The Soyuzkrakhmal Association together with the All-Russian Research Institute of Starch Products completed the second seminar of refresher courses. The seminar was held online from 6 to 8 April 2021.
The seminar was attended by representatives of 16 companies from Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan: “DP-I Group”, “Symbio”, ChMP “VIMAL”, Mglinsky starch plant, “NT-Prom”, “AMINOSIB”, Russian Biofuel Association, Potato Union, ASTON Starch Products, BioOperations, PROSTOR, ISTAGRO DON, SEZ PPT Alabuga, KRAKHMALOPRODUKT, Kabardinsky Starch Plant, Premix Plant No. 1.
The speakers of the seminar were leading researchers and technical experts of the starch industry and the market for deep processing of vegetable raw materials.
Vladimir Goldstein, Ph.D., head of the department for processing starch-containing raw materials at the All-Russian Research Institute of Starch Products, spoke about the possibilities of changing the technical and economic indicators of deep processing of corn grain and wheat grain into starch and by-products.
Didier Lacondemine, Sales Director Europe and CIS, Hydro-Thermal Corporation, gave a presentation on Hydro-Thermal Corporation's patented technology: the benefits of direct steam injection in starch production.
Valentina Pushkar, head of the department of standardization and certification of the All-Russian Research Institute of Starch Products, explained the practice of developing technical specifications and technological instructions for products of the starch industry.
Egor Vinokurov, Sales Engineer of the Food and Pharmaceutical Equipment Segment, AlfaLaval Potok, spoke on the topic: "The main directions of reducing energy costs during the operation of evaporators and heat exchangers."
Dmitry Didrich and Emmanuel Joncquez, technical experts of the MBR (membrane filtration modules for bioreactors) department of Alfa Laval, told the participants about the features of treatment facilities for starch production and biotechnology products, explained the types of treatment facilities, treatment stages, rational solutions.
President of the Soyuzkrakhmal Association Oleg Radin commented on the end of the event: “The holding of annual technical seminars for process engineers and engineers of enterprises has become a traditional meeting place for industry specialists. Due to current restrictions, we conduct them online. But in the near future we will announce an offline conference on the trends and prospects of the deep grain processing market. Our goal as an Association is to create a platform for interaction and development of existing and potential participants in the deep grain processing market. We hope that the events of the Soyuzkrakhmal Association will contribute to the growth of interest in our industry on the part of investors and government officials. "
Webinar recordings of the first and second qualification courses seminars can be purchased at the link: https://starchcunion.timepad.ru/event/1610799/