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FEATURE: A ‘NOBLE BUSINESS’

dertaken a strategic restructuring and updating of its production and distribution systems with an eye on expanding its offerings and the reach of its products. A few years ago, Grupo Superior moved the milling equipment that was located at its facilities in Quito and Cuenca, Ecuador to its facility in the port city of Manta, Ecuador. The Manta facility has a total wheat storage capacity of 30,000 tonnes. “We already had a silo facility there (Manta), and we had this sizable plot of land,” Felipe Vergara said. “It was the correct thing to do. We unloaded wheat there, we transform the wheat into different kind of ﬂours, and then we transported the ﬂour from Manta to our Quito, Guayaquil and Cuenca distribution and commercial facilities.” Felipe Vergara emphasized the cost efﬁciencies that moving the company’s ﬂour mills to Manta created. “We spent around $800,000 a year in trucking costs to move the wheat. Strategically, Manta is the perfect place, because the bushels arrive at the port. Our facilities are located three kilometers from the port. We have the mill, the silos, and we have the ﬂour mill in one location.” Last year, Grupo Superior asked Uzwil, Switzerland-based Bühler AG to update the Manta mill and increase its capacity. The facility, which consists of two mills, had its 24-hour milling capacity increased to 300 tonnes of ﬂour. Bühler supplied Grupo Superior’s Manta facility with four double roller mills 1250/250, one single roller mill 1250/250, a Sirius plansifter with 10 sieve compartments, a Sirius 2 plansifter with two compartments, two puriﬁers, one bran ﬁnisher and one vibro bran ﬁnisher. Grupo Superior also has a ﬂour mill in Guayllabamba, Ecuador, which is part of a facility that includes a pasta factory and cookie factory. The Guayllabamba ﬂour mill has a 24-hour milling capacity of 170 tonnes of ﬂour. World Grain learned that Grupo Superior is already planning an additional expansion at its Manta facility. “We are planning to improve the

Manta ﬂour mill’s capacity at the end of this year. We are going to increase the facility’s daily capacity by an additional 150 tonnes of ﬂour,” Felipe Vergara said. “We made a negotiation already with Bühler that will beat our own capacity. Following all of these expansions, Grupo Superior’s total ﬂour milling capacity will be 620 tonnes per day.”

EXPANDED OPPORTUNITIES One of the key improvements to the Manta facility was the ability to mix ﬂour to create a range of products its customers are requesting. “The good thing about our facility is that we can mix additives into ﬂour now so we can do many things. Regarding to our customers we are

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