Africa - Developing Markets

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An Introduction to our activities in Africa and around the world - Focusing on our long experience in Post-Harvest Crop Processing


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1946 - Company founder Alvan B. Blanch, farmer, agricultural contractor and self-taught engineer develops his first grain drier.

1952 - Alvan Blanch Development Co. Ltd is founded to focus on ‘development’ of innova-tive products to meet the new challenges in agriculture.

1958 - A new factory is built.

1964 - The Royal Warrant is awarded, as suppliers of grain driers to HM the Queen.

1965 - Alvan Blanch starts travelling worldwide, noting the importance of matching machinery to local agricultural traditions and conditions.

1970 - Alvan Blanch receives OBE from HM the Queen for services to international trade.

1977 - The factory is expanded; now exporting to 100 countries worldwide.

1991 - The end of an era with the passing of Alvan Blanch OBE. Andrew Blanch becomes Managing Director.

2005 - The company is honoured by Queen’s Award for success in International Trade.

2010 - A five-year investment plan for productivity and growth brings in the latest manufacturing technology and new production buildings.

2012 - The company receives its 2nd Queen’s Award for International Trade.

2012 - Christabel Blanch joins the African sales team (6 others are like her representing their families’ 3rd generation at Alvan Blanch).

Company History2019 - The company receives the Queen’s Award for International Trade, for the third time.


2.0Company Profile

Global Operations Progressive Manufacturing· Export accounts for more than 85% of turnover

· Our client base stretches over 100 export marketsworldwide.

· Remote technical support offered to all clients.

· Regional technical support in East and WestAfrica, with service engineers based in Kampalaand Lagos.

· 3x winners of the Queen’s Award forInternational Trade

· Backwards integrated manufacturing: frombearings to complete factories

· 25,000 m2 factory in UK, with CNC/CADCAMlaser cutting, punching, pressing, robot welding,new paintshop, and machining

· 3x Store Warehouses, keeping stock ofcomponents to support clients

· £4.5 million invested in production facilities as partof ongoing improvement programme

· Suppliers are carefully selected for standards


2.0Company Profile

· Alvan Blanch sales engineers consult withclients to find the best solution to their processingrequirements

· Technical Partners - offering ongoing support toclients

· We have an in house R&D Testing facility, runby our dynamic engineering department

· Our team of 15 design engineers work ondevelopment of new products and on continuousimprovement projects

· Designs are all generated in Inventor 3D, linked tothe production CADCAM systems.

· Testing is performed at the factory premises, onthe surrounding farmland and at client's sites.

Technical Expertise Product Development

· Alvan Blanch offer extensive process and maintenancetraining for system operators

Commitment to Training


3.0

Long-Term Presence in Africa


3.0Long-Term Presence in Africa

· Alvan Blanch systems have been operating in Africa since 1969 - for over 50 years

· AB service engineers based in Kampala and Lagos - servicing East and West Africa

· We are now offering complete installation services in these markets ("Turnkey" - excl. civils)

· After-sales support ; with parts and service visits are offered to all Alvan Blanch clients

· Our specialist UK based commissioning engineers also regularly visit the market to support our localteam.


8.0Harvesting Equipment

Tractor-Mounted Harvesters, Threshing, Shelling

Aspra Master Thresher - Nigeria

Aspra Master Thresher -

Millet, Niger

Reaper Binder TH1400 Harvesting Sesame

Reaper Binder TH1400 Harvesting Wheat


3.0

Post - Harvest : Grain Cleaning, Drying Systems Bulk Silo Systems


4.025 Grain Aggregation Systems

Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Various Locations, Nigeria

Birni-Tudu, Zamfara Garum Malam, Kano

Hadeija, Jigawa

Garko, KanoGerinya, Kogi


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EREE AGRI, BWEYALE, UGANDA

Drying and Cleaning Plant

Large warehouse for sack storage and housing the cleaning system; the drier (left) is mainly outside of the building.

Outside section of Grain Drier – with cooling fan and dust collection house (main section of drier is inside building).

Intake screw conveyor from concrete sack tipping bunker pit to Elevator feeding to Cleaning system.

Operators changing sacks of trash from the cleaner.

Detail of the high fuel efficiency burner operation.

Single Axle Weighbridge with security camera package.


3.0Nine Maize Drying and Cleaning PlantsWorld Food Programme, Uganda

The plants, which will play a key role in the drive to reduce post-harvest losses, are being installed in strategic locations throughout the country so that farmers can conveniently bring their grain crops for cleaning and drying.

Discussion of control panel during handover

Intake of wet grain from sacks

Sacking hopper with pre-sacking bin


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Akuku Farm Seeds, Soroti, Uganda

Silo Storage System with Cleaning/ Drying

Overall site view with the 6000 tonne bulk storage in the background

Internal section of the DF15900 Grain Drier

Overall system view (from left); Weighing system, Grain Drier, Cleaning system

Control panel with the plant mimic provides an fully

automated operation


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Joseph Initiative, Masindi, Uganda

Maize Silo System with Cleaning/ Drying

Primary Cleaning and Drying

Panel control panel with both mimic board and PLC touch screen.

