Serendib Flour Mills employees visit Canada for ‘Technical Exchange Programme’
View(s):Ten employees of Serendib Flour Mills recently participated in the ‘Serendib Flour Mills Technical Exchange Programme’ in Canada. The 7-day programme was held in partnership with Cigi (Canadian International Grains Institute). The Serendib team comprised members from the milling, quality assurance, sales and marketing teams as well as members from the supply chain and finance departments, the company said.
The Sri Lanka team at a training session.
The programme was designed to provide an all-round training in the technical use of western Canadian wheat and to demonstrate the different wheat classes and grades. Participants were educated on how to optimize western Canadian wheat to meet customer needs and how to blend it with wheat from other origins. Participants were provided with the opportunity to engage with the Cigi staff in milling, baking and pasta technology, pulse processing and analytical services.
Cigi is a not-for-profit, independent institute which works with the grain and field crop value chain through Canada and internationally. It is funded by farmers, the Government of Canada and industry partners. Cigi drives the development and utilization of Canadian agricultural products. Cigi’s facilities include a pilot flour mill, pilot and test bakeries, pilot noodle plant, pilot pasta and extrusion plant, pulse processing and speciality milling facility and analytical and food testing laboratories.