Hot off the presses! A LMC Shaker was recently featured in a WSJ slideshow about China’s growing appetite for American peanuts. You can view the slide here. The link to the slideshow can be accessed here.

LMC’s Lewis Carter and Grant Bruner will be attending the 2013 Almond Huller and Processors Association Annual Convention. The 2013 AHPA Convention will be held from April 29 – May 3 at the Hyatt Regency in Monterey, California and registration is now available on the Almond Huller and Processors Association’s website.

“This is such a wonderful, informative assembly. LMC’s greatest benefit is to see everyone and renew years of friendships and relations,” said Lewis Carter. “While a lot of our original customers still call us the peanuts guys, 2014 with be the 30th anniversary of LMC ‘s starting to offer goods and services to the almond business!”

The mission of the AHPA is to provide information, ongoing education, innovative tools and advocacy for companies in the almond industry. LMC greatly values its membership in the organization.

LMC team members David Sandlin and Grant Bruner were recently in Australia for the annual Wimmera Machinery Field Days. Their attendance was covered by Farm Weekly Australia and you can read the article here on their website.

Key persons listed below have graduated the “Unlocking Hidden Costs of Welding” class held at Airgas South in Bessemer Alabama. Two key aspects of this class was reducing costs of welds and producing quality welds for a given weld joint. The primary concern regarding cost was over-welding, putting a larger weld on a joint than what was needed. Welds were made then the joint was cut and etched to show if proper weld penetration had been attained. Quality was addressed as well. Students learned that minor changes in welder settings could significantly reduce weld spatter and undercut. With these things in mind LMC is reviewing current weld specifications and developing new weld specification for all our weld joints.

Mike Woodall Production Manager
Bret Johnson Production Scheduler
John Kennamore Quality Control Manager
Mike Chancey Production Line Foreman
Stanley Brackin Production Line Foreman
Jacob Jackson Production Line Foreman
Patrick O’Hearn Parts Department Supervisor

LMC was recently featured by the local ABC affiliate out of Tallahassee, Florida. The story profiled LMC and how the company became one of the top-grossing industrial separation equipment manufacturers in the world.

Read the entire story here.

Peanut Growers Work to Regain Public Confidence
A multi-million dollar ad campaign is underway to boost the sale of peanuts that is uniting the peanut industry.

Institutions Look to Peanut Butter for Economic Growth
The University of Georgia is partnering with the United States Industry for International Development and some other international organizations to improve the diet of adults and children in the Philippines.