BEIJING, March 29, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Buhler Group along with several other prestigious global brands showcase their industry-leading technologies and equipment to professional buyers and visitors from the Asia-Pacific region at Victam Asia 2016, the three-day feed industry trade fair and conference held from March 29-31, 2016 at the Bangkok International Trade & Exhibition Centre (BITEC). Visitors to the event hailed from Thailand, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam, Myanmar, North Korea, Russia, the Philippines, Indonesia and Australia.
Buhler Group president China & Southeast Asia and member of the Buhler executive board, Dieter Voegtli, attended the event, at which he said, "Undoubtedly, Victam is the most influential feed processing event in Asia and this is the fifth time that Buhler Group has attended. In Asia, the products produced by Buhler-branded equipment are seen and used by consumers across the region daily, including rice, flour, pet food and poultry feed."
The event brought Buhler Group's wide range of products and equipment as well as comprehensive solutions, including the AHZC66150 horizontal pulverizer, the AHHD660 granulator and the AHSK215 single-screw expander, to the attention of professional buyers from feed, flour, rice and food grain producers as well as companies engaged in cereal transport, silo production and related applications.
As part of Victam Asia 2016, experts associated with the Buhler Group discussed their latest technologies with industry professionals at several technical sessions focused on feed, flour and rice color sorting as well as cereal transport.
Founded over 150 years ago, Buhler Group is a global leader in the grain and food industry. With locations in over 140 countries, the group supports billions of people with its technologies every day. In the Asia-Pacific region, Buhler Group maintains its growth with the support of 10 production facilities and 30 localized service centers. In 2015, Buhler Group achieved global sales of CHF 2.4 billion, 33 per cent of which was contributed by the Asian market, a rise of 10 percent from 2014.
"In the grain and food industry, 65 percent of wheat worldwide is processed into flour with our milling equipment. The production and processing of the majority of rice, chocolate and breakfast cereals globally rely on Buhler's equipment and technologies," said Dieter Voegtli. "We will continue to address the everyday demand for food and feed in the Asia-Pacific region and all over the world with our processing technologies and solutions."
