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52 / October 2020 powderbulk.com PBE AROUND THE INDUSTRY requests such as test sieve calibra- tion and certification. The site allows customers to save regularly ordered items in a watch- list for ease in future ordering. The site also states that a one-time dis- count is applied to first-time online purchases. To view the company's eShop, go to www.havershop- particleanalysis.com. ASSOCIATION NEWS The American Feed Industry Asso- ciation (AFIA) has announced that Constance Cullman, AFIA's president and CEO, and Mallory Gaines, AFIA's manager of mar- ket access and trade policy, have been appointed to serve on the US Department of Agriculture-Foreign Agricultural Service's Agricul- tural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) and Agricultural Techni- cal Advisory Committee (ATAC) for Trade in Animals and Animal Products, respectively. Cullman and Gaines join Gina Tumbarello, AFIA's director of international policy and trade, who has served on the ATAC for Trade in Grains, Feed, Oilseeds, and Planting Seeds since 2014, in pro- viding technical and policy advice and information about US animal food products and the industry to the secretary of agriculture and US Trade Representative (USTR). Congress established the advi- sory committee system in 1974 to ensure that US agricultural trade policy objectives reflect US public- and private-sector commercial and economic interests. The US Depart- ment of Agriculture and the USTR manage the committees. Cullman and Gaines will serve until 2024. AFIA, Arlington, VA, represents the business, legislative, and reg- ulatory interests of the US animal feed industry and its suppliers. and the administration, engineer- ing, and management offices. Flexicon opens Germany- based office Flexicon (Europe) GmbH, Kent, England — a fully owned subsid- iary of Flexicon Corp., Bethlehem, PA, that supplies bulk handling equipment such as flexible screw conveyors, tubular cable convey- ors, pneumatic conveying systems, bulk bag fillers, and other related equipment — has opened an office in Cologne, Germany, to provide factory-direct engineering services and technical sales support. Peter Kalinovski has been named the regional sales manager for the new office. He has 5 years of packag- ing industry experience, and a back- ground in business development, sales, customer service, and project management. He will also receive extensive on-site training at the company's European headquarters. Flexicon owns and operates manufacturing facilities in Bris- bane, Australia, and Port Elizabeth, South Africa. In addition to the Cologne office, the company main- tains factory-direct sales offices in Dijon, France; Barcelona, Spain; Singapore, Southeast Asia; Jakarta, Indonesia; and Santiago, Chile. Haver & Boecker launches eShop Haver & Boecker OHG, a supplier of woven wire mesh products and equipment for packaging and pro- cessing technology based in Oelde, Germany, has opened an improved shopping page on its website to serve customers. The eShop Parti- cle Analysis page provides direct access to information on the com- pany's particle analysis products, including test sieves, sieve shakers, sample dividers, cleaning items, related accessories, and service SUPPLIER NOTES Bühler launches Minnesota- based food application center Bühler Minneapolis has announced the opening of its new Food Applica- tion Center (FAC) based in Plymouth, MN. The unveiling occurred in June during the company's virtual event, Bühler Go!2020. With the new food center, the company aims to support and drive innovation for its custom- ers, industry partners, and academia. According to Bühler North America's CEO Andy Sharpe, the solutions developed through the center will help feed a grow- ing global population of nearly 10 billion people by 2050. The FAC was created to develop methods of transforming peas, beans, oats, grains, maize, and other crops into new food sources such as flours, snacks, pastas, and more. The com- pany says the FAC features the latest in raw material processing and han- dling systems, capable of taking raw materials through to the finished product that's ready for packaging, bringing a food source from "farm to fork" or from "bean to burger." The FAC will provide educational opportunities for better understand- ing technology, food processing, food safety, digitalization, and other related topics. The FAC will serve as a training facility for food process- ing companies wanting to educate their operations and maintenance staff on efficient processing and best practices. To view the recordings from the Bühler Go!2020 virtual event, including the webcast on the FAC, go to tinyurl.com/Buhlervideo. Bühler Minneapolis, Plymouth, MN, a division of Bühler Group that supplies drying equipment, is the headquarters of the company's North American operations and includes an apprenticeship acad- emy, a manufacturing workshop,