AUSTRIA’S SBM Mineral Processing comes to The Big 5 show this year, jubilant on having secured two of the biggest orders in the company’s history this year.

A €4-million ($5 million) order from Bavarian firm Radmer Kies covered impact crushers, conveyor belts, dosing feeders, twin sand traps and various types of screens, while the other was a €3-million ($4.4 million) order from Algeria’s ENG Enterprise Nationale des Granulats, covering six impact crushers and additional equipment.
The company is also hopeful of securing an order from Oman shortly.
“Due to the current economic situation in Europe we have registered a decrease in orders compared to last year. But even under these circumstances, we performed quite well and could win two of the biggest orders in the company’s history in a row,” says Otto Biedermann, CEO.
Biedermann is certain the market will stabilise in the course of next year.
The company, which manufactures mobile and stationary mineral processing equipment and mobile concrete mixing plants, is also involved in the design, construction, planning and building of these products. In addition, the company also offers service and support.
At The Big 5, SBM will present its entire product range that consists of stationary and mobile equipment and custom machines along with its new enlarged product line of mobile concrete mixing plants.
“We will also highlight our competences in the field of replacement and wear parts,” says Biedermann.
SBM has been successful in developing key business partnerships through The Big 5 shows, says Biedermann, adding that the company hopes to acquire new contacts in the market this year.
Commenting on the company’s level of business in the domestic market, Biedermann says: “The economic situation is challenging but the orders for mineral processing equipment are quite stable in comparison with concrete mixing plants.”
Highlighting the state-of-the-art features of one of the company’s mobile mineral processing equipment – Remax 1312 Maxi – he says this crawler mobile crushing and screening plant offers high efficiency even with small batch sizes and high mobility. It can be set up quickly and is low on fuel consumption (only about 30 litres of diesel per hour).
Citing an example of a mobile concrete mixing plant, he says, its Euromix 4000 facilitates mobility in large projects, being capable of rapid relocation, without any requirement of foundations for assembly. It is a new-generation wheel-based mixing unit with a capacity of 170 cu m per hour of hardened concrete, and is capable of production independent of local infrastructure.
According to Biedermann, SBM’s future growth plans entail optimisation of its core products such as impact crushers, screening machines and conveyor equipment; broadening the scope of its after-sales department, with additional services, optimisation of equipment, maintenance and replacement and wear parts; and completion of a modular design of mobile concrete mixing plants.
“Reliability, versatility, flexibility and exacting demands are the hallmarks of SBM’s technology and we will continue to focus on these aspects,” he says.
SBM Mineral Processing was established in 1950 with its head office in Laakirchen, (federal state Upper Austria). More than 240 employees man the operations of SBM, which registers an annual turnover of €81.5 million.
SBM will be present at Stand 3 D110.