild

01/11/2006 In expanding the loading and unloading installation of the Silo P. Kruse company in the port of Hamburg, account also had to be taken of the protection of historic monuments. A customized solution was needed. Read more

Sortex Performance Wins Approval From 'SOS' Group

04/24/2006 Trial result leads to eight Z4 sales within year Read more

A beverage group turns into a miller

12/21/2005 Philippines – Buhler supports the large San Miguel Corporation in its expansion into flour milling Read more

Revolutionizing the Multigrain process

12/07/2005 The application of a preconditioner simplifies the process and cuts costs Read more

Buhler is awarded a 35-million contract from Denmark

11/09/2005 Buhler has signed a contract worth 35 million Swiss francs with the Scandinavian Cerealia Group for the supply of a new flour milling installation. The facility – one of Europes most advanced – will be located in the Danish city of Vejle. It will further strengthen the position of the Scandinavian market leader. Read more

WinCoS now has wings

10/12/2005 Though launched only recently, the WinCoS process control system for the grain processing industry and in particular .our mills and bakeries has already firmly established its position. New modules now allow added applications up to the point of complete plant control – from job registration to creation of the delivery note: WinCoS now has wings! Read more

From ice-cold to scorching-hot

09/28/2005 Six sites, three time zones, and one single partner for South American customers: Buhler has been present throughout South America for over 75 years now. What is new and unique Buhler- wide is its network linking together all of its Latin American sites. Read more

Improving Berry Quality in the Baltics

09/27/2005 Sortex and cabinplant play key role in the expansion of Saarek cleaning line. Read more

Successful division of labor

09/23/2005 The customer provided the infrastructure and the steel structures using very simple tools – and Buhler designed the plant on the basis of European standards, supplied the electromechanical equipment, did the engineering, and supervised installation on site: The result: the most advanced animal feed mill in Bangladesh – the City Poultry and Fishfeeds Ltd. in Dhaka. Read more

Gro Alliance Open House wins Sortex Z-Series sales

09/19/2005 Key partner testifies to Sortex technical innovation and support. Read more

Buhler supplies large grain mill to Saudi Arabia

09/02/2005 The Buhler Technology Group has been awarded a contract from Saudi Arabia for the supply of a large grain mill. The total worth of this turnkey order based on state-of-the-art grain milling technology is CHF 40 million. Read more

Improving beer by reducing contamination

08/11/2005 To produce premium beer, you need outstanding raw materials beside masterly brewing art. Buhler has developed a new process allowing contamination in barley and malt to be minimized. Buhler will present this and other innovations at this year’s Drinktec 2005 in Munich. Read more

For table-grade flakes of consistent quality

08/10/2005 With its new MBDA/BCFA flaking line, Buhler is satisfying a long-existing customer need for a higher level of automation, improved hygiene, and a consistently high product quality. In addition, the new Buhler flaking line fulfills the more stringent ATEX safety standards. Read more

Ergot And Toxins In Cereal Crops

08/08/2005 Preserving product reliability with the use of optical colour sorters Read more

A land of gargantuan proportions

07/27/2005 China is the country with the largest population in the world. When it hosts the Olympic Games in the year 2008, people around the world will become aware that the “Middle Kingdom” is a modern country presenting vast opportunities – if they did not know that before. Buhler has been active in China for over twenty years, a period during which the Group has established valuable relationships. Read more

First HYSYS for traditional animal feed producer

07/13/2005 In South Africa, making meat and animal products is an important industry. Closely related to this is the manufacture of animal feeds. Epol is one of the oldest compound feed producers in South Africa and a leader in this field. In striving to maintain its market leadership, Epol has upgraded one of its feed production plants by installing a HYSYS hygienizing and compacting system from Buhler. The new HYSYS installation operated by Epol is a first in South Africa and the biggest system of this type ever installed worldwide. Read more

Fifteen new feed technologists

07/07/2005 Fifteen students, the majority from Europe – Switzerland, Germany, and Austria – and one from South Africa received their diplomas as feed technologists this week. They have come fresh out of the International School for Feed Technology (SFT) in Uzwil, Switzerland, after successfully completing the specialist feed technology course –the 26th so far. Read more

Bühler AG: New Member of Corporate Management

07/04/2005 Stefan Scheiber has been appointed as member of corporate management with effect from July 1. He will head the global Sales and Service division and there-fore succeeds René Steiner, who is taking charge of the Buhler affiliate in North America. Read more

Near customers worldwide

06/29/2005 With its market share of over 50 percent, Buhler is clearly the global market leader in the supply of plant, equipment, and process technology for making chocolate and specialty masses and for processing cocoa and nuts. More than half of all the chocolate delicacies sold worldwide today are produced on Buhler systems. Read more

