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Calabar Nigeria located Niger Mills Company Limited is a flour milling company that has been managed by Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc. since the ‘70s.

Some dry bulk and solids have a corrosive character or require maximum hygiene. There are numerous special silo coatings, but nothing beats stainless steel. At the same time, black steel is more advantageous financially.

In some industries square is rare, but it is time for a change. Where the food and feed industry rely heavily on the concept of square silos, the construction sector hardly applies this economical storage solution.

Provimi, which is Cargill’s animal nutrition and premix business, is currently rolling out a U.S. $20 million investment in South Africa. By the end of last year, Cargill gained a majority share of NuTec, a manufacturer of vitamin and mineral premix for the animal nutrition industry.

Time is money, also in case of bulk outloading. Like aircrafts must be in the air, trucks should be on the road. In order to minimize loading time, smart bulk handling plants use so called “contrasets”.

The coffee market is changing quickly nowadays. In order to meet demanding consumer wishes, new plants with new technologies are being build. Obviously these plants need storage capacity.

During Q3 and Q4 2013 two large square silo installations will be erected in Germany. Both projects concern greenfield feed mills and are turn-key projects of Ottevanger Milling Engineers from the Netherlands.

Emsland Flour Mills, situated in western Part of Germany (state of Niedersachsen) will extend its silo storage capacity. This will be designed and executed by the Bavarian main contractor Ing. Stefan Kastenmüller GmbH.

The Dutch inland port facility DOK will considerably extend its square storage silo capacity. DOK focuses heavily on the transhipment of raw materials for animal feed.

After a successful Austrian grain storage project last year, TSC will execute a new project in Austria.  This year it concerns a new bulk loading street for feed pellets. Main contractor is IFK Schüttgut Technik, end user Lugitsch Futtermühle.

Silos are tall buildings, up to 40 meters or even more. But even 10 meters is an unpleasant height to look down from. Imagine installing such a silo! TSC has an installation crew with brave men. But even brave men need risk assessment.

Square silos in the chemical industry are not very common. But as in every other industry, space is scarce. The Flint Group’s heatset ink production site in the Netherlands recognized the benefits of square as to round silos.