New Industry

The new plant at Gisborne Mills, which processes maize for making cornflakes, was officially opened on February 13.

Good quality maize goes through 18 different stages before ending up as stock grits for cornflakes. Unused maize, i.e., corn grain skins and germs (or centres of the maize grains) is ground down and used in farm stock foods.

Upon completion of processing, the maize is transported to the Kelloggs factory in Auckland for making into cornflakes.

A general view of the whole plant which is three storeys high.

The complicated switchboard which controls the machines in the plant.

The new building housing the processing plant

Dave Wilkie bags up the finished maize product

The plant manager, Bob Browne, examines some of the maize passing through the degerminator. This machine is the centre of the plant and removes the germ and skins.

John Benden, fitter for the company, adjusts a counter weight on one of the grading separators

The Minister of Customs, Mr N. L. Shelton, presses the button to start the new plant.

Among the official party at the opening were, from left, Messrs W. M. McGilvray, B. A. Stinson, D. L. Stevenson (vice-president Kellogg International, U.S.A.), W. C. Nicolson (managing director Kelloggs Australia), Mrs Esme Tombleson, M.P., Mr Shelton and Mr T. A. N. Corson.

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The Gisborne Photo News

No 176 : February 26, 1969

New Industry