„From a small mill to an innovative industrial company – That is our story.“
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1873 |
The mill was first mentioned in the files of the village. |
| 1902 |
Clemens Henning, the great grandfather of today’s owner, bought the grain mill and bakery for the production of traditional coarse rye bread. |
| 1922 |
Arnold Westerkamp senior took over the mill. |
| 1955 |
Change from grinding grains to grinding wood flour mostly for flooring/cleaning application => The next generation grew up with the mill. |
| 1983 |
The management, was handed over to Franz and Arnold Westerkamp – increase wood flour production. |
| 1991 |
Arnold Westerkamp became sole owner and managing director of the company. |
| 1995 |
Installation of new grinding line. |
| 2003 |
AGROMED AUSTRIA GMBH Mr. Helmut Grabherr and Prof. Dr. Dr. Neufeld came with the idea to produce a feed ingredient, lignocellulose. |
| 2005 |
First certifications DIN EN ISO 9001 and QS, followed by GMP +, PEFC and Kosher. |
| 2006 |
New drier for raw materials => change from gas to wood chip heating. |
| 2008-10 |
Increase of production and storage facilities, automatic bagging and palletizing. |
| 2013 |
Introduction of energy management system DIN EN 50001. |
| 2013-14 |
Construction of the new production plant II (grinding, pelleting, bagging line, palletizing). |
| 2017 |
New mills, planning of new raw material storage, new dryer, new storage finished products... |
