Time: January 2025
Location: China – Henan – Zhengzhou
As a highly developed country in global agriculture, New Zealand’s grain processing industry has been continuously developing in the direction of intelligence and high efficiency in recent years. In order to further enhance the processing capacity and market competitiveness of the enterprise, Ms Sarah Thompson, General Manager of South Island Grain Processing, a well-known grain processing enterprise in New Zealand, and her delegation came to China in January 2025 to have a field visit.
Background
New Zealand’s agriculture is mainly based on animal husbandry and dairy production, but also shows great potential in the field of grain processing, South Island Grain Processing specialises in wheat and barley processing, and its products are mainly supplied to New Zealand’s domestic market and partially exported. With the growing market demand, the company is in urgent need of upgrading the existing processing equipment to improve production efficiency and product quality.
Inspection process
Upon arrival in Zhengzhou, the team first visited our production plant. Here, they witnessed our advanced production equipment and strict quality control process. The technical team introduced in detail the core technologies of the wheat milling equipment, including the highly efficient cleaning system, intelligent sieving technology and customised production line configurations.Ms Sarah showed great interest in the degree of automation and high efficiency of the equipment, in particular the excellent performance of the equipment in handling wheat with high humidity, which gave her full confidence in the adaptability of the equipment.
Afterwards, the team visited our customised production line for a demonstration, and Ms Sarah was particularly interested in the ease of operation and maintenance cost of the equipment. Our technical team demonstrated the intelligent control system and convenient operation process of the equipment through practical demonstration, Ms Sarah said, ‘Your equipment is not only technologically advanced, but also easy to operate, which is very important for our staff.’
Customer Feedback
After the visit, Ms Sarah spoke highly of our equipment and technology. She said, ‘New Zealand’s agricultural market has very high requirements for processing equipment, and your equipment not only meets our needs, but also excels in energy saving and environmental protection. This is exactly what we need.’ In the end, Ms Sarah decided to purchase a 60 tonnes per day wheat milling plant.
Now that the plant has been delivered and is in operation, Ms Sarah’s feedback is: ‘The plant is running very smoothly and has exceeded our expectations. The operation interface is user-friendly, and the staff can operate it proficiently after simple training. What’s more, your after-sales service team is very professional and promptly solved the problems we encountered during installation and commissioning.’
Co-operation Outlook
This cooperation not only provides New Zealand customers with advanced grain processing equipment, but also further strengthens our company’s position in the international market, Ms Sarah said, ‘We are very satisfied with this cooperation, and we plan to cooperate with your company to further upgrade our processing equipment in the future.’ This co-operation has set a new model for Sino-New Zealand agricultural co-operation and laid a solid foundation for our company’s expansion in the New Zealand market.