Ellie Korengel 
“Angel Proaño has been instrumental in the dramatic growth of Western States’ sales, both domestic as well as international,” said Libby. “His deep understanding of the U.S. and international sugar manufacturing industry will enable Western States to maintain its primacy in the sugar industry, and we are excited to be entering the next chapter in Western States’ remarkable story.”
The global cannabis market has experienced a remarkable shift in recent years as an increasing number of countries recognize the potential benefits of legalizing cannabis. This shift has not only created new opportunities for cannabis producers and extractors but has also had a significant impact on related processing industries. One such industry is centrifuge manufacturing, which plays a crucial role in the extraction of cannabinoids.
Western States works closely with customers to build chemical and pharmaceutical-grade centrifuges. We custom-design each unit to match the customer’s applications of centrifuges, whether it is needed for product research, sample creation, or any scale production. Our high-speed centrifuges are designed to meet customer process, operator, electrical, cleaning, maintenance, and commercial requirement standards. Our filtration centrifuges have been used to process lactose, nickel sulfate, dye stock, coal, fish oil fatty acids, caffeine, resins, vitamins, silicon carbide, acetaminophen, potato starch, coffee, silver, proteins, macromolecules, and citric acids to name just a few!
Each machine Western States produces comes with a reliability guarantee. Not only do our machines function within the maximum and minimum bounds of the solvent extraction method utilized, but our machines are also specialized to maximize the quality of cannabinoids extracted through ethanol extraction.
Western States’ cannabis processing equipment is made of stainless steel with an internal fluid jacket to ensure the highest quality centrifugation and the least amount of lost material. The internal finish has an RA rating of 32 or lower, with the external finish reaching 39 or lower. Western States botanical centrifuges, or WSB, come in two batch sizes: 15 pounds or 40 pounds, referring to maximum biomass batch capacity.
In 1455-1480 CE, large-scale operations refining sugar became the leading trade of Madeira, Portugal, as the sugar trade took hold in Europe. By 1501, sugar had crossed the Atlantic and hit the New World and West Indies. During the 16th century, sugar plantations in the Dominican Republic and Haiti in the Caribbean completed their first sugar harvest.