A tasty business

06/15/2005 Producing easy-to-digest pasta from low-cost raw materials at an affordable price is an attractive option also for businesses in the heartland of pasta – Italy. Buhler customer Andriani recently started up the first commercial plant for making gluten-free pasta from corn (maize) and rice in Italy. Read more

Swiss Milling School: State-of-the-art Technology for 19 Nations

06/06/2005 On June 2, 27 students from 19 nations received their diplomas after completing their five-month course from the Swiss Milling School St.Gallen (SMS). For the first time since its establishment in 1957, no fewer than two women attended the same course – which was of great benefit to the atmoshere. Read more

Light-alloy die casting takes to the air

06/01/2005 Die cast components of aluminum in aircraft? “No thanks, never! Too expensive!” That is what aircraft manufacturers used to say. This is no longer true since “ae light metals casting GmbH & Co. KG” in the German town of Gerstungen has fine-tuned the die casting of light-alloy aircraft parts together with Bühler Druckguss AG. Read more

Animal feed is a food

05/18/2005 Animal feed is indirectly also a human food. In the production of its high-quality poultry feed, the Aliqual feed manufacturing plant in France therefore adopts the hygiene standards that apply to the production of food for human consumption. The thermal feed treatment system developed by Buhler is unique throughout Europe. Read more

Wellness program for refiners

05/04/2005 The customer service specialists from the Buhler Chocolate & Cocoa business unit make “new” out of “old” with their wellness program designed for revitalizing aging chocolate refiners. Existing machines are upgraded to state-of-the-art levels, allowing customers to save time and money. Read more

SORTEX Celebrates Fifth Queen’s Award

04/21/2005 Winning a Queen’s Award is the ultimate accolade for any British manufacturing company. London based SORTEX Ltd, a world leader in optical sorting machinery for the food processing industry, has now achieved this distinction five times after gaining a Queen’s Award for International Trade 2005. Read more

Top-level exchange of information

04/13/2005 For the ﬁrst time in the history of the Buhler Chocolate & Cocoa business unit, a special technology seminar was held for customers in September 2004 under the heading “Advanced Chocolate Technology”. For three days, 70 customers from around the world were offered an opportunity to exchange information on the latest ﬁndings from research, development, and applications with leading experts. Read more

More than just “Bread for Africa”

03/30/2005 Tanzania, Ethiopia, Uganda – these three East African nations are off to a fast start in the ﬁeld of food production. An entire generation of excellently trained African entrepreneurs are building new businesses with Buhler or purchasing existing ones to raise them to state-of-the-art levels. Read more

Trimming production costs

03/16/2005 The new, high-capacity twinscrew extrusion system ECOtwin has been developed in collaboration with leading customers especially for petfood and aquafeed applications. The ECOtwin sets new standards in terms of ﬂexibility, product quality, and production cost reduction. Read more

PRIMUS – the best in class for cleaning

03/09/2005 Large sieve surface areas are efﬁcient! They are needed to separate sand and ﬁne impurities while handling high throughputs, even in processing difﬁcult materials such as brewing malt. To produce top-class malt, the best approach is to apply the unsurpassed high-capacity cleaning technology from Buhler. This is evidenced by the recent example of the new Holland Malt facility. Holland Malt was recently set up as a joint venture between the Dutch beer brewer “Bavaria” and the agricultural cooperative “Agriﬁrm”. Read more

Ever finer, ever purer

03/02/2005 The international Buhler Technology Group will be represented at the European Coatings Show 2005 in Nuremberg from April 26-28 by two business units – Grinding & Dispersion and Nanotechnology. At Stand 5-257 in Hall 5, the two Buhler units will show the systems and processes supporting manufacturers of paints & inks and of all types of fine dispersions in developing ever finer and contamination-free products. Another focus will be on the benefits of products in the field of nanotechnology. Read more

Buhler grinds everything

11/29/2004 You can perceive the Buhler Group as a specialist for all types of size reduction processes. With the acquisition of the company DraisDM in Mannheim, Buhler’s competence in wet grinding technology has now been greatly expanded: Beside the processing of pasty substances, Buhler now also offers wet grinding processes for liquid products. This article marks the start of a series on the numerous aspects of wet grinding. Read more

Seven at a single stroke

11/22/2004 The Swiss retailer Migros has identified as many as seven advantages of its new Buhler system for cleaning nuts and legumes: Higher flexibility, better quality, more throughput, streamlined processes, and gentler treatment of the product. In addition, it fulfills the British BRC food standard and also allows retracing of the products. Read more

Making a good impression

11/15/2004 Design paired with functionality – that is the overriding philosophy in the development of every machine and production plant at Buhler. This is the very reason why an increasing number of customers are choosing Buhler equipment. For the Buhler colors – green and white-gray – symbolize quality and the most exacting standards throughout the world. Read more

