Miller Magazine Issue: 143 November 2021

82 ARTICLE MILLER / november 2021 FUTURE-ORIENTED INVESTMENT WITH HISTORICAL ROOTS In order to sustain the importance of GoodMills in and beyond North Rhine-Westphalia, as well as to continue to meet the increasing requirements in terms of quality, product and food safety, more than 80 million euros were invested in the construction of the new mill, which is the largest single investment of the mill group. The new mill now meets the latest standards in terms of production and efficiency and is, at the same time, also a platform for fur- ther major projects and developments of the Group. The aim is to consolidate and further expand the Group's lead- ing position in Europe. The new building on the approx. 47,000m² site in the Rhine harbor revives Krefeld's long tradition as a mill site, where large industrial mills already existed more than 100 years ago. In the course of the construction work, more than 10,000 archaeological finds were also discovered, including a millstone dating back to 20 A.D. Some 2,000 years later, one of the most modern mills in Europe now finds its home on this site. The mill was given its name as part of an employee com- petition. The name Castellmühle is intended as a reminder of the Roman fort that once existed at this site, and at the same time it includes the name of the predecessor mill, the Cologne Ellmühle. SYSTEMICALLY RELEVANT FOR NURTURING MILLIONS The Castell mill is not only by far the largest grain mill of GoodMills, but with a total annual milling capacity of around 408,000 tons of grain, it is one of the most important and The GoodMills Group, a company under the umbrella of Raiffeisen Lower Austria-Vi- enna and Europe's leading flour milling company, has inaugurated its newest produc- tion site in Krefeld's Rhine harbor in the presence of LLI Supervisory Board President Erwin Hameseder as well as LLI General Director Josef Pröll. The Castell mill is one of the most modern, energy-efficient and safest mills in Central Europe and replaces the previous Ellmühle (Ell mill) in Cologne, which ceased operations in January of this year after more than 100 years. In the future, millions of people far beyond the borders of North Rhine-Westphalia will be supplied with the staple food flour from Krefeld. The aim of this investment is to expand the competitiveness of GoodMills in Germany in the long term and thus to secure GoodMills' position on the European market as well. GoodMills Group opens Europe's most modern mill