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FEATURE: GEAPS EXCHANGE 2017 SETS NEW RECORDS

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purchased the product line from Abel
Manufacturing in February 2016.
"We're very proud to have that line,"
said Jamison Anding, vice-president
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expanding on it."
Global Industries, Grand Island,
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grain higher and feed it back into a
conveyor or another piece of equipment.
Mike Muessel, international sales
engineer, said the need for larger
equipment is one of the biggest trends
in the industry.
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trains faster, unload trucks faster; that all
requires bigger equipment to do that," he
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a 15-billion-bushel corn crop."
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feet by 30-feet high to hold just 1 billion
bushels.
"So you're talking about a lot of
equipment," Muessel said.
To help manage the large corn crops
from the last several harvests, Behlen,
Columbus, Nebraska, U.S., developed
a little over a year ago a temporary
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bushels to millions of bushels," said Kirk
Nelson, director of marketing and sales.
"You just keep adding on in sequence
and you can make as large a diameter
circle or oblong pile as you like."
Warrior Mfg., Hutchinson, Minnesota,
U.S., is also prepared to handle large
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it had on display at GEAPS Exchange,
said Randy Stauffer, vice-president. It
has a capacity up to 50,000 bph, and is
very heavy duty.
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dipped," he said. "It's a very heavy
duty, very robust piece of equipment."
Warrior recently added material
handling equipment to its existing
portfolio of structural supports.
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AGI had several pieces of equipment from its many brands on display at the GEAPS Expo.

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interface for our customers to add a
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U.S. market, he said. There is still interest
in Europe and Southeast Asia, he said.
"Everybody has to eat, everybody
has to have the grain," Muessel said.
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stored safely and not put in a position
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South America is a busy region for
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200,000-square-foot
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brand and Hi Roller belt conveyors,
said George Vis, AGI vice-president of
commercial operations.
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line over the next several years," he
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a real good opportunity."
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said. AGI recently acquired Frame, a
bin manufacturing company based in
Bologna, Italy, and PTM Technology,
a material handling company based in
Este, Italy.
Exhibitors agree the GEAPS Expo is
one of the most important of the year
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AWARD WINNERS
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opportunities, GEAPS Exchange inFOXGHGWKHSUHVHQWDWLRQRIWKUHHDZDUGV
during the President's Banquet on Feb.
28. Deb Good, Brock Grain Systems,
Cornbelt Chapter, received the Corbett
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Inc., and Wayne Bauer, Star of the West
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Good has served in the grain industry
for 44 years, and has been an associate
member of GEAPS since 1995. The
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extraordinary volunteer leadership.
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