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Alesie introduces new technology to rice industry
- expected to boost rice milling yields
The machine, which is worth approximately $12M
The way rice milling is done in Guyana has received a boost, with a color sorter machine being introduced by rice millers Alesie Group of Companies.
The machine, which cost approximately $12M was purchased from Chinese company, Anhui Jiexun Optoelectronic Technology Company ltd.
The machine works by using luminance technology to sort out good and bad paddy grains. It does this based on color coded technology, and the machine’s progress can be tracked and set from a computer.
The company’s Sales Manager, David Zhang explained that after the bad grains are separated, those bad grains can still be used for other purposes.
Current Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Alesie Group of Companies, Jai Kesswanie, described the machine as one of its kind in local rice milling.
“It can sort 35 tonnes of rice in one hour and for parboiled rice up to eight tonnes. It is a fantastic machine, separates each and every grain. It is a one touch machine, a hundred different varieties.”
Former Alesie Chief Executive Officer Dr. Turhane Doerga was also present at the ceremony. He lauded the machine, noting that it would ensure an increased supply of A-Grade rice to high end markets.
Anhui Jiexun Optoelectronic Technology Company sales manager David Zhang
“And the only way to do that is to produce a high end product,” he said. ”And as you can see, it can take a low end product, select it out and make a high end product out of it, A-grade.”
Guyana National Bureau of Standards has oversight over several aspects of the rice industry. For instance it certifies machinery used in the industry, such as weighing instruments. A representative of the Bureau was there and described the machine as good news for the industry.
“It’s a very good intervention in the rice industry at present,” he said. “It will go a far way in terms of quality. So at this point of time in the industry it is (very good). Before that there was (just) the old sorter.”
It has long been argued that Guyana could become more competitive on the world market if its yields from rice milling could be increased. Rice can and has been rejected by purchasing markets when it does not meet the specified quality.
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