For 22 years, Mr Roger Gilbert was the Secretary General of the International Feed Industry Federation, which he co-founded in in 1987. In that time, he saw the federation rise from humble beginnings, to represent more than 85% of all compound feeds produced globally. He initiated the industry’s NGO representation with Codex Alimentarius and set up one of the first Memorandum of Understandings between an industry and the United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organisation.

Today, Mr Gilbert is the publisher of International Aquafeed and Milling & Grain magazine: two international magazines translated into several languages to promote aqua and terrestrial protein production.

Joseph P. Kearns is the editor for International Petfood magazine, and a consultant in Extrusion Cooking Consulting, Animal and Aquatic Feeds. Previously he was the Vice President Aquafeed Div. for WengerManufacturing, Inc. Joe received his bachelor’s degree from Kansas State University inFood Technology Engineering. He has been employed at Wenger since 1974. He has 8 patents for Wenger all with regards to aquatic feeds and/or machinery associated with production of same. He has more than 60 published articles on aquatic feeds production advantages by extrusion cooking through trade magazines.He has presented at countless events around the world on the topic of aquatic feed production.

My company PLP Systems prides itself on innovation and detail. it’s what we’re about. it what we know and its what we do best.
Since PLP Systems was founded in 1978, the company has grown from a small family company into an international firm specializing in the development and production of machinery for liquid and powder handling.
My experienced team, and I, consisting of more than ten employees, forms a modern and dynamic company based in the Province of Piacenza in Northern Italy.
PLP offers complete and customized solutions for the dosing, coating and weighing of both powders and liquids
Our productive teamwork as well as our engineers’ technical expertise and flexibility are the key to our success.
We attach great importance to being open to new ideas, and unique solutions, this being an integral part of our culture at PLP as well as innovation, precision and reliability.