Friday, September 05, 2008 Pilmico opens P450-M feedmill in Iligan By Richel Umel
ILIGAN CITY - The Pilmico Foods Corporation inaugurated its P450-million feedmill inside its plant site in Kiwalan, Iligan City Thursday.
Antonio Moraza, Pilmico Food Corporation president and Chief Executive Officer, told Sun.Star Cagayan de Oro that the feedmill in Iligan City has been their dream for quite sometime. The second feedmill in the south is a must to efficiently and effectively cover the growing feed needs nationwide.
The Fil-American strategy has always been to supply feeds to the whole country in which 50 percent of the total market is in Visayas and Mindanao respectively.
The new feedmill has a capacity of 200 metric tons per hour.
Pilmico has been in Mindanao for nearly 50 years committed to grow and invest in the area. The flour mills are built either close to the grain source or to the customer.
Why built in Iligan?
The flour milling complex offers synergies in the use of the existing infrastructure, management, logistics, common pier and storage facilities, as well as maximizing economies of scale in the acquisition of raw materials.
Moraza said another vital consideration was the availability of raw materials in and around Mindanao such as corn, coco oil, coco meal, rice bran, pollard, cassava and molasses.
He said, it would also translate into a planted area of 10,000 hectares with a lot of job opportunities being created and this will keep the farmers and their linkages busy, Moraza added.
Moraza said the corporation had installed the latest communications technology to ensure the communication link between Iligan City and the technical partner Land O' lakes of the United States, one of the largest feed producers in the worlds, and the Ottavanger, the manufacturer of our feedmill, to guarantee that the feeds are of the most consistent quality and the highest nutrition possible.
Iligan City Mayor Lawrence Lluch Cruz assured the Plimico Foods Corporation that in due time, they will avail a tax holiday for five years pending completion of the required documents from Pilmico.
Senator Mar Roxas, who graced the occasion, said the national government is looking towards the direction of a sustainable peace. "There is hope in Mindanao", Roxas added.
Mayor Cruz expressed high hopes that in spite the recent challenges that Iligan City's peace and order faced, the city executive is more than confident that the industrial city of the south would be able to attain industrial peace and sustainability.
The new feed mill is fully automated to receive raw materials to bagging of pelleted feeds and has a capacity to produce 480 metric tons per day of high quality feeds. And, to ensure that only the best products would reach the market, the organization employs strict quality standards through its Quality Assurance team.
Pilmico's feed mill is geared to supply the demands of the Visayas and Mindanao markets.
The new feed mill will produce animal rations for swine and poultry carrying the brand Farmer's Edge. This feed brand has been in the Visayas and Mindanao market for the last 5 years through Fil Am Foods, Inc. with its plant located at Sto. Domingo 2, Capas, Tarlac. Through time, Farmer's Edge has gained confidence from its consumers because of its quality and trusted performance that with a grain of pellet comes a complete nutrition suited to your animal's nutritional needs.
The presence of the feed mill in Mindanao brings not only easy access to high quality products but business and career opportunities as well. Farmer's Edge, your total solution and is your partner to economic progress.(with PR)
