Join us at VIV Asia 2025 on March 13, 2025, at IMPACT Challenger, Thailand, Bangkok, to hear about the latest feed industry innovations and how they can improve the operation of a feedmill at the Build my Feedmill Conference.
For more information on the speakers look below:
Roger Gilbert
Mr Roger Gilbert was the Secretary General of the International Feed Industry Federation, which he co-founded in in 1987. In that time, he saw the federation rise from humble beginnings, to represent more than 85% of all compound feeds produced globally. He initiated the industry’s NGO representation with Codex Alimentarius and set up one of the first Memorandum of Understandings between an industry and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Today, Mr Gilbert is the publisher of International Petfood, International Aquafeed and Milling & Grain magazine: three international magazines translated into several languages to promote aqua and terrestrial protein production.
Dr Claus M Braunbeck
Dr. Claus M. Braunbeck studied agronomy at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms University in Bonn and the University of Hohenheim. He graduated in the field of agricultural engineering. He then took his Ph. D. at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering in the Tropics and Subtropics of the University of Hohenheim. During his doctorate he worked on the development a rice husk furnace for the low-temperature drying of paddy. During this time he supported a German Technical Cooperation (GTZ) project on post-harvest technology for rice in the humid tropics at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), Los Banos, Philippines. Following this project Dr. Braunbeck worked for almost 10 years as a product manager in the field of ventilation technology in agriculture. Later he joined GEA Farm Technologies GmbH as sales manager for milking equipment with responsibility for sales in Asia. Since 2011 Dr. Braunbeck has been the Asia sales manager for FrigorTec GmbH. FrigorTec manufacture grain cooling solution to assure grain safety worldwide.
Javier Solano
Javier is an experienced international business and technical sales professional with a proven track record at various organizational levels. His multilingual capabilities enhance seamless business interactions, fostering strong global relationships. Javier is exceptionally skilled in new business development and entrepreneurial thinking, with a strategic global mindset.
“I enjoy working at KSE because my role allows me to bridge the gap between our company and our customers in Asia, while also serving as their representative within our headquarters in the Netherlands. This dynamic is especially appealing to me as a global citizen. Representing KSE’s commitment to high-quality output is a philosophy I take pride in, and the opportunity to work in a relatively unexplored area adds variety and a sense of adventure to my job.’’
Roger Ubags
Born and raised in the Netherlands, Roger Ubags started as a Project Engineer for Van Aarsen in 2008, moving up to Prject Manager and later transitioning to a sales role in 2015. As the Area Sales Manager, he has looked after various regions, starting with the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium, he has since moved onto the Southeast Asia region. With more than 15 years of experience, Roger Ubags is excited to share his knowledge with others.
Marco Prati
Marco Prati is the CEO of PLP Systems an International company based in Italy specialising in the development and production of machinery for liquid and powder handling. Marco studied Mechanical Implementation and Construction in the Province of Piacenza and then in 2003 began working for PLP Systems, a company founded in 1978 by his father.
Marco began his career path in the Technical Design and Development office and was instrumental in reinventing the company with innovation and new technology. Together with the help of his experienced team, PLP were able to offer customers complete and customized solutions for the dosing, coating and weighing of both powders and liquids.
Marco then transferred to the Commercial office and over the past decade his work has been focused upon many areas including the creation and development of a PLP worldwide commercial network covering, in specific, Asia, South America and Europe, a project which is in continuous growth and development. In 2013, after the retirement of his father Antonio Prati, Marco became the new Director of the company.
KP Angamuthu
KP Angamuthu holds three decades of industrial exposure in diverse fields suchs as paper, texture, poultry, animal vaccines, feed projects, power plants, food & processing, soya and edible oil refineries. For 13 years Angamuthu has exclusively been in Feed Equipment and Plant Sales in Andritz but has played various roles from Field Staff to Top Management. Since being in Andritz, he has sold almost 184 feed and biofuel lines on EPC Basis in the last 12 years.
Morning Huang
Morning Huang joined CPM IDAH in 2007. As Sales Manager, he leads the growth of the market especially in Asia region.
Yearly experience and communication with the Customer gives him the knowledge in feed machinery and its operations. He has a strong background in Aquafeed process and used this approach to deliver knowledge to Customer.
Olaf Nahrig
Olaf Naehrig is Amandus Kahl’s Senior Area Manager, responsible for the Asia/ Pacific markets. He has been in Amandus Kahl’s sales team since 1996 and has been active in the Asian market for over 24 years. In addition to the pelleting process technology, the expander technology has been one of his main fields of activities, especially in mature Asian expanders markets as Japan and Korea and the fast-developing expander markets such as in Taiwan and Vietnam. He is very familiar with all expects of the use of expanders in feed milling, such as improved feed digestibility, an increase of pellet quality and pellet press capacity, hygiene, reduction of anti-nutritive factors for pigs, poultry and cattle feeds.
Through his work at Amandus Kahl, Olaf is very familiar as well with general pelleting technology, in particular with the flat die press technology, in which Amandus Kahl is the global technology leader.
He is a qualified machine fitter and graduated from Nordakademie Elmshorn/Hamburg, Germany, with a degree in Industrial Engineering/ Business Administration.