Main Cleaning Section with trio of sacking stations.

HE President Museveni

commissions the plant in August

2015.

Two x 1500 tonne Grain Silos


4.0Silo System with Cleaning/ Drying Dayntee Farms, Ilorin, Nigeria

The plant -with 2x1500 tonne silos and cleaning system (before final cladding of the building)

The drying system - only the feed end of the high

capacity continuous drier is inside the building

Predrying bin with cleaning system in distance

Sacking system; accurately weighing,

conveying and stitching sacks


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National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA), Sokoto, Nigeria

View of the 25,000 tonne storage system during construction

Grain driers adjacent to the pre-drying silos

Sack weighing & stitching systems

View of the silo unloaders in

the discharge trench

Multi-Grain Cleaning, Drying and Bulk Storage Plant


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National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA), Ikenne, Nigeria

The Hon. Minister for Agriculture, Dr. Adesina, visits the plant

Each silo has 2,500 tonne capacity for various grains

Multi-Grain Cleaning, Drying and Bulk Storage Plant


Seed Cleaning: Commercial Cleaning Systems Seed Grading/ Treatment Systems Colour (Optical) Sorting


4.0Sorghum Cleaning / Destoning PlantsBrewery Suppliers, Across Africa

Dabol Nigeria Ltd., Zaria Dedora Nigeria Ltd., Ogun State

Derivatives Industries Nigeria Ltd., Oyo State

Ruwan Kanya Integrated Farms Ltd, Kaduna

Our clients supply clean grains to: Guinness Nigeria, Cameroon Heineken Nigerian Breweries ABInBev Nestle


4.0Seed Cleaning, Grading System - Paddy RiceKojoli Farms, Adamawa State, Nigeria

View of the complete system prior to building the warehouse

Gravity Separator in the process of being set up during test run.

End view: Gravity Separator in the foreground, on short platform deck. Sacking Hopper with Automatic Weigher.

The system is designed for the final processing of already cleaned and graded seed (maize, sorghum, paddy rice, beans, peas, etc.); the seed is regulated from a holding bin to the gravity separator which grades the seed by density; with light/immature seeds and light trash being separated from the good seed.

Small automatic bag weigher – for 1 to 10 kg bags

Feed hopper

Vibratory screen feeder

Metering Screw Feeder

Gravity Separator

Chemical Seed Treater

Small Bag Weigher

Belt conveyor


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FOR AKUKU FARMS SEEDS LTD, Uganda

Grading System with Seed Treatment

The complete process line feeding from the bin on right to sacking on left


2x Seed Cleaning Plants, Skid Mounted AL RAJHI GROUP, Egypt, Sudan

EGYPT PLANT

4The pre-erected plants arrived on site in

June ready for final commissioning on site. This was undertaken by senior processing

specialist, David Sanderson, who also gave dedicated training to operatives. Officials from the Egyptian Ministry of Agriculture attended

Treated seed weighed off on left hand silo.Untreated seed bagged off on right hand silo

David Sanderson training an operator for weighing off and stitching sacks of treated seed


5.0

Feed Milling Systems Poultry - mash, pellets Fish - floating pellets Cattle, Livestock Soya - extrusion, oil expelling


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The complete mill system; the high performance hammermill on platform with meal collection hopper (right), the mixer with weighing hopper and sacking (far left). Note: The concrete bunkers for raw ingredients have yet to be built in this image.

AGP POULTRY, ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia

Feedmill – Up to 6t/h of Poultry Mash - With Automated Ration Compilation

Hammermill on support platform is fed by augers from the maize & cake bunkers.

Ingredients from concrete bunkers unloaded by augers that are automatically controlled by weigh system. Maize & oil cake to the mill. Pre-ground raw materials to the weighing hopper above mixer.


5.0Feed Mill for Broiler and Layer MashThe National Animal Production Research Institute (NAPRI) Ahmadu University, Zaria, Nigeria

Complete feed mill system - mixer with overhead weighing hopper and raw material augers, with sacking system in the foreground

Mixer discharge control to high

capacity auger to sacking

Sacking with automatic

weigher/filler

Pellet cooler mounted overcrumbler and sifter


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Novum Agric/ Supreme Feeds, Nasarawa State, Nigeria

Feed Mill with Pelleting Plant

Weighing with automatic feed from raw material bins

Milling system Pellet samples

Pelleting press


5.0Feed Mill With Steam Extrusion – Floating Fish FeedFleet Farms, Abuja, Nigeria

Primary batch mixer with raw material intake augers(left) feeding to hammermill (right).

Overview of completed plant. Showing intake bunkers to first batch mixer and extruder (centre).

Secondary mixer feeds to steam extruder.


