The Ag Growth International plant in Nobleford, Alta., is converting some of its production facility space to make Westeel smooth-walled bins.
An AGI news release said the change would increase the company’s previous smooth-wall product line while introducing a new one. AGI previously made Westeel smooth-wall bins only at its plant in Saskatoon.
The Nobleford plant has 186,000 sq. feet of manufacturing and office space.
AGI president Tim Close said the conversion will expand the company’s geographic reach to service buyers and users of its bins.
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“Recent and pending acquisitions provide AGI with the ability to develop fertilizer infrastructure in Western Canada, increasing the urgency to introduce a full commercial smooth-wall product line as we move to supply material handling and storage solutions for customers in the fertilizer sector,” Close said in the release.
The manufacture of galvanized bins now occurring in Nobleford will be moved to the Westeel facility in Winnipeg.
AGI announced earlier this month that it would acquire NuVision Industries Inc., a designer, manufacturer and installer of fertilizer blending and handling facilities.
NuVision is based in Carseland, Alta., south of Calgary.
