NEWS 22 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE April 2024 Swiss technology group Bühler announced that its new Grain Innovation Center (GIC) in Uzwil is nearing completion, marking a significant milestone in the field of grain processing innovation. This new facility will become the successor of Bühler’s former Grain Technology Center, which has served the milling industry since 1951. The facility is being completely rebuilt to support customers in navigating the evolving market dynamics in the grain processing industry and to develop the foods of the future. In the multi-purpose center, customers from the food and animal feed sectors can conduct trials on new products and explore new processes and solutions. They will also have full access to Bühler’s exceptional ecosystem of Application & Training Centers at the headquarters, covering the entire protein value chain. The GIC will open its doors to customers, partners, and guests on October 28, 2024. According to Bühler’s statement, former Grain Technology Center, operational for nearly 75 years, needed modernization to keep up with market demands. With the food and feed sectors experiencing rapid changes in the past few years, customers need more flexibility, creativity, and the right environment to adapt their products. The Grain Innovation Center will support customers in addressing key issues, such as the use of local raw materials, increasing productivity and safety, and meeting requirements for new and healthier products. Read more>> Coen Smits, Global Sustainability Director at Nutreco’s livestock feed business line, Trouw Nutrition, gave his inaugural lecture at Wageningen University (WUR) as chair functional ingredients for sustainable animal nutrition. The presentation was entitled “Functional Feed for Sustainable Food.” The lecture focused on the sustainability challenges facing the livestock industry, and how functional foods play a role in helping to produce more sustainable food and reduce the industry's footprint. Smits explained how animal models are an important tool in this process, enabling to simulate the impact of changes in diet formulations, feed programs and other sustainability metrics on animal performance and a farm’s environmental footprint to help farmers make decisions that benefit their operations while also helping safeguard the planet. “Livestock farming is facing many challenges to meet the current and future demands of sustainable food systems. Functional feed ingredients and feeds with benefits beyond their nutritional value are pivotal for sustainable farming and offer a wide range of possibilities to support animal health, reduce our impact on the climate and environment, and increase the circularity of the food system to limit competition between resources for feed or food,” said Coen Smits, Global Sustainability Director, Trouw Nutrition. Read more>> Bühler’s Grain Innovation Center construction enters final stage Coen Smits focuses on sustainability at WUR
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