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Margarineequipment linebought by Crown

Crown Iron Works has becomesenior partner in a new jointventure that extends the finn's

manufacturing equipment line fromextraction through finished products.

The new joint venture, known asCrown Chemtech Ltd., means theCrown organization will be marketingthe Chemetator scraped surface healexchangers, used in production ofmargarines, shortenings, licorice,starch lines and biscuit creams. Thenew equipment, used to heat, cook,pasteurize, sterilize, cool. gelatinizeand crystallize. is seen as providing acomplement to the refining equipmentproduct lines of Crown's Wurster &Sanger unit.

"We already offer a complete lineof equipment from solvent extractionof oil from oilsceds through variouschemical and refining processes,"Crown Lron Works President CliffordI. Anderson said. "and with CrownChemtech we now extend our technol-ogy into manufacturing systems forfinished products."

In addition to the scraped surfaceheat exchangers. Crown Chern techalso offers a scraped plate heatexchanger. a high-shear mixer, adeodorizer. a bone treatment plant anda total processing system.

Other Crown joint ventures includeEuropa Crown Ltd. in Hull. England.and Crown-Oiltek in Kuala Lumpur.Malaysia. Crown Iron Works' homeoffices are in Minneapolis, Minnesota,also the base for the Wurster & Sangerunit.

Anderson said Crown has expand-ed its operations internationally "care-fully," seeking to "balance our tech-nologies in order to continue ourgrowth in the oil and fat equipmentbusiness."

The junior partner in the joint ven-ture is TMCI Chemtech Ltd. in Read-ing, England. The international TMCIgroup's other finns design and manu-facture equipment for the beverage,fruit processing, packaging and tobac-co industries.

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u.s. soybean yield sets record in 1992The 1993 soybean crop in the UnitedStates probably will be about 54 mil-lion metric Ions (MMT), below the1992 harvest of about 58 MMT,according to Roger Hoskins. a U.S.Department of Agriculture EconomicResearch Service specialist.

Hoskins made his estimate to the1993 USDA Ag Outlook conferenceheld during December 1992.

The U.S. soybean yield was arecord 37.3 bushels per acre from 58.1million acres harvested. Hoskins said.Hoskins' estimate of the 1992 harvestwas challenged by private oilseedconsultant Dick Loewy who said heexpects the final figure to be about600,000 metric tons lower. Loewysaid he thinks final figures from north-ern plains states will be lower thanUSDA expects because of cold weath-er and excessive moisture in that areaduring November.

Hoskins noted his forecast for 1993obviously is an early one and assumesrelatively normal growing conditions.

He forecast the 1992-1993 U.S.domestic crush would rise for thefourth consecutive year. reaching 34.5MMT. Domestic fats and oils usagefor 1992-1993 is expected by Hoskinsto rise about 2.1 %. below the 4.7%increase of the previous year. Soybean

oil usage will rise faster than that ofother oils. Hoskins said, because lesscottonseed and canol a/rapeseed oilwill be available.

Jim Schaub of USDA's EconomicResearch Service told the outlookconference that the November 1992agreement on oilseed productionbetween lhe United States and Euro-pean Community (EC) "should haltthe growth and reverse the trend(upward) in EC oilseed production."

Schaub estimated EC productioneventually would faU to under 9 MMTannually; in the early 1990s it wasnearer 14 MMT. Loewy's estimate offuture EC oilseed production was12-12.2 MMT annually, which hesaid was based partially on the lack ofefficient policing mechanisms in theEC regarding acreage limitations.Hoskins said the new EC CommonAgricultural Policy (CAP). whichbases producer support payments onplanted acreage, rather than crop pro-duction. should eliminate most dou-ble-cropping of oilseed crops andnudge small-area farmers out ofoilseeds as grains offer a better netreturn under the CAP.

Thomas Early, a Washington, D.C.,consultant on oilseeds and sweeteners,discussed the potential effect on

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Japanese firm developsnew castor processKokura Gousei Co. of Japan hasannounced that it has developed. incooperation with Prof. Yasuhiko Ketoof Kyushu University, a new methodfor producing fatty acids from castoroil by using biotechnology.

The method does not require use of

oilseed meal usage of synthetic aminoacid. Early said three pounds of lysinewith 97 pounds of com provides theequivalent of 100 pounds of 48% pro-rein soybean meal. Early said thebreak-even depends on the differencebetween corn and soybean mealprices, but the current price of lysine,at about $1 a pound, is far below thebreak-even point.

300 MT per day seed crushing capaci-ty is envisioned. the report said.

Sunflowerseed is being obtainedfrom local farmers, who are receivingseed and technical assistance fromPEED, and through imports. Localgrowers are expected to increase pro-duction, but plant operators believethey will need to import 5.000-10,000MT annually to utilize the plant's fullcapacity, according to the USDAreport.

slightly to 216,000 MT. The reportsaid household use of mayonnaise anddressing is declining, but use inrestaurants and other institutional mar-keu is rising.

