Sometimes, when new developments are made, our vocabulary does not have words to define these. So new words are created. Amandus Kahl have further developed the processes of hygienising, preconditioning and pelleting and completed it with a new process – and a new name – "interstage dosing".

Under the brand name optigrain the German feed milling company deuka introduces a newly developed piglet feed consisting of a combination of wheat, barley and corn. This is mechanically-hydro thermally processed into a mixed package with opticon technology.

A bewildering variety of extrusion devices are used in today's technology. The devices are constructed in many different ways and are given many different names. A feed extruder is a device that expedites the shaping and restructuring process for feed ingredients. Extrusion is a highly versatile unit operation that can be applied to a variety of feed processes. Extruders can be used to cook, form, mix, texturise and shape feed products under conditions that favour quality retention, high productivi...

With a monthly average of 11 to 12,000 tonnes of feed produced, Tasomix is already investing in a new unit to increase production to 20,000 tonnes per month within three years. This dynamic company is also aiming to diversify its production and export more concentrates to Russia

High volumes of imported raw materials, steep price increases and foreign involvement is not slowing the expansion of Vietnam's feed industry, since the livestock industry is growing by about 10% per year. New feedmills need to be built. One of the companies involved in this is Dutch turnkey operator HeemHorst.

The new ECOtwin (patent pending) enables the cooking degree and the bulk density of extruded products to be accurately selected and controlled. The system also ensures optimal matching of the performance parameters to the specific needs to the petfood and aquatic feed industries.

The compound feed industry is a very traditional type of industry. Extrusion is already more sophisticated. In pet food extrusion air is the most important raw material, but causes costly problems. Controlling air can reduce costs.

Selenium supplementation of dairy and beef diets is necessary based on the prevalence of selenium deficiency in grains and fodder over large areas of the US. The reduced biological activity of inorganic selenium compared to seleno-amino acid supplements is confirmed by laboratory and field studies.

Pellet density has been a major concern in the production of aquatic feeds. Density Control is a tool to regulate the steam pressure in the venting zone of an extruder, which is an important parameter to adjust the degree of expansion of extruded pellets.