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Viterra Recognized with Blue Circle Award



       We were recently presented with a Blue   Pacific
       Circle Award in Vancouver, recognizing   •   Replacement of 30 year old
       our commitment to sustainability         air compressors with new
       through various investments at Cascadia   Atlas Copco 125HP VFD Air
       and Pacific.  This involves voluntary    Compressors
       efforts on our part to conserve energy
       and reduce air emissions through the   •   Continuing automation of the
       Port of Vancouver’s EcoAction Program    distribution system
       and Energy Action Initiative.  This is
       the second year in a row we’ve been   Cascadia
       recognized and is a great testament to   •   New LED lighting on dock
       our focus on reducing waste and being    floodlights and main office
       more energy efficient.  Projects that led   •   Replacement of the indexer   Peter Idema, Director Terminal Operations
       to this award included:                  hydraulic systems with ABB   (centre), accepts the award on behalf of Viterra.
                                                Flux Vector AC drives
                                                                     Delegation from China

           DID YOU KNOW?

           Glencore Agriculture owns the largest crushing facility in   The Canadian Malt Barley Technical Centre recently
           the world at Timbues, Argentina.  In fact, the facility has   hosted a delegation of customers from China to teach
           as much capacity as the entire Canadian crush industry!   them more about the Canadian grain industry and give
           Capable of taking in 30,000 MT daily, the Timbues site    them an up close and personal look at some of our
           does 1000 trucks per day, which works out to 41 trucks    facilities.  One of the stops was at our Cascadia facility at
           per hour or 1.5 per minute!                               the Port of Vancouver.

                                                                     Pictured from left to right: Jon White (Viterra), Fang
                                                                     Yao (COFCO), Qi Wang (Xingze), Peter Watts (CMBTC),
                                                                     Xingqiang Yin (COFCO), Linyong Li (Xingze), Shipeng
                                                                     Zhao (Tsingtao), Lei Zhang (Tsingtao), Yongcheng Liu
                                                                     (Hyaline)












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