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Bühler

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Bühler Group, a Swiss family-owned company, specializes in manufacturing plant equipment with a focus on delivering healthy, safe, and sustainable solutions for food processing and advanced materials. Operating in 140 countries, Bühler’s global presence impacts billions, with its equipment used to produce food for over 2 billion people daily.

Bühler’s involvement in the potato industry dates back to 1940 through its predecessor, American Potato Dryers, later known as Aeroglide. Today, Bühler provides advanced solutions in thermal processing and optical sorting, enhancing productivity, energy efficiency, and food safety.

As the world’s largest manufacturer of conveyor dryers, roasters, toasters, and expanders, Bühler ensures precise drying control for products like fries, chips, hash browns, and more. This precision enhances product texture, taste, and moisture uniformity while maintaining high food safety and energy efficiency standards.

In optical sorting, Bühler leverages over 160 years of expertise with its SORTEX technology, using cutting-edge innovations like cameras, lasers, and hyperspectral imaging. These systems effectively remove defects and foreign materials, improving product quality, reducing waste, and lowering operational costs for the food and non-food industries.Bühler’s dedication to innovation and quality continues to drive efficiency and reliability in food processing worldwide.
The Buhler Group has its headquarters in Switzerland and has over 6800 employees worldwide.

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As announced a year ago, Stefan Scheiber is now CEO of Bühler AG. Stefan can be seen here in one of the companies production facilities (Courtesy: Bühler AG)
July 01, 2016
Stefan Scheiber is the new CEO of Bühler
As announced a year ago, Stefan Scheiber is now CEO of Bühler. He succeeds Calvin Grieder, who will focus on his role as Chairman of the Board.
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Bühler AeroDry dryer (Courtesy: Bühler)
June 02, 2016
Bühler strives for 20% higher energy efficiency by 2020
Energy efficiency is a top R&D priority for equipment manufacturer Bühler. Driven by recent successes in this field, Bühler has set its target to reduce the energy requirement in its core processes by another 20% by 2020.
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 Bühler acquires majority stake in the Chinese company Yaoxian Machinery Guangzhou
February 23, 2014
Bühler acquires majority stake in the Chinese company Yaoxian Machinery Guangzhou
Bühler Group has acquired an 80% stake in Yaoxian Machinery Guangzhou, a Chinese company which is well positioned in Southeast Asia in the market for Asian Pasta production systems.
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Buhler strengthens its position in China
June 10, 2010
Buhler strengthens its position in China
The Buhler Technology Group has acquired 100% of the Chinese company Bangsheng Bio-Technology Co. Ltd. Bangsheng, the Chinese market leader in the field of flour improvement solutions for specialty flours, is opening up additional opportunities for Buh...
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