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EMT –Fertiliser Blender and Bagging projects established in Africa
EMT, a manufacturer of Fer liser Blending
tons per hour. The company is a local
The African market is constantly in need of
and Bagging Equipment, has been heavily
Ghanaian company that is directly selling
further development in its agricultural sector. Currently Rwanda, Burkina Faso,
involved in the development of the African
the fer liser to their local distributors.
fer lizer industry. The company, based in
Ghana has a strong presence of Fer lizer
Mali and Nigeria have projects running
the Netherlands, has a long list of
blenders with EMT equipment including
references, in total we have installed more
LDC – Chemico and Yara. Of which also
together with EMT. New developments in the area but also
than 460 projects in more than 70
Yara has recently expanded their facility
outside of Africa is the upcoming from
countries worldwide. The company has
coa ng for Urea and/or Blended fer lizers.
exported to more than 20 African countries
with machines of EMT. Analysing the African market as a whole
Almost all of EMT's blending equipment is
in the previous years, as can also be found
we can see Ethiopia as a big investor with
suited for liquid adding so that the
on the website. One of the most recent larger installa ons
EMT Blender and bagging lines on 4
impregna on of for example Urea, can be
on the con nent has been a Weighcont
different loca ons. In the Sub Saharan countries South Africa
alone coa ng units have been developed
Con nuous Blender Line with small bag
has the highest presence of companies
which are solely focussing on coa ng one
bagging lines. The company Glofert in
running with EMT equipment, but as
type of fer lizer, usually urea, with an
Ghana has invested in a machine line with
Botswana, Angola, Cameroon, Ivory Coast,
a capacity of 80 tons per hour. With its
Malawi, Nigeria, Togo, South Africa and
inhibitor. The years of experience in the fer lizer
machine installa on Glofert can
Zimbabwe. These local companies are
field have made EMT one of the largest
con nuously produce blends and bag the
running with blending and bagging
well known machinery producers in the
fer lizer through 2 bagging lines of each 40
equipment from the Dutch company.
world. Its combina on of blending lines
done in the same machine line. Also stand-
and bagging lines which are supplied and www.africaagricultureinsight.com
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