The Institute for Briquetting and Agglomeration (IBA) held its 32nd biennial conference and workshop last month in New Orleans, Louisiana, and FEECO International was in attendance.
With a long history in the agglomeration industry, FEECO has been involved with the IBA for many years. At this year’s conference, FEECO’s Brett Rittenhouse presented a paper on the design, operation, and opportunities in fertilizer granulation. In addition, FEECO’s Chris Kozicki was a lecturer at a workshop for newcomers to gain a basic understanding of the various processes, equipment, binders, etc., that are common in the agglomeration industry.
Kozicki, a long-time board member, was named President at this year’s conference, and will hold the title for two years. Goals for his term include gaining more visibility for the IBA, attracting new members, and facilitating the IBA to be more proactive in the agglomeration industry.
The IBA was established “to promote the free exchange of information relating to the process of a broad range of materials by varied agglomeration techniques, to provide mutual assistance in problem solving, to spread the knowledge of size enlargement arts and sciences, briquetting, pelletizing, granulating, and extrusion of powder and bulk materials, to encourage education in these arts and sciences, and to promote study and research of problems relating to them in the advance and mutual interests of its memberships (IBA).”
“It’s really a great place to network, and to learn from each other regarding current happenings in the industry,” stated Chris Kozicki.
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