Margarine production for 1991 was170,600 MT, about 97% of 1990 pro-duction; fat spread production total72.300 tons (74,400 MT in \990); andother processed fats, including short-ening. totaled 441,100 MT in 1991(447.000 MT in 1990). The only cate-gory Showing an increase was house-hold fat spreads which rose to 55.300MT. up about I%; production of regu-lar household margarines, at 20.600Ions, was down about 14%.

New sunflowerfacility in EgyptPioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.was reported in late December to benearing completion of a sunflow-erseed crushing and oil refinery facili-ty in Kom Oshim, Egypt. about 45miles south of Cairo.

A U.S. Department of Agriculturereport said the new factory. ownedand operated by Pioneer Egypt forEdible Oils (PEED), will have acapacity of about 150 metric tons(MT) of seed a day (>50.000 MT ayear), yielding about 70 MT of oil perday (25.000 MT a year). Expansion to

Japanese producemore dressingsJapanese production of salad dressingrose by about 7% in 1991 to 79,200metric tons (MT). according to arecent statistical report from the Min-istry of Agriculture. Forestry andFisheries in Japan. That same reportshowed production of processed fatdeclined to 684,000 MT during 1991from about 700,000 MT.

Japanese include low- and no-fatdressings in the dressing category.Production of mayonnaise declined

Our client is a leading US. merchant trading company, specializing in the conceptual selling of plastic bottleequipment to foreign markets.Processors of edible cooking oil around the world are recognizing the advantages of in-house plastic bottlemanufacturing. To better exploit this rapidly growing trend, the company seeks to further expand its distributornetwork in Latin America, Asia, the Middle East and Africa.

Foreign Distributors WantedPET Plastic Bottle Machinery for Edible Cooking Oil

We are looking for an entreprenerurial salesman/service technician team with a sound knowledge of oiJseedsprocessing machinery and a well-established customer base in the industry.

A general understanding of plastics precessing is a plus but not a necessity; in-depth training in PET (polyethyleneterephthalatel 11tr./32 fl. 02.. bottle technology will be provided. It is more important 1b.1!applicants have an intuititveskill for system engineering and enjoy the marketing of value-added support equipment.Distributors will act in partastutors toediblecooking oil processors new to PET bottle technology. They will promotethe concepts and features of PET ancillary equipment covering process water chilling systems, plastic moulddehumidification, resin conveying systems, resin dehwnidifying dryers, high-pressure oil-free air oompressors,pre-conswner recycung, and laboratory testing apparatuses. Inaddition, they will advise customers on the overalleconomic benefits of tum-key PET bottle manufacturing.Company/personal profiles should be addressed to Mr. Stanley Rogers. Technology ok Trade, Inc, 1559 NorthlaSa1leStreet, Suite 1800,Chicago, Olinois,606lO, USA. Fax 312.94J.1634;TeI.:312.266.7414.

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dietetic products and baby and infantfoods, shows the greatest potentialgrowth for protein ingredient use.

For more information about ReponE1712, contact Frost & Sullivan Ltd.,Sullivan House. 4 Grosvenor Gardens.London SWIW OHD. United King.dam, or Frost & Sullivan Inc .• 106Fulton SI., New York, NY 10038.U.S.A.

feed. The department said the threedefendants, acting through Continen-tal Intemational and JRW Resources,executed several such acknowledge-ments but sold over four millionpounds of the product over a two-yearperiod to Mid-South for mixing intopoultry feed.

Each of the defendants was con-victed on one count of conspiracy. twocounts of fraudulently shipping adul-terated food and a count of fraudulent-ly providing a false guaranty.

caustic soda or high-temperature pro-cessing. The finn said it plans to con-struct a pilot plant utilizing the newsystem.

Zapata establishesprotein affiliateZapata Corporation has establishedZapata Protein Inc. as a business unitdealing with the firm's marine proteinproducts and related activities. JohnBarfoot has been named senior vice-president of marketing with Joseph D.Oliver as senior vice-president forfinance.

Zapata is a major fish oil and mealproducer with five processing plantsin Louisiana. Mississippi and Virginia.

Nova Scotia fundsaquaculture projectsThe province of Nova Scotia in Cana-da has committed $35 million over thenext five years to aquaculture devel-opment.

Under the plan. $7 million will bemade available each year to existingaquaculture companies wishing toexpand and to new entrants andInvestors, according to a report in theDec. 27, 1992, issue of Atlantic FishFarming.

The program. which will start byApril 1993. will provide capital, tech-nical services. training and marketingassistance to the industry.

Names in the news

AOCS member Karl Klein has beenpromoted to vice-president with Cen-trico Inc., an affiliate of the WestfaliaSeparator organization. in FosterCity. California.

European market stablefor protein ingredientsThe European market for proteiningredients will remain stable through1996. with sales expected to growfrom $1.31 billion in 1991 to $1.5 bil-lion by 1996. according to the marketresearch firm Frost & Sullivan.

