IMERYS is a French company with a global presence in providing key raw materials to a variety of industries. Andy McMullen and Ryan Dillard were assigned to work with a Belgian based IMERYS sub that is focused on supplying kaolin to the global paper industry. Their project was to understand the impact and potential benefits of "green logistics" as it applies to the logistics of shipping kaolin from mines in Brazil, England, and the US to paper making companies around the world. In the first week Andy and Ryan get a first hand look at the business with a visit to the port of Antwerp.
The team was able to calculate the carbon footprint of the current logistics system and had a few ideas on where reduction opportunities could be found. The presentation to the company leadership was well done....and well received. Here is a pic of the team with Ewald Neves, VP of logistics.
Of course the highlight of the visit to Brussels was finding an old favorite restaurant near the "Grand Place" and introducing Ryan and Andy to the greatest desert of all time....Ille Flotant. A picture of this delicacy is below.
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