ISTANBUL, TURKEY — Imas was the leading exporter in Turkey of grain and feed milling machinery, based on 2023 export data by the Turkey Exporters Assembly.
Imas produces a range of grain and feed milling machinery and builds turnkey flour, maize, and feed mills worldwide with more than 500 project references in five continents and over 100 countries. Corn Silo
In 2023, Imas became the export leader of Turkey in grain and feed milling machinery with exports to countries in mainly the Middle East, Africa, America, Europe, Far East, Russia and CIS regions.
“At Imas, our team works with the passion of creating values for our company, country, and industry,” said Mustafa Ozdemir, general manager of Imas. “I believe that this synergy is the main driving factor behind our success. Today we feel very happy and proud to be the export leader of the year in our sector.
“Thanks to our capacity and power in production, experienced team, and also the hard work we actually managed to fit many new orders and shipments in a year period. And now we got ahead of all other Turkish producers in both grain and feed milling machinery exports. I would like to thank again to all the team as well as our esteemed business partners in different parts of the world, for their valuable participations on this huge achievement.”
Imas today differentiates itself with some other important success stories in the industry. It is the only Turkish milling machinery manufacturer with a public offering, with company shares (IMASM) traded on the Istanbul Stock Exchange since April 2022.
This makes the company a trusted partner for turnkey grain and feed milling projects all around the world, Imas said.
Imas also has been among the Top 250 R&D Leaders of Turkey since 2015, and in the Top 10 R&D Leaders of Turkish machinery in all industrial segments.
Imas is taking a leading position in digital conversion of the industry with acceptance into the Artificial Intelligence Ecosystem development program by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — These are the top 10 US states with the most off-farm grain storage capacity as listed in Sosland Publishing Co.’s 2024 Grain & Milling Annual.
The US had 11.822 billion bushels of off-farm grain storage as of Dec. 1, 2022, up from 11.817 billion bushels the previous year. Storage has grown steadily each year from 8.5 billion bushels in 2003. Crop statistics for each state are from the US Department of Agriculture’s 2022 State Agriculture Overview.
KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, US — The war between Russia and Ukraine and its impact on global grain trade continued to dominate the headlines in 2023.
Russia’s decision to pull out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and to escalate attacks on Ukraine’s grain infrastructure caused even greater instability in an already shaky global grains market. But it was just one of many important developments that influenced the global grain and milling industries this year.
Rice Processing Plant The following are World Grain’s top 10 stories for 2023: