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CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY48 CPI %u2013 Concrete Plant International %u2013 4 | 2025 www.cpi-worldwide.comHalmann Vella CEO announces 2022 factory extension projectHalmann Vella CEO Kevin Rapinett announced that an extension project on the company%u2019s factory facility in Hal-Far is set to commence next year. The extension will see the development of a new building infrastructure, investment in a digital plant, and a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. %u201cThis investment forms part of Halmann Vella%u2019s commitment to retain its competitive edge in the local and overseas markets by constantly improving our manufacturing processes and techniques,%u201d Group CEO Kevin Rapinett said. The announcement was made during President George Vella%u2019s visit to the Halmann Vella showroom and factory in HalLija. %u201cHalmann Vell has also recently completed a %u20ac1 million purposely built logistics and distribution hub,%u201d Mr Rapinett said. %u201cFurthermore, the management team has continued to enhance the product range on offer, including the provision of tailor-made solutions, to ensure that the Group continues to meet its customers%u2019 demands,%u201d he continued. The CEO thanked HE The President of Malta. Dr. Vella for choosing to visit the company%u2019s Hal-Lija.Extension of %u0126al Far building to help company improve manufacturing techniques Vella has recently placed an order for a new precast plant to produce niche concrete products and concrete tiles. The automatic aggregate loading system, starting from the primary receiving hopper, has been studied in order to avoid any kind of contamination among the different architectural aggregates. The MCT Italy in-house made bucket elevator is equipped with electrical scrapers actuated only when coloured materials are loaded; furthermore, every conveyor has an automatic washing system which guarantees the cleanest environmental. The batching plant, carefully engineered with Halmann Vella engineers in every step, has an aggregates storage of huge capacity: %u2022 240 cubic meters total aggregates storage, divided into 6 compartments %u2022 additional 12 aggregates bins used for special products like architectural, colored and special aggregates (dolomite aggregates, hardstone, dolomite sand, basalt aggregates%u2026)%u2022 300 ton of powders diveded into 6 silos to contain special products like marble powder, Carrara powder, limestone and black powder%u2022 2 unloading stations from bulk bag with direct pumping into 6 silos%u2022 1 mobile aggregates scale able to collect material from 6+12 bins and discharge into 2 mixers: %u2022 1 planetary Intensive mixer for base mix (grey concrete) with compacted concrete of 1.5m%u00b3 %u2022 1 planetary intensive mixer for face mix (coloured concrete) concrete of 0,75 m%u00b3 %u2022 6 powder colour dosing systems for both mixer%u2022 underneath both mixer 1 concrete flying bucket which delivers concrete to the various casting station in the factory%u2022 automatic recycling system for the re-used of washing water and recycled material%u2022 tailor-made automation & software controlThe total flexibility of the colour blending is ensured by the weighing systems of the single hoppers and by the metered extraction belts located on every hopper. The complexity of the factory and level of investment is fully justified by the high-quality performances that the mixers guarantee in terms of repetitiveness of homogeneous colour concrete for the face mix. Only in this way Halmann Vella can produce and offer to the market the extreme wide range of niche concrete products, making the most used and more reliable supplier in Malta.Meeting for signing the contract Factory during construction