JTIC
Industry events
2018
The 69th JTIC (International Milling and Cereal Industries Meeting), an event for professionals in the cereal valorisation sector (English translation: to fix and maintain a price for a commodity) by governmental action, was held on the 7th and 8th of November, 2018 in Paris, France.
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by Vaughn Entwistle, Managing Editor, Milling & Grain
s in previous years, the JTIC event was held at the Paris Event Centre. This year more than 92 companies exhibited, and the event attracted a new record number of 1796 attendees. The event offered plenty of content, with six conferences, presentations of a technical, scientific and economical nature, the JTIC Labs, as well as a Start-up Village and Job Dating opportunities. The event was opened up by Xavier Bourbon, the President of Aemic, to applause. In all, the event provided a wealth of information as well as plenty of opportunities for professionals in the grain industries to network and make new connections. The show attracted many of the big names in the milling industry, with Turkish manufacturers making a strong showing, while the many French companies in attendance gave the event a truly Gallic flavour. Milling & Grain exhibited as media partners and fielded an editorial team of four, who engaged with other exhibitors, while also attending the various conferences and seminars.
Opening speeches covered a number of topics:
• 2018 will be the last time JTIC will be held in Paris • Next year’s event will be held in Lille in October • The Conference and JTIC lab part of the show is very much appreciated • The move to Lille will attract new/different people, but JTIC may not remain in Lille as the organisers are also considering moving the event around France • Vegetal proteins are increasingly becoming a topic of interest in the flour industry The major speakers were then introduced in the order they would speak: 1st Mrs Nagrini (INRA) 2nd Mr Linosier (Limograin) 3rd Mr Notte (Improve) 4th Mr Delamare (Campden BRI) The speakers then tackled various subject such as: Vegetal protein: how can it bring new innovations? It was pointed out that the development of vegetal protein is not always linked by the appropriate transition, which must address four main issues:
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