News Release

February 18, 2019

Hiroshima, Japan; February 18, 2019 - Satake Corporation announces a launch of a new product brand named REACH. The product line up consists of semi-assembled rice processing plants in different processing capacities. Its sales promotion begins in March 2019 targeting middle-size processors in Southeast Asia and Africa.

REACH Rice Mill

The REACH product is a semi-assembled rice milling plant incorporating receiving, pre-cleaning, husking, milling, optical sorting, and packing stage equipment. It is designed to maximize the installation efficiency versus cost performance by utilizing unitized components manufactured in Satake's Thailand production facility. The result is an astonishing 2 weeks of installation time compared to the usual 3 to 4 months. For regions where they experience 2 to 3 harvest time annually this will allow rice mill owners to start up a production line before the next harvest season.

The initial REACH product line comprises a 7 ton per hour rice mill which is best suited for medium size rice milling facilities with 25 to 40 thousand ton annual capacity. Other capacity mills, 3 ton and 14 ton per hour, will follow in the near future. Yoshimasa Tomoyasu, General Manager of Satake International Business Division, says "by adding the REACH lineup, we can now offer medium capacity rice mills in a very short turn over period. Our new product is perfect for processors to whom the product quality, short installation time, and faster investment return are important."

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About REACH