KMZ Industries (Karliv Machine-Building Plant, Poltava Oblast) will manufacture and install a complete set of elevator equipment for an oil extraction plant in Lviv Oblast, the plant announced on its website.
“KMZ Industries won a tender to manufacture and install a complete complex of elevator equipment for an oil extraction plant in the Lviv region. As part of the project, KMZ Industries’ own installation teams will install the equipment, and the process control systems division will install software to automate the elevator’s operation,” the statement said.
The scope of supply includes two conical silos with a diameter of 11 m (each with a storage capacity of 1,856 cubic meters), four conical silos with a diameter of 7.3 m (with a capacity of 584 cubic meters), and one conical silo with a diameter of 5.5 m and a capacity of 261 cubic meters.
A Brice-Baker grain dryer with a capacity of 11 tons/hour for corn at 10% moisture removal is provided for grain drying. It will be gas-fired, equipped with an aspiration system, and fully automated.
The project also includes conveying equipment with a capacity of 50 tons/hour—bucket elevators, chain scraper conveyors, and screw conveyors. A PreClean separator with a capacity of 125 tons/hour will be installed for preliminary grain cleaning.
The plant emphasizes that it uses galvanized steel from European manufacturers SSAB (Sweden), Voestalpine (Austria), and Wuppermann (Germany) to manufacture key equipment components.
“Conveying equipment is manufactured from galvanized steel with a zinc coating of 275 g/sq. m, while other equipment has a coating of 450 g/sq. m. The silo roof and grain dryer troughs have a protective coating based on magnesium and zinc, whose corrosion resistance is seven times higher than that of conventional zinc,” KMZ Industries reports.
The plant also notes that under a state program, agricultural producers and processors are eligible for a 25% reimbursement of the cost of its elevator equipment.
The plant does not disclose the cost of the equipment.
KMZ Industries is the largest manufacturer of grain storage equipment in Ukraine and produces a full range of products, including silos, grain dryers, conveying equipment, and separators, as well as providing automation and installation services.
According to the company, it has built over 5,000 facilities. KMZ Industries silos with a total capacity of over 12.5 million cubic meters are currently in operation.
Elevator equipment manufacturer KMZ Industries (Karlivsky Machine Building Plant, Poltava region) has signed an agreement to manufacture silos and transport equipment for an agricultural enterprise in Chernihiv region, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.
According to the report, the customer, which specializes in corn cultivation and dairy farming, plans to increase its grain storage capacity for more flexible inventory management.
Under the agreement, KMZ Industries will manufacture three flat-bottom silos with a total capacity of 21,950 cubic meters, an operational silo for truck loading with a volume of 90 cubic meters, and transport equipment (bucket elevators and chain conveyors) with a capacity of 50 and 100 tons/hour.
To implement the project, the farm plans to take advantage of a state program that provides 25% compensation for the cost of domestically produced agricultural machinery and equipment.
Vladislav Perehodko, head of the regional representative office of KMZ Industries, noted that this case illustrates the trend of agricultural producers investing in the expansion of existing elevator sites with a focus on energy efficiency.
KMZ Industries is the largest manufacturer of elevator equipment in Ukraine and produces a full range of products, including silos, grain dryers, transport equipment, and separators, as well as providing automation and installation services.
According to the company, it has built more than 5,000 facilities. KMZ Industries silos with a total volume of more than 12.5 million cubic meters are in operation.
KMZ Industries (Karlivsky Machine-Building Plant, KMZ, Poltava region) has won a tender for the manufacture of hoppers for a new feed mill being built in the Kharkiv region in 2026, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.
According to the report, KMZ Industries will manufacture 16 metal silos with a total capacity of 1,084 cubic meters to expand the customer’s production capacity as part of the project. The hoppers will be used to store raw materials and semi-finished products for feed production.
“Investments in compound feed production demonstrate the desire of agricultural companies to increase added value, build more closed production cycles, and develop domestic processing. It is precisely such projects that form the long-term basis for the growth of the industry and determine the vector of development of the Ukrainian agro-industrial complex,” the company noted.
For KMZ Industries, this project is its first experience of cooperation with the customer and, at the same time, a continuation of its work in the agricultural processing segment, where the company already has practical experience in implementing similar solutions.
KMZ Industries is the largest manufacturer of elevator equipment in Ukraine and produces a full range of products, including silos, grain dryers, transport equipment, and separators, as well as providing automation and installation services.
According to the company, it has built more than 5,000 facilities. KMZ Industries silos with a total volume of more than 12.5 million cubic meters are in operation.
KMZ Industries (Karlovsky Machine-Building Plant, KMZ, Poltava region) has implemented one of the largest grain storage projects in southern Moldova—the ORIZONTUL-LUX grain elevator, the company’s press service reported on Facebook. According to the report, the facility has four flat-bottom silos with a total capacity of 10,000 tons, four hoppers (one for truck loading) with a total capacity of 1,100 tons, a Brice-Baker grain dryer with a dust suppression system, and a complete automation system.
