On March 23 we hosted a delegation of about twenty millers from various Italian mills to show them how the most advanced technologies in terms of Italian Made milling plants are born. An important and necessary experience to concretely contextualize the course they are attending for “Technician of the milling industry”, promoted by Italmopa (Italian Milling Industry Association), Antim (Association of Milling Industry Technicians), Unione Parmense degli Industriali (Parma Union of Industrialists) and University of Parma in collaboration with the training institution Cisita Parma. Participants, accompanied by the coordinator of the course, Carlotta Petrolini, and by professors Mattia Armenzoni – Engineer of the R&D department of products and processes at FMB Eng.In.E.- and Federico Solari – Lecturer at the Department of Engineering and Architecture of the University of Parma -, were welcomed and guided by our Commercial Director, Stefano Mazzini, in a tour through all the production workshops of our two headquarters, following with great interest the explanations on the various manufacturing processes totally internalized. Many questions were received which focused mainly on the production processes of the heart machines of the mill: rollermills and plansifters.
The day ended with a visit to the Milling Hub, national hub for cereal milling, an example of automated high technology and product traceability. The intrigued guests walked through each floor of the mill with particular attention to the innovative and patented @mill automation package that allows remote control, present on the rollermill floor.
We are very proud and satisfied for having offered a professional contribution to this delegation of technicians from the Italian milling industry. Our long experience in the training field dates to 1965, when we set up the International School of Milling Technology to train the personnel of Ocrim customers. Since then, we have organized numerous courses dedicated to millers, mechanics, engineers, and laboratory analysts from all over the world. In 2020 we inaugurated the Milling Hub Masterclass Academy, in collaboration with Bonifiche Ferraresi, reserved for students with already consolidated skills who want to integrate their knowledge through a high training profile. The courses concentrate on the knowledge of seeds all the way to the marketing of finished products, passing through the grain and pulse working process.