Food Industry Primary Processing

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In addition to core grain industry experience, CMC has also gained considerable experience in the agri-products processing industries. While our traditional focus continues to be on the malting (for brewing) and animal feed industries, we now provide services for flour mills, pasta plants, and fruit and vegetables processing facilities. CMC-designed malthouses and feedmills have been rated as some of the most efficient in the world.

Feature Project: Feasibility Study for Establishing Agri Export Zones for Potato in Punjab

Client: Punjab State Marketing Federation

Location: Punjab, India

The Project

Punjab State and the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) retained CMC Engineering for the preparation of a techno-economic feasibility study to develop agri export zones in various cities in the state of Punjab. The scope of work of the study included the following:

• A marketing study
• A technical feasibility study
• A financial feasibility analysis

Project Goals

• Research general market information
• Evaluate existing supply chain logistics
• Identify possible sites for food parks
• Develop various options for storage and processing facilities
• Investigate import and export marketing forces
• Plan backward raw material procurement network
• Plan forward linkages with potential suppliers
• Provide site design
• Investigate government subsidies
• Design marketing plan
• Identify partner for Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement
• Investigate gender equity and EIA

Achievements

The project was completed in 2002, at which time Markfed entered into a PPP agreement with a private investor for the implementation of the project.

Corporate Profile: Food Industry Primary Processing

Other Selected Projects

Dry Product Line Upgrade IGPC Ethanol Inc., Aylmer, Ontario, Canada CMC Engineering and Management Ltd. was retained by IGPC Ethanol Inc. to prepare a technical/economic feasibility study for the upgrading of their dry product line for their ethanol plant in Aylmer, Ontario.

Feasibility Study on Cold Chain Logistics for Fruits and Vegetables Central Warehousing Corp (CWC) / Canadian Int'l Development Agency (CIDA), Punjab, India Central Warehousing Corporation awarded CMC Engineering the contract to prepare a techno-economic feasibility study to develop a Cold Chain Logistics system for fruits and vegetables for the Northern corridor feeding into the Delhi market.

New Integrated Semolina Mill and Pasta Plant Prairie Pasta Producers, Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada CMC Engineering and Management Ltd. was retained by Prairie Pasta Producers to provide a Technical Feasibility Study and Conceptual Design for a new integrated 500 t per day semolina mill and pasta plant to be built in Southern Saskatchewan and North Dakota.

Flour Mill and Pasta Plant Pasta D'Aurum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada CMC Engineering and Management Ltd. was retained by Pasta D'Aurum to provide technical feasibility and conceptual design for a new integrated 600 t per day semolina mill and pasta plant to be located in Swift Current, Saskatchewan.