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Pelleting solutions at World Bioenergy 2010

20.05.2010 Buhler is presenting its industrial solutions in pellet productions and thermal processes at the exhibition World Bioenergy 2010 which for the second time will be held in Sweden in the city of Jönköping from May 25 – 27, 2010. The three-day event will be an ideal platform where global producers, suppliers and engineers meet more than 4000 visitors. Read more.

Performance Additive Oxylink™ to be represented at the Surfex 2010 Trade Show

20.05.2010 Buhler will be represented at the Surfex 2010 in the Harrogate International Centre, Harrogate, UK, from June 08 – 09 introducing its new functional additive Oxylink™ for waterborne paints, coatings and inks for the first time to the UK. Read more.

Buhler Group signs inorganic nanoparticles agreement with Sigma-Aldrich

11.05.2010 The Buhler Group is making selected dispersions of inorganic nanoparticles accessible worldwide to materials science researchers through an exclusive distribution agreement with Sigma-Aldrich. Read more.

MultiTherm - Superior cocoa butter quality

28.04.2010 Buhler launches a revolutionary new cocoa butter measuring system and tempermeter in one – The MultiTherm TC™
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„The Art of Coffee” Days – Experience coffee production

19.04.2010 Petroncini and Buhler partner closely in coffee processing and together offer customers tailor-made solutions along the entire coffee production value chain. Reap the rewards of this collaboration first-hand by joining an exclusive customer event in Italy and England for Caffè Culture in June 2010. Read more.

Buhler Group at Oils & Fats International Turkey

15.04.2010 Buhler is presenting its solutions for oil seeds preparation and processing at OFI Turkey in Istanbul from April 20 - 21. Read more.

Bühler showcasing with die casting at Metef

13.04.2010 METEF-FOUNDEQ 2010 will be held in the Centro Fiere del Garda exhibition centre in Montichiari. Bühler will also be participating this year. The focus for the die casting machine manufacturer at this exhibition will be the Carat 2-platen machine series. Read more.

Buhler presents its integral feed milling solutions at VIV Europe 2010 exhibition

12.04.2010 At the VIV Europe exhibition, April 20th - 22nd 2010 in Utrecht/Netherlands, Buhler is presenting its integral feed milling solutions for the safe and cost-effective production of high-quality feed. Read more.

Fiscal Year 2009: Leadership Maintained

30.03.2010 Uzwil – The Buhler Technology Group successfully maintained its position in fiscal 2009 in an extremely challenging environment and in the face of individual markets which developed along widely varying lines, also gaining further market share. With sales (turnover) of CHF 1721 million, the Group increased its profit adjusted for exchange rates by even 5% to CHF 104 million despite restructuring costs and goodwill write-offs. The corresponding margin increased to 6%. The return on operational assets (RONOA) rose to 34%. Process improvements, a firm local presence in growing markets, and a positive financial result contributed to this outstanding result. Buhler faces the current fiscal year with confidence. The order backlog as of the end of 2009 amounted to CHF 962 million, which is 7% above the level of the previous year. Read more.

Bühler to be Represented at the ACS Trade Show with Additives and Grinding & Dispersion.

16.03.2010 Bühler will be represented twice at American Coating Show (ACS) in Charlotte, N.C. from April 13 – 15. Bühler Partec is introducing its new functional additive, OxylinkTM, for water-borne paints and varnishes, and the Grinding & Dispersion division is presenting its solutions for manufacturing paints and varnishes. Read more.

150th Buhler Anniversary: Celebrating with Customers

13.02.2010 Uzwil – A festive event was held in Uzwil on February 12 for customers from all corners of the world and other guests to mark the start of the Anniversary Year 2010. Read more.

Building the tower of Basel

12.02.2009 At the site where Ultra-Brag AG up to now unloaded ships and warehoused goods in the Rhine port of Basel, Novartis plans to realize its campus idea. As a replacement for its existing installations, Ultra-Brag has therefore moved to the port of Kleinhüningen, where it has constructed an 83-meter-tall bulk storage elevator, and to the Muttenzer Auhafen port, where it has built a huge flat store. Buhler supplied the equipment inside these new facilities. Read more.

Newest technologies for tried and true equipment

09.02.2010 The Customer Service department of the Buhler Grain Processing division offers innovative upgrading packages enabling customers to optimize the safety, productivity, availability, and sanitation of their existing range of equipment. Read more.

No. 1 in Turkey’s pasta market

05.02.2010 For more than 60 years, the Turkish pasta producer Nuh’un Ankara has put its trust in systems made by Buhler. With two new production lines, Nuh’un Ankara has now consolidated its leading market position in Turkey. Read more.

