At VICTAM’s debut LatAm event in São Paulo, Brazil, VICTAM and Perendale Publishers conducted a Pet-Aqua Feed production conference, on Oct 3-4, 2023. In the two half-day conferences, attendees had the opportunity to hear from industry experts on the topics of aquaculture feed and petfood production. Due to these two processes utilise similar techniques, the conference was able to cover a wide variety of topics.
Topics ranged from nutrition, feed-enhancing additives, raw material handling, grinding, weighing, mixing, plant design situations, extrusion, drying, cooling, and coating. These subjects were covered in a way that indicated the differences between pet and aquatic and was designed in a way for the audience to understand the process, learn what is new, and the possibilities in the area of pet and aquatic feed production.
The first day began with a welcome message from Roger Gilbert, Publisher of Milling and Grain Magazine, Fabiano Cesar Sá, R&D Manager at ADIMAX, and Joe Kearns Editor of International Petfood magazine.
The day kicked off with a presentation from Keith Erdley, Process Technologist for Wenger, on Differences in Plant Design for Pet and aquatic.
Dr Patricia Contente Moraes, Aquaculture Professor in Brazil, presented on the use of diets according to a Circular economy, followed by Renato Almeida, an Aquaculture Product Manager at IMEVE, who spoke about Probiotics in Fish feed, their benefits and applications.
There was an opportunity for a coffee break and socialise midway through the session, and the second section of the conference continues with Thomas Runde, CEO and sales director of Tietjen, who presented on about griding, sifting and particle size control, and its optimal raw material preparation for aquatic feeds and petfood.
Giuseppe Bigliani, Director of Sales Latam, at AGI, covered raw material handling, initial plant designs, and mixing and weighing in his presentations.
Marco Prati, CEO of PLP Systems, gave a presentation on powder additives dosing in pet and aqua feed production, and Andre Mello, Key Account and Sales Specialist for Aqua and Pet at Andritz, presented on coating in petfood.
The second day began with Dr Fabiano talking about the Research and Developments in the Petfood industry. Then Ed de Souza, Extrusion Systems Process Director at Wenger, covered the topic of the extrusion of petfood’s and new developments. Robert Strathman, the President of Famsun-USA Design and Engineering from Famsun presented on Safe Production of Pet and aquatic foods.
Michel Bauer Pereira, Global Application Manager for Aqua & Pet at Andritz presented on energy optimization in aqua feed, and Keith Erdley gave another presentation, this time regarding the drying and cooling of pet and aquatic feeds.
Marco Prati gave a presentation on coating petfood’s, whilst João Fernando Alber Koch, a Researcher from Biorigin, finished the session with a presentation on responses provided by Bet 1,3/1,6 glucans in fish diets.
With the assistance of Fabiano Cesar, both days offered opportunities for question and answers to the speakers, and many discussions were had. The conference was an overwhelming success, with the room reaching full capacity both days.
For more information on the conference visit HERE or for more information on VICTAM visit HERE.