The company specified that the dryer runs on gas, which is the most optimal option for local conditions. It provides effective drying of corn, wheat, and sunflowers.
The silos and main structures were installed by specialists from the owner company, whose main activity is construction. The work was carried out under the technical supervision of KMZ Industries’ chief installers. The installation of the automation system, software configuration, and commissioning were carried out by specialists from the automation and electrification department of KMZ Industries.
The new ORIZONTUL-LUX elevator has become one of the largest grain projects in southern Moldova.
KMZ Industries is the largest manufacturer of elevator equipment in Ukraine and produces a full range of products, including silos, grain dryers, transport equipment, and separators, as well as providing automation and installation services.
According to the company, it has built more than 5,000 facilities. KMZ Industries silos with a total volume of more than 12.5 million cubic meters are in operation.
KMZ Industries (Karlivka Machine-Building Plant, KMZ, Poltava region) installed five elevator complexes in Cherkasy region in July 2024, the company’s press service reported on Facebook.
According to the report, in July, the construction and installation division of KMZ Industries simultaneously carried out work at all five facilities, including an elevator complex with a storage capacity of 30 thousand tons.
“We finished work at one site and immediately moved to another. This year is a very active season in Cherkasy region, where both farms and processing companies are expanding their storage capacities and upgrading elevator equipment. There is still a lot of work to be done,” said Ruslan Demchuk, regional representative of KMZ Industries.
KMZ Industries is the largest manufacturer of elevator equipment in Ukraine and produces a full range of equipment, including silos, grain dryers, transport equipment and separators, as well as provides automation and installation services. According to the company, it has sold more than 5,000 facilities. In 2012, the company acquired the assets of Brice-Baker (UK), one of the leading suppliers of elevator equipment in Europe, and in April 2021 announced a merger with the elevator business of Variant Agro Bud LLC.
According to the Clarity Project, in 2023, KMZ reduced its net profit by 3.9 times compared to 2022, to UAH 15.8 million, with revenue falling by 20% to UAH 650.2 million.
The plant ended the first quarter of this year with a net profit of UAH 35.4 million, up 3.9 times compared to January-March 2023, and revenue increased by 3.3% to UAH 71.7 million.
Dragon Capital Investments Limited (Cyprus), the ultimate beneficiary of which is Tomas Fiala, owns 80% of KMZ JSC shares, while Variant Agro Bud LLC owns 20%.
KMZ Industries (Karlivka Machine-Building Plant, KMZ, Poltava region) has fulfilled another export contract for the comprehensive supply of equipment for the construction of an elevator complex in Romania, according to the plant’s website.
“We manufactured and shipped silos, transportation and gravity equipment to the customer in a timely manner,” the statement said.
The supplied equipment includes two conical silos with a diameter of 5.5 m and eight tiers with a capacity of 210 tons of wheat grain each, two elevators with a capacity of 50 tons per hour, an elevator tower, two chain conveyors with a capacity of 50 tons per hour, a conveyor gallery and a set of gravity equipment.
The press service notes that the facility is actively undergoing installation work and this season the silos will receive the first grain stored there before being sent for processing.
“The peculiarity of Romanian farmers is their desire to avoid earthworks as much as possible, so the acceptance of agricultural products at their elevator complexes is carried out using an above-ground silo and elevators without burial. In particular, at the request of the customer, all metal structures (elevator tower, gallery, supports) were also designed and manufactured by KMZ Industries,” Oleksandr Tkachenko, Head of Exports at KMZ Industries, was quoted as saying in the statement.
According to him, the logistics of shipping elevator equipment from Ukraine to Romania is well established, and there are no problems with it.
“The delivery time may still be affected by the lack of truck drivers authorized to cross the border and queues at border crossings, which makes transportation take more than a week.
Therefore, both Romanian customers and Ukrainian producers take these factors into account to avoid the risk of extending the construction time,” Tkachenko added.
As reported, KMZ Industries carried out the first comprehensive supply of a set of elevator equipment for a farm in Romania in 2020, as part of the contract concluded after winning the tender.
KMZ Industries is the largest manufacturer of elevator equipment in Ukraine and produces a full range of equipment, including silos, grain dryers, transport equipment and separators, as well as provides automation and installation services. According to the company, it has sold more than 5,000 facilities. In 2012, the company acquired the assets of Brice-Baker (UK), one of the leading suppliers of elevator equipment in Europe, and in April 2021 announced a merger with the elevator business of Variant Agro Bud LLC.
According to the Clarity Project, in 2023, KMZ reduced its net profit by 3.9 times compared to 2022, to UAH 15.8 million, with revenue falling by 20% to UAH 650.2 million.
The plant ended the first quarter of this year with a net profit of UAH 35.4 million, 3.9 times more than in January-March 2023, and revenue increased by 3.3% to UAH 71.7 million.
