Miller Magazine Issue: 143 November 2021

83 ARTICLE MILLER / november 2021 currently newest mill sites in all of Europe. It is "systemically relevant" for the nutrition of many millions of people and an important element in the nutrition value chain of North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition to flours for bread and rolls, the product range also includes flours for frozen dough, flatbreads, hamburg- ers or buns, pizzas, noodles, waffles, cookies, cereals and breadcrumbs. The site also produces numerous high-qual- ity and innovative specialty products for the food industry. The new Castell Mill has the option of "Milling on Demand," which enables even more individual and customer-specific milling. The customers of the Castell mill include compa- nies in the food and baking industries as well as the bakery trade. IMPLEMENTATION ON SCHEDULE DESPITE DIFFICULT CONDITIONS After the foundation stone was laid in June 2018, the mill was built as a “greenfield project” within a construction peri- od of only two years. After completion of the structural work at the end of 2019, the successive relocation of the mill tech- nology from Cologne to Krefeld began - a particular chal- lenge of this project, as the ability to supply customers had to be guaranteed at all times. Additionally, to this, even more difficult conditions were given due to the Corona pandemic. Nevertheless, the sensitive process was successfully com- pleted with the installation and commissioning of the last of the three mill systems at the end of April 2021. Prior to this, the mill had already obtained all the necessary certifications (IFS, QS and energy audit) without any problems. GoodMills Group GoodMills Group is Europe's largest milling company with 24 milling sites in seven countries and 2.8 million tons of grain processed in the fiscal year 2019/2020. GoodMills serves industrial customers as well as consumers directly and is a pioneer in innovation and development. In the fiscal year 2019/20 the company generated sales reve- nues of EUR 870 million with a total of 1,600 employees. DDr. Leonhard Gollegger, MBA is Chairman of the holding company GoodMills Group, based in Vienna. Plant Manager: Wolfgang Gruber Number of employees: Approx. 40 Total site area: Approx. 47,000 m² Product range: The product range extends from various types of flour (wheat and rye type flours) to special flours for the food industry, the baking trade, the catering trade and industrial processors. Total annual milling capacity: Approx. 408,000 tons Production systems: Three lines: Two wheat and one combined wheatrye mill Grinding capacity per day: 1,160 tons / day Grain delivery: The grain comes both from the region and from EU countries bordering Germany and is delivered by rail, truck and ship (trimodal delivery). Storage capacity: Approx. 30,000 tons of grain Castell mill facts