Sentence examples for corn wet-milling from inspiring English sources

Through 1985, lower margins in corn wet-milling contributed to a declining corporate profit margin.

Another opportunity for strategic review came with the initiation in 1984 of a new $1.5 billion "Investment for Growth" program, which was primarily for corn wet-milling facilities.

In 1983, the board of CPC was no doubt well aware of the persistently poor performance of corn wet-milling and of its drag on equity values and corporate return on equity.

On the other hand, the corn wet-milling industry produces an effluent that contains a natural extract with antioxidant and biosurfactant properties, which could possibly be used to increase the protective effect of mica minerals against ultraviolet light (UV light).

For those board members who were disposed to cut back or terminate corn wet-milling, the downturn in the consumer foods business and the highly visible decline in corporate return on equity would have been a golden opportunity to bring the issue to a head.

We used a novel corn wet-milling coproduct [CMP; approximately 70% dry matter, 28% crude protein, 36% neutral detergent fiber (NDF), and 18% nonstructural carbohydrates] in diets formulated to contain 18.4% forage NDF, 17.4% crude protein, 20.2% starch, and 3.7% sugar.

"Major factors contributing to the earnings improvement," said James R. Eiszner, CPC's president and chief executive officer, "included strong volume gains in grocery products, margin improvements in corn wet milling and the strengthening of foreign currencies". Corn wet milling refers to the production of corn sweeteners, or fructose, used as a substitute for sugar in soft drinks.

We think this influences around 10% of group profits directly, a further 30% indirectly (via tolling), as well as being a barometer of Corn Wet Milling (CWM) economics generally, including SFI, which account for around 80% of profits.

Genomatica converts sugar from corn wet mills, sugar cane and sugar beet — among other sources — into butanediol (BDO), a chemical used to make everything from the plastics in consumer electronics and cars, to the spandex and foam found in athletic shoes and apparel.

Considering that the process of corn wet milling requires a huge amount of fresh water for steeping (digesting), which in turn generates 1,300 to 1,600 L of light steepwater per ton of corn that is then evaporated or dried to make intermediate products, it is conceivable that ATZ and related herbicides are present in steepwater and may be concentrated during the process [53].

Enzymatic wet milling (E-milling) was developed and proposed as an environmentally friendly alternative for conventional corn wet milling [ 4].