World Grain - September 2014 - 68

FEATURE

DEMAND STRONG
FOR NEW MILLS
W

orld Grain magazine's annual survey on the international milling industry's suppliers of equipment, services and facilities indicates that demand for greenfield projects and facility upgrades remains strong. While some
have seen steady demand, others remarked that the requests for
new mills are starting to outstrip requests for upgrades.
Most suppliers see demand for new facilities in emerging
nations to be stronger than the demand in the established markets of Europe and the U.S., where upgrades and retooling
account for the majority of the projects. South America, North
Africa, the Middle East and Asia are all markets where suppliers are seeing strong demand for new mills.
Customers continue to demand post-installation service
and training, equipment designed with sanitation in mind, efficiency, low energy, easy maintenance and long-term durability. Traceability along the ingredient stream is becoming
increasingly important to more food companies throughout
the world. A common demand for milling projects is fully automated mills that enable companies to avoid the high costs
associated with labor.
The following are just a few of the major milling construction projects that have been completed recently.
GREENFIELD MILL FOR A BRAZILIAN COOPERATIVE
In the second half of 2013, Coopavel Cooperativa
Agroindustrial finished a year-and-a-half-long project to
build a $9 million, 480-tonne-per-24-hour wheat flour mill in
Cascavel, Brazil. This cost includes equipment, electrical panCoopavel Cooperativa Agroindustrial finished building this mill in Cascavel,
Brazil in late 2013. Photo courtesy of Sangati Berga.
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by Meyer Sosland

A look at some recently completed
greenfield and expansion projects
around the world

els and automation of the mill, but it does not include the cost
of civil works to this greenfield project.
The height of the facility's six-story mill section is 32 meters, and its footprint is around 7,000 square meters. The facility has a grain storage capacity of 18,800 tonnes. The facility
has four grain silos that each can hold 4,200 tonnes and five
silos with the capacity to hold 400 tonnes each. In addition to
those bins, the facility also has 16 post-moisturization resting
silos with a total capacity of 960 tonnes.
As a cooperative, Coopavel Cooperativa Agroindustrial
sources its wheat from its members. The Cascavel mill produces flour prepared for many different applications: bakery,
biscuits, pastas, pizzas, etc. The mill can produce three types
of flour simultaneously. The company's customers include
consumers, supermarket chains and distributors.
Fortaleza, Brazil-based Sangati Berga supplied all the
equipment in the mill. The facility has the room to expand
production capacity to 650 tonnes per 24 hours. The Cascavel
mill's wheat cleaning section has a capacity of 25 tph and includes electronic scales, magnetics, vibrating separator with
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