Miller Magazine Issue: 147 March 2022

44 MILLER / march 2022 NEWS Schule Mühlenbau is building Europe's largest oat mill for Navara Oat Milling Ltd. in Great Britain. When the contract was signed in September 2021, it was agreed that commissioning would take place in 2023. A turnkey project in the "Golden Triangle" of England. The Navara project is based on a merger between Camgrain, Frontier and Anglia Maltings. With these three companies, decades of experience in agriculture, grain handling and malt and plant cultivation come together. Another key to success is the location of the oat mill: Navara is located in the middle of the so-called "Golden Triangle" between Birmingham, Cambridge and Oxford. Within a few hours' drive, the UK's largest logistics cen- tres of the best-known retailers can be reached, which supply 90 per cent of the population with food. Philip Darke, Operation Director of Camgrain, said “Navara oat milling are very pleased to be working with the expertise of Schule in this ground breaking project.” Mark Aitchison, Managing Director of Frontier and Chairman of the new joint venture, said “There’s increas- ing demand for oat ingredients in healthy food products and non-dairy drinks. The investment by the three stra- tegic partners will help meet that demand. Our collective vision is to build and grow a dedicated oat supply chain, bringing farmer and food manufacturer closer together, and delivering improvements that benefit each sector, and the environment. We will work together on realising the huge potential of oats, embracing all that they can deliver in provenance, traceability and sustainability. Na- vara will create supply chain efficiency and the food and drink industries will benefit from the investments we’ll make not just in processing, but also in growing, oats. Collaboration with farmers supplying the new mill will see value added in areas such as agronomy advice, seed va- riety choice and development, quality and sustainability.” George Thompson, Group CFO of Anglia Maltings Holdings said, “This ground-breaking partnership can bring focus on what is perhaps the most underrated ce- real crop in the Northern Hemisphere, and we’re delight- ed to be part of it. By combining our experience, expertise and ambition with that of Camgrain and Frontier, we can explore the true potential of oats. That’s in terms of reaching new markets as well as in terms of research, innovation and new products for existing oat-ingredient markets. The joint venture is launching at a time when the impor- tance of, nutritious, plant-based ingredients has become more widely recognised. Provenance and sustainability are part of that agenda. Domestically grown and milled oats are part of the answer. With its brand new, purpose built mill, Navara Oat Milling will be well positioned to support food and drink manufacturers in providing con- sumers with healthy, responsible and tasty choices.” This turnkey project includes the supply of separate processing lines for cleaning, sorting, hulling, kilning, Schule Mühlenbau is building Europe's largest oat mill