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CROP PROTECTION

ROCK RIVER LABORATORY ADVANCES

ITS FEED ANALYSIS SERVICES USING THE

NEOSPECTRA PLATFORM

Rock River Laboratory, a leading pro- than ever before. In turn, this allows for
vider of agricultural analysis services, has more advanced monitoring of trends and
announced a collaboration with Si-Ware variations in forages, feed, and feed ingre-
Systems, the creator of the NeoSpectra dients - ultimately enabling nutritionists,
platform, to offer new services while main- feed mills, and farmers to optimize feed
taining laboratory accuracy across various mixes, improve production efficiencies, and
environments. The partnership leverages make more informed quality decisions that
Rock River Laboratory’s extensive expertise can also help feed mills in their efforts to
in feed analysis with the unique features comply with some FSMA regulations.
and capabilities of the NeoSpectra plat- "The decision to adopt the NeoSpectra
form. With this alliance, feed mills, nutri- platform is part of Rock River Laboratory’s Systems. "Our collaboration with Rock Riv-
tionists, and farms will have access to in- continuous commitment to lead advance- er Laboratory is taking us one step closer
depth, real-time accurate analysis results ments and bring the latest technology in to realizing our vision that we believe will
anywhere feedstuff sampling occurs. feed analysis to our customers," said Don benefit all facets of the animal nutrition
The NeoSpectra platform comprises a Meyer, president and owner of Rock River industry. We look forward to working to-
suite of analysis solutions that includes Laboratory. "After trying many different gether in advancing this technology to the
handheld rugged devices, mobile apps, and solutions, we have found NeoSpectra to industry.”
a cloud data portal. The solution enables be one of the best platforms for our needs Feed and forage costs continue to rise
the instant, accurate, and cost-effective thanks to the variety of feed parameters - driving the need for greater efficiencies
analysis of a wide range of feeds and feed it can measure." across the agriculture industry. Reducing
ingredients for parameters including pro- "Si-Ware envisions becoming the first complicated processes and analysis time
tein, moisture, fiber, fat, and others. platform that links all stakeholders in feed may bolster the bottom line for all involved
The collaboration will offer Rock River analysis. We believe that this integration in the animal nutrition supply chain. This
Laboratory and its customers access to will drive significant advancements and partnership will help address those con-
NeoSpectra's advanced platform to per- improve the overall efficiency and quality cerns by enabling nutritionists, farmers,
form analysis of various parameters at a in the animal nutrition industry," said Mo- and feed mills to make informed decisions
faster rate and with greater frequency stafa Medhat, VP of Products at Si-Ware based on the most precise and up-to-date
information available."
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PRODUCTIVITY 4.0 MORE

ENVIRONMENTALLY-EFFICIENT. NEW LASER

AND WELDING INVESTMENTS.

caused during our cutting operations. Over data. The new UPN welding group and the
the last months our welding section has new robot are more powerful, since they
made sound progress on achieving our goal are made of pulsed arc welding equipment
consisting of monitoring in real time all that increases speed and improves work on
While commited to our mission of in- tasks performed by robots, enabling us to difficult surface edges. Additionaly, venti-
creasing the quality standards of our silos, gather relevant manufacturing production lated welding screens have been purchased
we continue investing on start of the art to prevent our workers from breathing in
manufacturing equipment by preserving welding gases.
our core values : sustainable development Our annual investment plan continues to
and safety. Recently, the installation of a increase productivity within the framework
new 8kw laser has been completed, which of enviromental respect, safety and total
increases our productivity by 50% and control of the factory through MES-SGA
enables us to process thicknesses of up system. Symaga improves the quality of its
to 30mm, with an overall 75% saving in silos while taking care of the environment
electricity and reducing the amount of gas and its team.

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