When legal relaxations allowed the CBD market to expand worldwide, where did many companies behind this growing industry go for material-handling expertise they needed? The powder sector was the best placed of any to help out
CBD’S BEST SIDE EFFECT
CANNABIS PRODUCTION HAS ENTERED THE WORLD OF DRY PARTICULATE MATERIALS AND BULK SOLIDS, THANKS to the growing acceptance of its use as a health supplement and the ever-widening market access around the world. Thanks also, in part, to the emergence of a magic ingredient known as CBD, a substance capable of alleviating symptoms of many illnesses with virtually no side effects, the global market is projected to be worth around €70 billion in seven years’ time. And that means more and more companies are likely to enter the market and, with them, demands for the sort of material-specific technical expertise native to powder- handling companies are set to grow. Already, Kason Corp of Chicago has developed a range of sifting, screening, extracting and drying equipment to handle a wide range of cannabis and hemp-related applications. They have formed an effective alliance with another major US player, Marion Process Solutions. Both Marion and Kason had a relationship with ABM as a
regional third-party sales representative and, in December, executives moved to expand that relationship as a way to leverage resources and accelerate penetration into the cannabis markets for all three organisations. “Both hold significant processing performance advantages for sorting, separation and drying technologies used by fast-growing cannabis and hemp processors,” pointed out Brad Sterner, CEO of Advanced Materials Processing,
their joint holding company. Explaining the ABM link, he said they bring “tremendous market presence and a field-proven system engineering foundation in cannabis processing solutions, putting the three entities in a strong position to provide customers with combined solutions and expertise from a single source”. As a result, he said, processors no longer need to “assume the burden of cobbling together disparate vendors and equipment” into a high-performing processing line.
A MARKET WELL-PLACED TO HELP As industry volumes grew, many processors struggled to optimise their production processes to improve throughput, achieve premium product reliability and reduce operating costs such as maintenance and energy consumption. Earlier solutions that relied on hang drying or improper heating technologies were too slow, inconsistent, and unnecessarily damaging to the delicate flower. ABM Owner Jeff Walling said that his company had a head start in the industry by solving such problems. He explained: “We heard from the market about various processing complexities and equipment improvements they needed to see in order to install a system that doesn’t degrade THC, CBD, and terpenes. “Today, we are configuring systems capable of drying up to 8,000lbs per hour without
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