Bühler has opened a new 1,800-square-meter Milling Academy at its Uzwil, Switzerland headquarters to provide hands-on training for food and feed mill operators. The facility combines a machine park with both newest and older milling equipment, three classrooms, break-out spaces, an arena in the machine park, and two laboratories for analytical and electronics training.

A fully automated school mill on site can process 24 tonnes per day, enabling industrial-scale practice across the milling chain from raw-material intake through final packaging. The Academy also houses the School of Feed Technology and links directly to Bühler’s Grain Innovation Center and the CUBIC innovation campus so participants can test equipment and processes with real materials.

Bühler plans more than 100 courses annually for over 750 trainees in seven languages. Programs are modular and aimed at machine operators, head millers, plant managers, executives, laboratory staff and electrical and mechanical maintenance engineers; customised courses are offered at Uzwil or at customer sites worldwide. The training is designed to help mills adopt digital and technological solutions to lift yield, profitability and resilience while meeting rising food-safety, sustainability and workforce challenges.

The Academy complements Bühler’s global training network, including partnerships and training sites such as Kansas State University, Bühler’s mills in China, and the African Milling School in Nairobi, and connects to research partners including ETH Zürich and other innovation centres.