ExtruAfrica 2012 to address extrusion as food, feed processing instrument

Participants experiencing food and feed extrusion by seeing how the technology works, as well as touching and tasting the end-products, during one of ExtruAfrica’s previous training events.

ExtruAfrica 2012, an international conference and practical training seminar on extrusion technology applied in food and feed manufacturing, will focus on the topic "a global perspective on food and feed extrusion for Africa."
The event, which will be presented by the Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing of the North-West University’s Potchefstroom Campus at the Protea Hotel Kruger Gate in Mpumalanga, South Africa from July 31 to August 3, will include a two-day practical training seminar on food, feed and pet food extrusion and a two-day international conference on food and feed extrusion. Keynote speakers will be:


• World-renowned extrusion expert Dr. Mian Riaz from Texas A & M University
• Mr. Norman Mokoena, member of the Executive Council responsible for Economic Development, Environment and Tourism, Mpumalanga Provincial Government
• Professor Herman van Schalkwyk, well-known agricultural economist and rector at the NWU’s Potchefstroom Campus