Bühler Opens New Milling Academy to Meet Industry Training Demands

Bühler has inaugurated a new 1,800-square-metre Milling Academy at its headquarters in Uzwil, Switzerland. The training facility is designed to support food and feed milling professionals with hands-on experience, access to modern equipment, and direct links to Bühler’s wider research and innovation infrastructure.

Equipped with advanced teaching technologies and purpose-built training spaces, the academy aims to address the growing need for skilled personnel in the milling sector — a field facing ongoing challenges including rising food safety standards, climate-related disruptions, and workforce shortages.

“The Milling Academy gives us the flexibility to deliver tailored, practical training that reflects real-world industry needs,” said Dario Grossmann, Head of the Milling Academy. “We’re seeing growing demand from customers worldwide, and this facility positions us to meet it effectively.”

The academy features classrooms, breakout areas, an on-site school mill with a 24-tonne-per-day capacity, and dedicated labs for analytical and electronics training. A mix of modern and legacy machinery enables participants to train on equipment similar to that in their own plants.

Course content is modular and offered in multiple languages, with over 100 sessions annually serving more than 750 trainees. Programs target operators, millers, plant managers, and engineers, as well as executives and laboratory staff. Training is also delivered off-site at customer locations.

Located near Bühler’s Grain Innovation Center and other research hubs, the academy enables integration between training and R&D. “The infrastructure, layout and access to experts provide a highly immersive learning experience,” said one participant from CMI Alimentos in Guatemala.

The new academy complements Bühler’s global education network, which includes partnerships with institutions like Kansas State University and training centres in Kenya, China, India, and Singapore. The company also collaborates with research bodies such as ETH Zürich and DIL in Germany to support innovation in areas like sustainable proteins and digitalisation.

According to Bühler, the expansion of its learning ecosystem is part of a broader strategy to support the milling industry’s transformation by equipping its workforce for future challenges.