Promotions and appointments at DMN UK In order to maintain the momentum, DMN-WESTINGHOUSE staff have been promoted and new staff appointed in areas that needed bolstering. From his previous position as Sales Engineer, Colin
Dunsford has been appointed the UK After-Sales Manager. The number of customers wanting Service and Maintenance contracts has grown significantly over the past few years and, in this new position, Colin will be responsible for developing this important part of the business still further. Replacing Colin Dunsford as Sales Engineer is Chris Berry.
Chris has just joined DMN UK from the automotive industry. He will be helping with liaison between the company and customers
in both the UK and India. On the Servicing side, Ryan Gallagher has joined DMN UK
as a Service Engineer and will be working closely with Service Engineer Jack Williamson and Service Manager, Andy Sutton. Ryan completed his engineering apprenticeship with the British Army and then went on to work in the engineering department of Railtrak. The Indian office in Chennai, which started life with a Sales
Manager and a Marketing co-ordinator, has also expanded. A new internal sales engineer has been appointed, two additional Sales Engineers with extensive process system experience will be appointed to cover the Delhi and Mumbai areas and, as India is such a vast area, DMN UK has appointed two agents.
FEFAC Figures for Compound Feed Production in the EU-28 2017 vs 2016 and outlook for 2018
Compound feed production in 2017 According to data provided by FEFAC members, compound feed production in the EU-28 in 2017 reached 159.1 million tonnes, an increase of 1.5% compared to 2016. Cattle feed saw the highest growth rate (+3.6%), whereas poultry and pig feed recorded more moderate production increases (resp. +1.4 and +1.0%). On the pig feed side, the evolution year to year is positive again, after a slight set back in 2016. The persistent effects of African Swine
Fever in Eastern Europe weighed significantly on the development of pigmeat production. The exception remains Poland, which, despite the permanent AFS threat, managed to increase its production by 7%. The picture is extremely varied throughout Europe for cattle feed: Northern European countries have recorded growth of volumes
between 4 and 12%, whereas Southern countries, in general, have seen their production stabilising, although Spain set another production record, and among Eastern countries, only Poland and Bulgaria have seen a significant increase of production (8% and more). This year again, the Avian Influenza outbreak affected several poultry producing regions of Europe, in particular France and Hungary.
However, this was largely offset by an increase in many other countries, leading to an overall increase of +1.4% in 2017 vs. 2016, thus confirming its position as the leading segment of EU industrial compound feed production, well ahead of pig feed. For the fourth year in a row, Poland was one of the best performing countries, with annual growth of +7.5%, boosted by the demand for
poultry feed which has turned Poland into the largest poultry producing country in the EU, but also a +8% increase in cattle feed. All large feed producing countries (above 10 million tonnes/year) have seen their production grow (between 0.4 and 3.5%), with the exception of France which is still struggling to recover from the AI outbreak. Germany remains the top leading producer country trailed closed by Spain, thus widening the gap to France which remains in third
position.
Forecast for 2018 FEFAC market experts are relatively sanguine concerning industrial compound feed production in 2018. The dairy sector still needs to recover from the severe milk price crisis and get rid of the vast stocks of skimmed milk powder, leading FEFAC to anticipate a reduction of the demand for cattle feed between 0.5 and 1%. A number of factors will weigh on the development of EU pig production. The effective development of pigmeat production in the EU and the subsequent demand for pig feed depend to a certain extent on the global demand for pigmeat, which is expected to stabilise. The development of national/local legislation on manure and phosphorous emissions may also have an impact. However, the main uncertainty remains in the possible expansion of the area affected by the African Swine Fever. A slight reduction of the production of pig feed by 0.5/1% is, therefore, possible. While poultry exports will continue to be affected by restrictions in third countries due to Avian Influenza, the persistent trend of increased consumption of poultry meat in the EU is expected to maintain the demand in poultry feed at 2017 levels, despite constraints due to a trend in certain Western countries to reduce stocking density in poultry holding triggered by animal welfare concerns.
Overall, FEFAC experts envisage a stabilisation or moderate reduction of compound feed production (0 to -0.5%).
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