5.0Feed Mill With Dry Extrusion - Fish Feed (Small Scale)

M45 Batch mixer; premixing of major ingredients

before milling and precision mixing of complete ration

before extruding

SuperVac Hammer mill - for fine grinding of the main ingredients

Auger unloading to hoppers over mill

and extruder

Holding hoppers over mill and extruder

Cyclone delivering meal from hammermill to mixer

Jeecan Dainja, Kaduna Nigeria


6.0Soya Extrusion and Oil Expelling System

Bimplus, Oyo State, Nigeria

Intake of soya for cleaning and drying 1000 tonne silo - for storage

Extruders feeding to oil presses

Overview of soya cake cooling, with oil presses in background


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Food Milling Systems: Rice milling - with parboiling Maize flour milling Cassava flour milling


6.0Rice Parboiling and Milling Plant 50 ton/day

The husk fired steam boiler with husk store,

ash settling chamber in brickwork and fan & cyclone with chimney.

Multistage rice mill from left to right; husking, paddy separation, whitening, polishing, sifting, optical sorting and sacking.

Unloading parboiled rice from one of the soaking/steaming tanks

Four soaking/steaming tanks with continuous flow drier and holding bin to rice mill (on right) and tempering bins (on left).

Cleaning and destoning section.

Hillcrest Agro Allied Ind., Kwara State, Nigeria


6.0Rice Cleaning and Milling Plant 4tphUNIDO, Abia State, Nigeria

Complete processing line with cleaning and destoning in foreground

Rice whiteners & polishers

Paddy Separator

Engineer adjusting Husker

Assembly of the equipment by Alvan Blanch Nigeria team


6.0Rice Parboiling and Milling Plant – With Optical SortingZuru Rice Mills, Kebbi State, Nigeria

Complete rice mill in the foreground with the parboiling section in the distance.

Alvan Blanch optical sorter CS2-63M - monochromatic (for rice)

Inside the Air Conditioned Colour Sorter room

Batch Drier Bed


6.0Maize and Cassava Flour Milling PlantAbbaas Corporate, Benue State, Nigeria

Versatile milling plant with hammermill and dust filter

During installation; flour sifter to left and dual packaging system - for sack and smallbag filling


4.0Maize Milling Plant - Skid Mounted World Food Programme, Tanzania

The maize mill is fitted with pre-cleaning on intake and sack weigher to bag off final flour product

Operators inspect the skid-

mounted control panel

Skid-mounted, for easy relocation - useful for times of urgent food crisis

Augers feeding into hammermill


Maize Flour Milling System - 4tphAkuku Farm Seeds, Soroti, Uganda

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High performance milling plant with hammermill and dust filter

Twin bag weighing system - for 1-10kg and 25-50kg sacks


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Fruit Juice Processing: Mobile fruit pulping systems Commercial juice process lines Concentration systems Packaging lines


5.0Mobile Multi-Fruit Juice Processing PlantMakerere University, Kampala, Uganda

At Makerere University Open day

Andrew and Christabel Blanch visiting the mobile fruit juice plant at Makerere University January’14, with the Dean of Food Science faculty, Professor John Muyonga.

The plant in operation

Commissioning of the plant, by Eng. Guy Blanch, is attended by a delegation of senior staff at Makerere University


7.0Mobile Pineapple Juice PlantNchila, Zambia

Overview of complete system on special skid frame showing: washer/mill, holding tank, hydraulic press, mixing tanks, pasteuriser, control panel and bottling system

Complete fruit processing system - preassembled, prewired, pre-plumbed, pre-commissioned on specialmodular skid frame. With hingedgalvanised steel side access platformsand weather covers - all convenientlyfolding away for transportation andsecurity.

Pasteurised juice being hot-filled into glass bottles.

View of preparation and washing system with attached

inspection topping table


7.0Mobile Tomato/ Mango Juice PlantThe Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria

Modular platform is mounted on heavy duty trailer for local transportation by farm tractor. The access platforms and weather covers are opened upon arrival at site; all ready for operation.

Complete fruit processing system - preassembled, prewired, pre-plumbed, pre-commissioned on special modular platform. With hinged galvanised steel side access platforms and weather covers - all conveniently folding away for transportation and security.


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View down the centre of the trailer unit, with pasteuriser and mixing tanks to the right, control panel and water treatment to left.

Water tanks are built onto the trailer chassis

Specially designed for night time use with low energy LED lights

Mobile Tomato/ Mango Juice Plant

Inspection, washing and conveyor feeds fruit into processing system

The Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Nigeria


7.0Tomato Paste Plant; Skid-Mounted FIIRO, Kano, Nigeria

Engineer Arfon explains how the batches of concentrated tomato paste are then filled into foil sachets, via the form/fill/seal machine.

Alvan Blanch Project Engineers demonstrate the tomato reception system to FIIRO delegation.

The tomato paste plant can be easily accessed by steps, with all pipework neatly out of the way. This ensures an hygienic, safe working environment.


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