The food industry in WesternEurope will use approximately625.000 metric tons (MT) of proteiningredients in 1996, versus approxi-mately 540,000 MT in 1991. Thegreatest growth is forecast for soy pro-tein isolates and concentrates. as wellas for textured soy proteins.

Soy protein isolates-vegetableprotein products used in a wide rangeof specialty foods, meats and bakeryproducts-are expected to increase inuse from almost 47,000 MT a year toover 60.000 MT. Textured soy pro-teins. normally produced from soynoun>. primarily are used in meat andmeat products. Their use is forecast torise from 85.200 MT in 1991 to over10 1.000 MT in 1996.

The bakery and cereals industriesare the largest end-user sectors forprotein ingredients in the Europeanmarket. according 10 the report. Thesecond largest sector is meat and com-minuted meat products. However. thespecialty food sector. which includes

Ronald Christenson has been namedvice-president of Cargill Inc.'s Admin-istrative Division. which is responsiblefor corporate plant operations.

News briefsFat feed adulterationconvictions announcedThe Justice Depanment in Decemberannounced three individuals had beenconvicted of charges of fraudulentlyselling industrial-grade fats for use inpoultry feed.

In a mailer investigated by the U.S.Food and Drug Administration, a U.S.District Court for the Northern Dis-trict of Georgia returned guilty ver-dicts against Jeffrey R. Walker. RobertD. Douglas and Thomas Douglas. Jr.after evidence at a trial showed thethree had purchased an industrial-grade fat product from Emery Chemi-cals in Cincinnati. Ohio, and sold itthrough buffer corporations to Mid-South Milling Co .. a feed-fat blenderin Memphis.

The Justice Depanment noted thatEmery required purchasers of theproduct to execute acknowledgementsthat it would not be used in animal

SVO Enterprises has changed itsname to SVO Specialty ProductsInc. and has formed a separate bust-ness unit for its specialty chemicalsmarket segment. lIija Gawrilow hasbeen appointed director of specialtychemicals. and Terry Janicki hasbeen appointed marketing servicescoordinator. Meanwhile, AnchonyPetricca has been named director ofthe company's food and nutritionbusiness unit. SVO Specialty Prod-ucts is a subsidiary of The LubrizolCorp.

L.A. Salomon Inc. has namedTheodore E. Neuman as president ofthat organization and its whollyowned subsidiary. L.A. Salomon Ter-minallnc.

CPC International acquired the final50% of CPC Hungary Rt •• a con-sumer foods company, during Decem-

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Nuvotech Ventures Inter-nationalshared a recent award from Canada'sMinister of Agricuilure Bill McKnight

with three Agriculture Canada sclen- 1-----------------------------lists. D. Paton, F.W. Collins and V.D.Burrows. McKnight said the collabo-rative work on oat fractionation "notonly contributes to the competitive-ness of the Industry but also works totransfer technology to industry forcommercialization." The process sep-arates oats into bran. Flour, proteinand other components.

ber, according 10 an ankle in the Dec.23. 1992. issue of The Wall StreetJournal. The Hungarian firm wasformed in March 1991 and began pro-duction in November 1991. It pro-duces soups. bouillons, seasoningsand desserts.

Perdue Farms' edible oil refinery inSalisbury, Maryland, received a 1992award for "Excellence in ProductQuality and Customer Satisfaction:'from the Maryland Center for Qualityand Productivity. The award programis sponsored by the state senate to rec-ognize businesses that succeed inbuilding customer satisfaction.

Van Camp Seafood Co. has switchedits Chicken of the Sea brand solidwhite albacore and chunk light oil-packed tuna to 100% canola oil,according to Food Institute Report,which noted that approximately one-fifth of all canned tuna sold in theUnited States is packed in oil, usuallysoybean oil.

Snow Brand Co. of Japan has esrab-lished an affiliate in Hong Kong tosell its Neosoft margarine brands inHong Kong and in China. SnowBrand Hong Kong also is expectedto expand the firm's lines of dairyproducts, including powdered milkfor infant's, in those areas. The firmsaid it hopes to sell 100 tons of prod-uct during its first year and achieve a10% market share within three years.Snow Brand Milk Products plans tocomplete a new powdered milk plantfor infant formula in Australia by theend of 1993, with production aimedat export markets in Asia. Capacity isexpected to be about 15,000 Ions

annually. The new facility will bepart of a new subsidiary, SnowBrand Tatura Dairies Co, of Tatum,Victoria, Australia.

A sentence was inadvertently droppedfrom the article on alternatives to ani-mal testing in the January 1993 issue(INFORM 4:70). The missing sen-tence introduced the topic of NeutralRed tests, and readers may not haveunderstood the subsequent paragraph.The article should have read:

Erratum

Neun said that good correlationwith Draize data was shown by twoNeutral Red tests, in which material isapplied to a cell culture.

"At some point you add neutral reddye and measure how much the cellstake up, compared with the uptake ofunexposed control cells. The more dyetaken up, the healthier the cell," (SDAresearch director David) Neunexplained.

INFORM regrets any confusionthat may have resulted from the omis-sion of that sentence. •

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