Rice Projects

Designed and installed rice mill in Nicaragua.
Designed two large capacity rice mills in Indonesia.
Renovated White Rice Mills with new rough rice cleaning, shelling, paddy separation, bran removal, and grading equipment, increasing capacity and efficiency.
Designed and installed "package" quality brown rice production system.
Renovated Parboil Rice mills with new rough rice cleaning, shelling, paddy separation, bran removal and color sorting equipment, increasing capacity, quality and efficiency.
Improved milling yields through rice recovery systems in bran and hull streams.
Modified operating procedures and product flow to improve milling yields and enhance efficiency.
Designed and installed plant automation systems to improve product consistency and lower labor cost.
Designed and installed air pollution control systems.

Development of rice farm in Papua New Guinea.
Working with associates developed a plan for modernization of the rice breeding program, farming practices, irrigation systems in Guyana.
Developed with associates a rice farm on virgin ground in Akwai Bom State in Nigeria.
Developed with associates a plan for revival of a 10,000 hectare rice farm in Surinam.
Our associates have developed rice farms in Brazil, Venezuela, Colombia, Nigeria, Bangla Desh.

Designed patented processes for production of parboiled rice products.
Improved energy efficiency of parboiling and drying with heat recovery equipment and by improving existing equipment and controls.
Completed multiple capacity increase projects with capital improvements to steeping, cooking and drying processes.
Improved yield through process modifications and control systems.
Designed and installed plant automation systems to improve product consistency and lower labor costs.
Designed and installed air and water pollution control systems.
Redesigned rough rice pre-cleaning to improve quality and enhance yields.

Conducted research programs to determine optimum drying and storage parameters to maximize rice yields and quality.

Responsible for rice flour production plant installation and multiple plant capacity increases.
Installed rice flour product protection systems for microbial and foreign material.
Designed and operated plant for production of extruded rice cakes and conventional rice cakes.
Knowledgeable about different production systems for quick cooking rice.
Conducted product development on producing extruded rice based snacks.
Design and install instant rice processing plants.

Managed and supervised fast track project to install and have operational two hull burning projects (excess of $17,500,000) in less than one year.
Responsible for design and operation of first commercial rice bran oil extraction plant in the U.S.
Designed and operated stabilized rice bran production plants for oil extraction and human foods uses.
Installed various feed manufacturing systems using hammer mills, blending equipment, and pelletizing equipment.
Responsible for specialty silica production from rice hulls.
Research on resin and board production from rice hulls and other agricultural fibers.

Installed product protection systems including magnets, metal detectors, check-weighers, and cleaning systems.
Installed high speed form fill and seal machines for rice packaging.
Installed high speed bulk bagging systems.
Installed automated case packers, bale packers, baler and case sealers and automatic palletizers.
Designed Order Driven Manufacturing system for packaged goods production, warehouse storage, and shipping.
Design and install specialty rice packaging equipment.