Buhler achieves satisfactory business result in 2009

03.02.2010 Uzwil – The Buhler Technology Group looks back upon a satisfactory course of business in 2009. Read more.

Buhler Sortex welcomes Princess Royal

02.02.2010 Great honors for Buhler Sortex: On July 8, 2009, Her Royal Highness Princess Anne paid a visit to the new headquarters of Buhler Sortex at Beckton in East London, which they moved to in 2007. Read more.

Top standards in pig feed production

29.01.2010 The Belgorod Bacon company is the youngest branch of the Russian agribusiness group RusAgro and specializes in the production of pork. The sharp growth of Belgorod Bacon required the construction of its own feed factory. A short time after going into service, its production capacity had to be more than doubled. Read more.

“Grain-O-Mat” for grain terminal

26.01.2010 SiloWil AG, a grain terminal company located near the Buhler headquarters in Switzerland, recently updated the control system of its entire bulk storage system with over 220 bins by installing the Buhler WinCoS.r2 automation system. Read more.

Top-quality chocolate thanks to ChocoStar™

22.01.2010 The South American chocolate specialist Arcor has upgraded two of its five factories by equipping them with new ChocoStar™ molding lines with SeedMaster® TWIN tempering systems. The result of this capital investment: higher productivity at lower cost plus higher product quality. Read more.

JRMA tested SORTEX Z+

18.01.2010 Buhler Sortex commissioned the independent Japan Rice Millers Association (JRMA) to thoroughly test its SORTEX Z+ optical sorter. Read more.

New standards set

15.01.2010 As a replacement for two mills in the urban region of Sydney, Allied Mills Australia Pty Ltd has constructed a new state-of-the-art three-in-one-mill complex on a greenfield site and, in doing so, has set new design and technology standards in the Australian milling industry. Read more.

Supplied from a single source

01.01.2010 The bakeries of the Fazer group are gradually being equipped with new storage and holding installations. The Fazer bakery in Vantaa, Finland, is the fifth bread factory to be equipped with the new system. The result: improved logistics and better bread quality. Read more.

Change in the Advanced Materials division

11.01.2010 Effective September 1, 2009, a change took place in the top management of the Buhler Grinding & Dispersion business unit. Read more.

Restored to the state of the art

08.01.2010 Over the past two years, part of the die casting facilities of the Schmidt Light Metal Group’s foundry in Oliveira de Azeméis in Portugal were thoroughly overhauled by the retrofit specialists of Bühler AG and Brescia Presse S.r.l. The result: completely reconditioned die casting systems restored to the state of the art of production engineering. Read more.

Energy Symposium of Buhler Die Casting

06.01.2010 In cooperation with the local sales force, the Buhler Die Casting business unit organized a special Energy Symposium in June, which was held in the EU Congress Center in Brdo in Slovenia. Read more.

Saving time and energy

04.01.2010 Breading is applied in numerous foods, and its consumption is on a steady rise. In the quest for efficient processes for producing it, the existing traditional method is now being challenged by an innovative process which offers promising benefits and opportunities for making a wide variety of products. Read more.

Roll exchange program

04.01.2010 The Buhler Chocolate and Cocoa business unit has put together a new service product. Its new roll exchange program offers customers complete roll exchanges as a package for a flat fee. Read more.

A solution for every application

29.12.2009 Mounted on the rooftop of your home, integrated in electric cars, or arranged in vast centralized power plant arrays, solar cells allow noiseless conversion of sunlight into electric power. Among other things, the production of various solar module components requires the use of suspensions. These can be manufactured using Buhler process technology. Read more.

New training center in Johannesburg

22.12.2009 Buhler recently opened its state-of-the-art Training Centre in Johannesburg. This investment was triggered by the scarcity of trained workers in South Africa and in general on the African continent. Read more.

New head of Buhler Bindler

21.12.2009 Christian Walter took charge of Buhler Bindler in Bergneustadt effective June 1, 2009. Read more.

Chocolate & Cocoa: Plant Doctor on tour

18.12.2009 The Plant Doctors of the Buhler Chocolate & Cocoa business unit have been on assignment for a number of months now. These seasoned technical field staff members support customers in technical, process engineering, and technological issues. Read more.

New OLFB flaker rolled out

14.12.2009 At the Oils & Fats 2009 trade show, Buhler presented its innovative OLFB flaking roller mill. This high-capacity flaker has been developed for flaking cracked soybeans and soft seeds such as sunflower seeds, rape seeds, and corn (maize). Read more.