How extrusion can become profitable for shrimp feeds

Victam Asia 2012, held in February, was the location for the first ever Aquafeed Innovation Awards for excellence. In the aquatic feed category for processing technology Wenger won with its C²TX extrusion cooker, which was specifically designed to produce small diameter shrimp feeds. By Joe Kearns, aquaculture process engineering manager, Wenger Manufacturing, Sabetha Kansas, USA Wenger, already working in extrusion technology since 1935, developed a design to maximise production of small d