July 11, 2012

Van Aarsen gets feed mill construction contract in Sweden

Van Aarsen, a Dutch equipment maker, was awarded the contract to build a 90-tonne per hour feed mill from Kalmar Lantman in Sweden for a total investment of EUR45 million (US$55 million).

Van Aarsen has been busy outside Europe too. For Almarai (Hail Agricultural Development Co.) in Saudi Arabia, a feed mill 100 tonnes per hour (tph).

For MIG-PLUS in Brazil, a feed mill 60 tph. In Vietnam, a feed mill 60 tph for Japfa Comfeed and for CJSC Krasnodonskoe in Russia, a feed mill 40 tph.

These new projects also require adjustments in production capacity at their facility in Panheel in the Netherlands. Plans are now underway to extend the production area by 1,250 square metres. The new production hall will be completed at the beginning of next year.

At the beginning of this year a completely new five-axis machining centre was installed to reduce production time and bring extra advantages to the production process.

In addition, a new rotary milling DMG CTX Beta 1250 became operational, a machine that is able to combine turning and milling operations on one machine to the highest level of accuracy.