The Business Area secured a number of animal feed plant modernization and expansion projects in Eastern Europe and South America.

• A large number of orders for process machines - pellet mills, expanders, and other products - were received from integrated meat producers in these regions.

• An increasing number of orders for extrusion key machines were awarded from European pet food industries and producers of feed for warm water fish in Southern Europe and Asia.

• Larger orders for wood pelleting systems were received in Sweden, the USA, Russia, and Latvia.