BühleroperatesinBrazilandtheworldasa
supplieroftechnologicalinnovationsfor
grainprocessing, includingcoffeebeans
W
ith the consumption of
coffee soaring constant-
ly all over the world, the
requirements regarding
the safety standards of
the product are equally getting stricter. The
change in market behavior has given rise to
several technological innovations in bean
processing operations, before coffee reach-
es the final consumers.
Aware of the responsibility in supplying
equipment that improves the quality of the
products, whilst assuring food safety, Büh-
ler has a full range of equipment for pro-
cessing coffee beans and sorting them op-
tically. The equipment pieces that excel in
grain processing include the Sanmak B op-
tical sorting machine, which removes any
grainswith flawed colors, faded, light green,
foxbean or damaged by insects, immature
and deficiently toasted. Using the exclusive
PROfile© technology, which, besides the
colors, sorts through the grain format, San-
mak B removes foreign matter, like twigs,
clay lumps, glass and stones.
Bühler equipment is present in all major
coffee processing warehouses in Brazil and
in theworld. They represent anassuranceof
hygiene and food safety in the consumer’s
cup, whilst preserving the quality and the
value of the brand.
Present in the market, every day bil-
lions of people get in touch with Bühler
technologies that supply their daily food
needs, mobility and communication. With
the technologies of industrial scale pro-
The importanceof
foodsafety
als is equally significant.
Furthermore, Bühler is the leading pro-
vider of pressure melting solutions, wet
milling, surface coating technologies, with
emphasis on automotive paints, optics,
electronics, printing and packaging, and
glass applications. The solutions provided
for these industries stand out for their ener-
gy efficiency and sustainable mobility. As a
group leader in technology, Bühler, a family
business with its origin in Switzerland, with
10,500 employees in about 140 countries,
invests up to 5% of its gross income in re-
search and development.
n
cesses and solutions, the company con-
tributes significantly towards the food
needs of the global population, with its fo-
cus on food safety and on safe foods. Büh-
ler flour mills, for example, process into
flour about 65% of the wheat harvested in
the world. Its contribution towards trans-
forming rice into pasta, chocolate or cere-
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