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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.

With a flat-bottom design, complete discharge depends on a sweep auger, a mechanical system that moves through the grain to clear the floor. It adds cost, maintenance exposure, and complexity to an operation that could be simpler. With a hopper bottom, gravity does the work. Grain discharges completely through the base, without mechanical intervention. No

A silo designed in Zaragoza ends up in Bangladesh, in Australia, and in Saudi Arabia. The climate changes. The commodity changes. The regulatory environment changes. The operator standing at the mechanization outlet every morning has needs that stay remarkably consistent. They want a discharge that works completely. Access that doesn’t require acrobatics. A ventilation system

Four hopper bottom silos. 3.000 tM capacity each. 13.8 metres in diameter. 12.000 tM total. The largest hopper-bottom silo installation ever built. Numbers like these don’t happen by accident. They are the result of a manufacturing process that scales without shortcuts: steel panels fabricated to specification, structural loads calculated for real operating conditions, and a

A grain storage plant is only as reliable as the infrastructure around it. In Pazardzhik, Bulgaria, our client ISAV needed more than silos. They needed a dependable water storage solution: purpose-built, ready to perform, and consistent with the structural quality of the rest of their agricultural facility. We supplied a 100 m³ DPT Water Tank:

A farm doesn’t run on grain storage alone. When operators come to us with complex sites, where they need to store grain and manage water supply, they often expect to coordinate two separate suppliers, two separate projects, two separate headaches. We think that’s an unnecessary complication. @[SIMEZA Silos](urn:li:organization:11009882)’s steel technology applies to more than silos.