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119th Annual IAOM Conference & Expo – International Association of Operative Millers
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Palm Springs hosts the annual gathering of Millers
his year’s conference was held at the Renaissance Palm Springs Hotel and Palm Springs Convention Center in Palm Springs, California, USA. This 119th Annual Conference & Expo. speaks volumes about this professional society of millers. Starting in 1896 with Benjamin W. Dedrick as president, there are few organizations, associations or publications that can hale their roots back over a century. Here at the Milling and Grain magazine we are proud to belong to this centennial club having first published in 1891, and it is with a great honour that we support the IAOM and their global events. With our booth in the main exhibition hall along with 114 other exhibitors, it was clear to our whole team from the quality and traffic of the visitors just how successful this year’s event was. Although this year’s event was held in the Oasis Resort of Palm Springs, California with temperatures of 30-35 degrees Celsius (86 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit) over 900 professionals from the milling industry traveling from over 25 countries managed to brave these idyllic holiday conditions and were able to knuckle down to serious milling work from showcasing their latest equipment and products through to hosting and listening to some superb presentations. This year the educational presentations were divided into five topics, which were themselves divided into sub-topics as follows:
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Product protection o Wheat traceability o phosphine o X-ray basics for detecting foreign objects o Regulatory update
o Wheat traceability Technical operations o Roll corrugations o Carbon fiber o Dust explosion hazard assessment o Preparing for NFPA 652