Commercializing nanotechnology

11/04/2004 Chemical nanotechnology is unlocking new dimensions in the commercial production of nanostructured materials for use in a wide variety of applications. The basis of this development are tiny particles called nanoparticles. In collaboration with the Institute for New Materials (INM) in Saarbrücken, Buhler is conducting research into customized solutions, contributing its extensive expertise in size reduction and dispersion processes to this effort. Read more

Not only Italians love pasta

11/02/2004 Pasta is also popular in Russia. But for a long time, the Russian products made from soft wheat could not reach the standard of expensive durum noodles imported from Italy in terms of color and consistency. The pasta producers from Russia have responded to this situation and have been applying outside knowhow for some years now: In Omsk, the technology leader Buhler recently installed a pasta C-line for “Omskaja makaronnaja fabrika”. Read more

The revolution of sifting

10/28/2004 To remain competitive, you must know your customers’ needs and offer them solutions to satisfy them. The new Buhler SIRIUS sifter generation provides the competitive edge required for achieving this. With its outstanding sifting efficiency, its maximum design flexibility, and its unsurpassed sanitation standards, the new SIRIUS plansifter is second to none. Read more

Energy sources of the future

10/21/2004 Wood is in abundant supply in Scandinavia. This renewable raw material can be utilized in myriad manners – including energy production. The large Danish energy group Energi E2 has built the world’s largest bioenergy plant in Köge near Copenhagen. Buhler supplied the pelleting expertise and processing system. The installation produces both wood and straw pellets – the very reason why the contract was awarded to Buhler. Read more

Casting simulations speed up development

10/14/2004 The close teamwork between Buhler engineers and customers makes computer casting simulations a very useful tool in die casting: Simulations allow parts to be developed within a shorter time and dies to be designed with higher precision. This reduces the time needed until a die is ready for quantity production, which in turn cuts costs. Read more

The quality trio

10/11/2004 Forte, Fortissimo, Buhler: Two flour mills and one pasta factory in Italy combine their artisanal tradition with innovation. They have completely reoriented their process technology with Buhler, increased their product yields, and reached new heights in terms of quality. Read more

High-vitamin rice from the extruder

10/07/2004 Rice is a major staple food the world over. But during whitening and polishing, valuable component substances are lost. A new Buhler process transforms rice brokens into vitamin-enriched rice pellets. The partner in this development effort is DSM Nutritional Products (formerly Roche Vitamins Ltd.). Read more

Parboiled rice made in Italy

10/04/2004 Buhler developed a complete parboiled rice processing plant for the Italian rice processor Gariboldi. The processing system was supplied along with all the engineering, installation, and start-up services as well as on-site support by a single source – exactly what the Italian customer was seeking and what he found in Buhler. Read more

Five stars for Egyptian feed mill

09/27/2004 Buhler flour mills supply topclass quality. This quality is also in demand when it comes to animal feed production, a fact borne out by a contract signed with an Egyptian company: In the production of poultry and cattle feeds, Five Star Feed Mills in Suez relies on proven top-quality expertise from Buhler. Read more

One control system for the entire bagging unit

09/23/2004 WinP@ck is the name of the new and unified Buhler control system design for bagging equipment. It ensures competitive productivity through high flexibility, since it can be used both in complete production systems and with standalone machines. Tailored to customers’ specific needs, it allows fast and uncomplicated responses by customers to changes in the marketplace. Read more

The basis of success

09/20/2004 The most straightforward die casting machine from Buhler allows the Sachsenring foundry in Slovakia to develop an entirely new customer base. Just recently, VW ordered components from Sachsenring. Read more

Tasty feed – top hygiene

09/16/2004 Modern feed formulations are expected to be hygienic and to meet top safety standards. With its “HYSYS”, Buhler offers innovative hygienizing and compacting technology satisfying stringent needs in the feed manufacturing industry. Read more

From ship to shore

09/10/2004 Buhler offers customers mechanical or pneumatic ship unloading solutions suiting their particular requirements and the size of ships they must unload. The further developed Portanova is capable of unloading even Panamax-size vessels up to 65,000 DWT. Read more

Culinary cult(ure)

08/26/2004 Giving people enough to eat is the top priority of society and the food processing industry. Today, an important aspect that counts beside enjoyment and convenience is health. Buhler tracks global nutritional trends carefully, creating new business fields for its customers by creating innovative applications and component substances. Read more

SORTEX creates window of opportunity

08/19/2004 Chris O’Connor, Managing Director of Burnley plastic recycling firm, Plasgrind, has discovered that optical sorting technology developed for food processors by SORTEX Ltd can increase his productivity by up to 24 times. Read more

Feed technologists for the whole world

07/09/2004 14 students from 11 nations received their diplomas qualifying them as feed technology engineers in the anniversary year of the international Swiss Institute of Feed Technology (SFT). They successfully completed their studies at the Institute in Uzwil – the 25th specialist course held so far. Read more

