Miller Magazine Issue: 112 April 2019

59 NEWS APRIL 2019 Dear friends, you are all welcome. We were here aga- in about two years ago. We were together again. For- tunately, there are such nice organizations that we can at least see each other. We can see where technology is going. IDMA is one of two specialized trade fairs in this sector that I can follow in the world. It has been a sus- tainable organization. That’s the original magic word. It has been doing this very well for 16 years. I thank all those who contributed to it. This sector is an interesting sector. Recently I was wondering something. I asked as the sector how much of the world we are fee- ding. Approximately 55 percent of people are dependent on this sector. In other words, the grain and pulses sector still has a share of 55 percent in people’s nutrition. So we are talking about an immense sector. And we are talking about a strategic sector. And this sector is an interesting sector. This sector is as old as human history. If we talk about a history of about 1.5 million years, let’s deduct 500,000 years. Since the beginning of this 1 million-year-old human history, hu- mankind has produced cereals, grains, legumes, pulses. In the last ten and twenty thousand years, it has sky- rocketed this technology. And in the last 300 years, we have actually made the first designs of many machines you will see in this fair. And today, in the era we are now, the industry began to enter the Industry 4.0. For this reason, fairs that represent such sectors are crucial and strate- gic fairs. This is actually not just coming together. This is a kind of well-thought-out organization to trigger technology. In this context, again welcome to our country. Wel- come to Istanbul. You came here on a beautiful day. I’m already inviting you to meet here two years later. Thanks. Welcome again. Prof. Dr. Mustafa Bayram, President of Association of Grain and Pulses Processing Technolo- gies, Storage and Analysis Systems (TABADER) IDMA is one of two specialized trade fairs in this sector I am the vice president of the Romanian Association of Millers and Bakers. And between Roma- nia and Turkey for years there has been our great relationship on this technology. Active millers in Ro- mania have imported at least 80 percent of their technology from Turkey. Until today, not only mil- lers, but also in the biscuit techno- logy and the industry, and also in the pasta industry, these techno- logies have been imported. Thank you for inviting us to this fair and we are honored. Thank you, may you live long! Turhan Semsi Vice President of Romanian National Association of Millers and Bakers We are honored to participate in IDMA IDMA 2019