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BEET SUGAR PROCESS SCHOOL 2008

Courses and Instructors for

THE SUGAR END

 

COURSE



No.


Name


Instructor

SX-1


Opening Lecture


Andrew Briscoe, President, The Sugar Association, Inc.
1101 15th Street, NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC  20005
(202) 785-1122   briscoe@sugar.org

 

SX-2


Overview of Sugar End Operations

 


Ron England, Consultant

1202 E. 38th Street, Scottsbluff, NE  69361

(308) 630-7935   englandron@earthlink.net

S-1


Evaporators and Steam Economy


Scott Winn, Owner/Engineer, Winn Engineering
914 -  49th Avenue Pl., Greeley, CO  80634

(970) 304-0888   winn.engineering@comcast.net

S-2


Crystal Formation and Growth

 


Jim Gillingham, Manager of Engineering Service, Rogers Sugar Ltd.

PO Box 2150, Vancouver, BC, CANADA  V6B 3V2
(604) 258-4436   jimgillingham@rogerssugar.ca

S-3


Crystallization, Process and Systems

 


Greg Golovanoff, Manager, Colorado Quality Assurance, The Amalgamated Sugar Company
701 N. Main St., Brighton, CO  80601
(303) 659-2151   ggolovanoff@amalsugar.com

 

S-4


Centrifugals and Their Operations


Dr. Laszlo Toth, Consultant

9996 Appletree Place, Denver, CO  80221
(303) 451-5383   ltoth32@comcast.net

 

S-5


The Control Laboratory


Ron Kawlewski, Q. A. Manager, Southern Minnesota
Beet Sugar Cooperative
P.O. Box 500/83550 County Road 21, Renville, MN 56284
(320) 329-4141   ronk@smbsc.com

 

S-6


Fundamentals of Sucrose Recovery Optimization

 


Chris D. Rhoten, Operations Development Manager, Minn-Dak Farmers Cooperative

7525 Red River Road, Wahpeton, ND  58075
(701) 671-1377   crhoten@mdf.coop

 

S-7


Basic Control Systems


Brent Muehlberg, Factory Manager, Minn-Dak Farmers Coop.
7525 Red River Road, Wahpeton, ND     58075   
(701) 671-1334   bmuehlberg@mdf.coop

 

S-8


Molasses Treatment Processes


Eric Ekern, Production Manager, Michigan Sugar Company
2600 South Euclid Ave., Bay City, MI 48706
(989) 686-0161    eric.ekern@michigansugar.com


 

S-9


Granulation, Packaging, Screening and Storage

 


Paul Caulkins, Corporate Quality Assurance Manager, Imperial Sugar Company
P.O. Box 9, Sugar Land, TX  77487
(281) 490-9635
    paul.caulkins@imperialsugar.com

 

S-10


Sugar Quality and Food Safety


Paul Caulkins, Corporate Quality Assurance Manager, Imperial Sugar Company
P.O. Box 9, Sugar Land, TX  77487
(281) 490-9635
    paul.caulkins@imperialsugar.com