Tulips and Shot-Control engineering

06/25/2004 The land of the tulips is famous not only for its windmills and dikes. You will also find high-tech companies there, for example BUVO Castings in Helmond, Netherlands. This die caster sought an equal partner for die casting demanding components – and found the partner in Buhler. Read more

Sort Out Your uPVC

06/24/2004 With more and more emphasis on recycling targets and the promise of increased landfill taxes it's no surprise that companies are taking a good look at their scrap rates and disposal methods for their waste. Read more

Top marks for Buhler

06/21/2004 Buhler achieves top marks through professionalism and competence. A survey recently conducted among industrial bakeries proves this. These qualities of Buhler are the “unifying thread” that runs from the very first contact with a customer by the sales force through to the rapid settlement of warranty services. In other words, Buhler almost always achieves its lofty goal of “very high customer satisfaction”. Read more

Enjoying beer in Japan

06/16/2004 As elsewhere, people like drinking beer also in Japan. Happoshu, a special version of this brew, is becoming increasingly popular. The fact that Buhler satisfies the needs of the Japanese market with all its peculiarities is borne out by the new brewery supplied to Suntory in Kumamoto. Read more

Extruders for all cases

06/14/2004 Pilot plants are important centers of development for innovative companies and their customers. In Germany, Buhler recently acquired the extrusion unit of a twin-screw extruder manufacturer. It enables the Group to now offer customers a leading engineering center of competence meeting their many needs. In addition to vast and varied know-how, the curiosity typical of Buhler engineers also helps find solutions to the most sophisticated challenges. Read more

Finest process technology for finest “Guezli”

06/11/2004 The renowned Swiss bakery product manufacturer Hug has not only been able to increase the automation level of its operations. In addition, it has installed a flour cooling system, which results in better baking results, and the innovative control system design also includes the dough mixers and their recipes. Read more

Coffee processors wake up to SORTEX

05/24/2004 London based SORTEX Ltd is proud to announce the launch of its new range of optical sorters. The Z-Series will deliver previously unattainable standards of performance to coffee processors and the enhanced productivity that the range makes possible will improve profitability dramatically. Read more

SORTEX gives windows fabricators food for thought

04/28/2004 Every industry wants to recycle valuable raw material but often the benefits hardly justify the cost. PVC window fabricators have found that a solution based on food processing technology from SORTEX pays big dividends. Read more

Nuts grow on trees – with SORTEX, so does money

03/02/2004 Since 1947 SORTEX has consistently set the industry standard in optical sorting. Now, its revolutionary Z-series gives tree nut processors a vital edge in achieving higher quality grades, reduced overheads and maximum revenues. Read more

SORTEX celebrates the 30th Anniversary of Constructie Bruynooghe

11/11/2003 Belgium and the Netherlands are two very important markets for SORTEX’s vegetable sorter, Niagara. Producers in both countries freeze and can large quantities of vegetables for consumption within Europe and for export. Read more

Hausbeck’s sort out their Pickle

10/28/2003 Hausbeck’s Pickle of Saginaw, Michigan is a leading independent US Pickle and Pepper producer. They supply, amongst many accounts, a major sandwich chain with outlets worldwide. Read more

SORTEX makes gains in China

07/17/2003 After a successful launch and customer acceptance in Europe, the USA, India, Thailand and Japan, the SORTEX Z-series rice sorting range has made a spectacular entry into the Chinese market. Read more

Dejaeghere NV Purchases SORTEX’s Niagara to Colour Sort Peas and Beans

07/17/2003 The well-known family business, Dejaeghere NV of Langemark, Belgium, continues to invest in order to offer better quality and services to their many customers. Read more

SORTEX targets Robusta processors

06/09/2003 “Wake up and smell the coffee” may be an overworked call to action but with the launch of the SORTEX Z-series Robusta processors can now wake up to the smell of enhanced profits. Read more

Sunrise Technology for Sunflower Processors

06/04/2003 In the food processing industry, across North America, the name of the game is always quality. Quality in resources, quality in processing standards and quality in end product supply. The sunflower industry is no exception to this "Golden Rule". Read more

Breathing life into the desert

05/17/2003 Spread out between the Red Sea and the desert is anexemplary shrimp breeding facility – and right in the middle of it a Buhler feed manufacturing plant. Using a new production process, it produces a specialty feed for shrimp enabling the animals to be raised in pure saltwater. Read more

SORTEX gives Monarch Royal Treatment

05/06/2003 When Monarch Nut installed its SORTEX 90000 Truechromatic II colour sorter at its plant in Delano Ca, it was a first in the Californian pistachio sector. The benefits were immediately apparent and the results spectacular. Read more