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Spain is where SIMEZA began, and where every design decision still gets tested first. Not in theory, but in installations that operate in the same climate, same soil, and same agricultural reality as the team that built them. The Binéfar installation in Huesca tells part of that story: 60.000 tM of wheat storage capacity, delivered […]

Six months into 2026, the conversations our CEO Alberto Baena is having with clients across Europe, Africa, and the Middle East converge on the same question: how do you build storage capacity that lasts a generation, not a procurement cycle? It’s a question that has always sat at the centre of SIMEZA’s approach. A silo

When SIMEZA Silos joined the Tornum Group in 2023, the headline was market access. The more substantial story was engineering reach. From Zaragoza, SIMEZA had built a strong international presence: five continents, projects from Bangladesh to Saudi Arabia to Australia. But Scandinavia and Eastern Europe had structural realities that benefit from proximity: snow load requirements,

It’s building it as a strategic commitment. For decades, many Middle Eastern and North African countries managed grain supply through imports: reliable, abundant, assumed to be stable. The last five years have tested that assumption at every level: geopolitical disruption, supply chain fragility, and commodity price volatility. The response across much of the region has

No universal fumigation standard exists in grain storage. No single sealed system satisfies every regulatory environment. What works in a wheat terminal in West Africa is not what Europe’s grain authorities approve, and neither answer applies in Southeast Asia. Fumigation failure isn’t a maintenance issue. It’s a grain quality issue. In some markets, it’s a

In 2000, SIMEZA patented a corrugated sheet design that significantly improved the structural performance of steel grain silos. Twenty-five years later, that same design is in every silo we manufacture. The problem it solved was real: conventional corrugated panels had structural limitations that constrained silo height, load capacity, and long-term durability. The patented geometry changed

A silo specification designed for the Middle East is not the right starting point for Scandinavia. Snow load, frost penetration, and freeze-thaw cycles change the structural calculation entirely. A steel structure that performs reliably at 40°C will face entirely different mechanical demands at -20°C with 150 kg/m² of snow on the roof. These aren’t variations

A ventilation system that performs in central Spain will underperform in Senegal , and fail in Sweden. Temperature range, humidity, grain type, and storage duration all change the aeration brief. A tropical, high-humidity environment demands a fundamentally different airflow calculation than a cold Nordic winter. Designing one system for both is guesswork. At SIMEZA, every

Australia’s fumigation regulations are the most demanding in the world. That’s not a figure of speech. The Australian standard for grain storage fumigation requires full system sealing: structural integrity, airtight mechanical penetrations, and documented compliance at every point of the installation. There is no partial pass. When SIMEZA Silos received the brief for a project

Post-harvest grain losses in Sub-Saharan Africa reach 30–40% in some regions. The problem isn’t yield. Farmers across the region are producing. The gap is what happens after the harvest: inadequate storage, poor sealing, no temperature control, no fumigation infrastructure. When grain sits in conditions it wasn’t engineered for, it deteriorates. That’s not a farming failure.