About AGI
For over 30 years, AGI’s Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) division has been focused on providing manufacturing solutions that meet the unique needs of key grain, rice, feed, and fertilizer producing regions across the world. From its headquarters in Ozzano dell’Emilia, Bologna, Italy, AGI EMEA serves a wide range of customers in various industries including farm, grain trading, milling, and feed mills.
Project background
The focus of FeedCo’s operations is on bolstering food security, through the development of feed milling solutions that underpin the entire livestock, poultry, and feed production sectors. To meet the growing demand for these solutions, and particularly the increased demand for grain across the Saudi market, early in 2020, FeedCo began considering the addition of a new large-scale grain storage and handling facility at their Dammam, Saudi Arabia location, to come onstream in 2021.
Meeting the challenge
FeedCo consulted with a variety of potential suppliers, but chose AGI based on the breadth and depth of the company’s experience in completing similar expansions and new builds. After meeting with officials from FeedCo, The AGI team from the EMEA headquarters in Bologna, Italy quickly went to work to plan the right mix of storage and handling solutions as part of a new turnkey plant to deliver high production capacities, durable equipment, and while eliminating costly downtime.
Their solution: to combine the expertise of AGI FRAME, one of Europe’s leading manufacturers of agricultural steel silos, and AGI PTM, one of the most respected names in grain handing equipment in the ag industry. In short: bringing together the best of both worlds to deliver an even better solution for FeedCo.
Project details and equipment
To meet FeedCo’s requirements, AGI’s plan included 10 flat-bottom silos and 4 bulk loading silos, for a total storage capacity of 77,500 tons. Along with the storage solutions, AGI supplied handling equipment such as chain conveyors with loading and unloading capacities of 400t/h and 200t/h, a bucket elevator and flight conveyor, as well as electrical, pre-cleaning, weighing, packaging and fumigation equipment.
In the end, the project was completed on schedule, with a total installation time of only four months. As proof of the success of the project, a second contract has been confirmed with FeedCo for a 25,000 ton silo install at the company’s new site in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, with the entire plant already completed as of August 2023.
Credit: ©FEEDCO AGI storage solutions
AGI FRAME’s silos were chosen for their durability and longevity featuring Z600 (G210) galvanized steel and Magnelis (ZM310) coated roofs for protection. It was important to FeedCo to know that all AGI storage components are manufactured using highly automated techniques, to ensure low tolerance and high performance. And that each is tested to ensure consistent performance under a range of environmental conditions including seismic forces, winds, and snow.
Credit: ©FEEDCO“FeedCo’s management places great trust in the quality of AGI products. AGI’s innovative products align perfectly with our vision to automate all operations in our facilities. We have been satisfied with AGI’s cutting-edge solutions, coupled with their responsive and professional team, which has been instrumental in the success of our projects.” - Ibrahim Alibrahim, CEO, FeedCo Investment Company
