Manufacturing Magazine December 2014 | Page 131

brazil successfully entering the Dry Bulk Handling sector , selling and manufacturing conveyors to all port and ore areas . Colas assumes the good phase and unequivocal success in a tone of pride , “ The company is the only one in the afterharvest sector listed in Bovespa . Clear rules of governance and a positive track record of delivery of value to shareholders led KW to close 2013 at the highest rising (+ 236 percent ) of all companies listed in BM & FBovespa ”.
One of the main positive factors for all that could be attributed to the fast growth in grain production ( soybeans , corn , wheat and rice ) over the 2000 years , and according to Colas , “ particularly from 2010 on , there was instability between supply and demand of grain storage , and today the storage deficit exceeds 60 million tons .”
He said those and other elements are accountable for the enormous growth of Kepler Weber market as well . “ Record crops , historically high prices of commodities and the implementation of new modalities of financing to producers from the last quarter of 2012 , through Finame-PSI and PCA programs , caused the company market size to double within two years ,” he explains .
Working in several segments in dry bulk storage , the company is expecting a substantial growth of some of them specifically , and is prepared to meet the demand of sectors such as mining , sea and river ports , household solid waste

Technology for storage and shipping

Flat Bottom Silos
Elevated Silos
Tulhas ( Grain storage )
www . kepler . com . br 131