(From left) Harsinto Huang, CFO of TPS Group Syambiri Lioe, CEO of TPS Group Joko Mogoginta, president of the Bühler Group for Asia Dieter Voegtli and Tomas Soleman. (Image source: Bühler Group)
The Bühler Group has signed an agreement to supply the TPS Group, Indonesian rice and noodle producer, with two 17 tonnes per hour rice reprocessing lines worth US$7mn
Animal nutrition company Biomin’s premix plant at Binh Duong in Vietnam has been awarded the Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP+B1) certification, becoming the first and only premix facility to do so in the country
According to the USDA, the Philippines may import 1.6mn tonnes of rice in 2015. (Image source: Paul Suesskind/Flickr)
The Philippines will sign deals with Thailand and Vietnam to import 500,000 tonnes of rice as the country looks to boost buffer stock ahead of the lean harvest season
South Korea has been exempted from liberalising its rice market for 20 years due to the 1994 Uruguay Round of trade negotiations. (Image source: Lihi Koren/Flickr)
South Korea has announced that it aims at increasing its rice exports after export restrictions are lifted on the staple grain from March 2015
Myanmar and China will jointly build a 200-tonne advanced rice mill at Nyaungdone in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady region, according to the Myanmar Rice Millers Association (MRMA)
