Espirales y Maquinaria de Transporte, SL

What Espirales y Maquinaria de Transporte, SL does

Espirales y Maquinaria de Transporte, SL, trading as CHIA, is a privately held Spanish family-owned designer and manufacturer of custom industrial machinery for bulk solid material handling, founded in 1964 in La Puebla de Cazalla, Seville. The company operates exclusively in three sectors — port logistics, olive oil processing, and mining — and delivers end-to-end bespoke solutions covering design, fabrication, on-site installation, and after-sales maintenance. Its product portfolio spans conveyor systems (cintas transportadoras, espirales sinfín, redlers, elevadores de cangilones), storage and processing equipment (tolvas, parques de almacenaje, trómel secadero), material-treatment systems (cribas, mezcladoras, hornos de combustión, equipos de depuración), and dust/environmental control hardware (cañones evaporadores, supresores de polvo, ecological hoppers and conveyors). Proprietary technology includes the Flex-Flap aspiration system, an ecological double hopper with bivalve hydraulic discharge, and fully enclosed ecological conveyor belts designed to eliminate dust emissions during bulk solid loading.

The business model is project-based B2B direct sales to enterprise clients (port authorities, mining operators, olive oil cooperatives) with no intermediaries or resellers. Pricing is custom-quoted per project scope without public price lists; contracts are multi-year and revenue is recognised on a one-time licence basis for equipment plus professional services for maintenance, repair, balancing, blasting, and engineering consulting. The company holds UNE EN ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 17065 certifications, runs an 18,000 m² manufacturing facility with a fleet of over 250 service vehicles, and has delivered more than 250 installations across at least 12 countries in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East. Named enterprise clients include NOATUM, Sevitrade, Servimad Global, FYM (Sociedad Financiera y Minera), Minería de Alquife, and Consignaciones y Estibas Motril. Growth is organic: there have been no external funding rounds, no acquisitions, no public listing, and the company is entirely family-owned with a generational leadership transition completed in 2013.

Name

Espirales y Maquinaria de Transporte, SL

Legal name

Espirales y Maquinaria de Transporte, SL

Website

https://espirales.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Espirales y Maquinaria de Transporte, SL (CHIA) is a family-owned Spanish custom industrial machinery manufacturer, founded in 1964 and based in Seville, designing and fabricating bespoke bulk solid handling equipment for port, mining, and olive oil sectors across 12+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Bulk Material Handling Machinery

NAICS

Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing (333922), Mining and Oil and Gas Field Machinery Manufacturing (33313)

SIC

Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), Mining Machinery & Equip (No Oil & Gas Field Mach & Equip) (3532)

akta.pro primary industry

Bulk Solids Handling & Processing Equipment (Conveying, Silo, Feeders) (IMAHAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Loading/Unloading & Transfer Equipment (Telescopic Conveyors, Loaders, Tipplers) (IMAHABAI), Conveyors & Sortation Systems (Warehouse & Parcel) (IMAHABAC)

Keywords

• Industrial conveyors
• Bulk material handling
• Port terminal equipment
• Mining conveying systems
• Olive oil mill machinery

Headquarters

HQ city

La Puebla de Cazalla

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Custom machinery design, fabrication and installation: End-to-end design, manufacture, and commissioning of bespoke industrial machinery for bulk solid handling across port, mining, and olive oil sectors. Revenue earned on a project basis per custom-built equipment order.
2. Maintenance and repair services: On-site maintenance, repair, parts replacement, dynamic and static balancing, blasting, and vulcanised belt splicing services provided to installed machinery to ensure longevity and optimal performance.
3. Engineering and consulting services: Advisory and engineering services covering project planning, process design, and commissioning support from initial consultation through full installation.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Espirales y Maquinaria de Transporte, SL (CHIA) designs, manufactures, and supplies custom industrial machinery for the handling and movement of bulk solid materials. Its product range centers on enclosed conveyors (Flex-Flap and ecological conveyors), cyclones, combustion furnaces for drying by-products such as olive cake, and proprietary dust-suppression systems, supplied to bulk terminals in ports, mining operations, and olive-oil mills.

Product overview

Espirales y Maquinaria de Transporte, SL (CHIA) is a custom industrial machinery manufacturer operating across three sectors: Port, Oil (Aceitero), and Mining. The product portfolio centers on bulk solid material handling equipment including conveyor systems (Cintas Transportadoras, Espirales Sinfín, Redlers, Elevadores de Cangilones), storage and processing equipment (Tolvas, Parques de Almacenaje, Trómel Secadero), material treatment (Cribas, Mezcladoras, Hornos de Combustión, Equipos de Depuración), and dust/environmental control (Cañones Evaporadores, Supresores de Polvo, Deshuesadoras). Supporting services include Feeders, Remontadores, mobile mixing lines, and specialized maintenance services (Equilibrados In-Situ, Chorreados, Empalmes Vulcanizados). All machinery is custom-designed and manufactured to customer specifications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Flex-Flap Conveyor Enclosed conveyor system designed by CHIA for the transfer of dusty bulk solids such as olive cake, aggregates, and minerals, integrating dust-suppression features for port, mining, and olive-oil operations.
• Ecological Conveyor (Transportador Ecológico) Low-emission enclosed conveyor for bulk solids, designed to minimize dust release during transfer at ports, mines, and olive-oil mills.
• Cyclones (Ciclones) Industrial cyclone units used for dust collection and separation in bulk-solid handling and olive-cake processing lines.
• Combustion Furnaces for Olive-Cake Drying (Hornos de combustión) Custom combustion furnaces that dry olive cake and related by-products as part of an integrated bulk-handling and by-product recovery line at olive-oil mills.
• Dust-Suppression Systems (Sistemas de eliminación de polvo) Proprietary dust-suppression and dust-elimination systems integrated with CHIA conveyors and bulk-handling lines to control particulate emissions at loading and transfer points.
• Spiral / Auger Elevators (Espirales y Maquinaria de Transporte) Spiral and auger-type elevating machinery for vertical or inclined transport of bulk solids within industrial handling lines.
• After-Sales and Spare-Parts Service Technical after-sales service and spare-parts supply for CHIA-installed conveyors, cyclones, furnaces, and dust-suppression systems at customer sites.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 250 completed installations across Spain and internationally
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered notable and minor.

• NOATUMnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHIA designed and manufactured two 33-metre conveyor belts for the Port of Sagunto for NOATUM, a multinational transport and logistics group. Each belt includes chain feeders and a 360° rotating discharge head controlled by remote, for loading granulated fertiliser onto vessels.
• SevitradenotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHIA designed a custom three-hopper battery blending line for Sevitrade, a leading port logistics company in Seville. The system includes hoppers, a screw collector, and a mixer for port-based fertiliser blending operations.
• Servimad GlobalnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHIA manufactured an ecological clinker conveyor belt for Port of Málaga in partnership with consignatory agency Servimad Global and FYM (Sociedad Financiera y Minera). This was the first custom eco-loading solution of its kind in Spain/Europe.
• FYM (Sociedad Financiera y Minera)notableStrategic or Co-development PartnerFYM partnered with CHIA and Servimad Global on the ecological clinker loading project at Port of Málaga, enabling resumption of Portland cement exports via a custom eco-friendly conveyor system.
• Consignaciones y Estibas Motril, SLnotableStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHIA collaborated with Consignaciones y Estibas Motril, SL and Minería de Alquife to build a 52-metre ecological iron ore conveyor at Port of Motril, enabling new export routes to Asian markets.
• Minería de AlquifeminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMinería de Alquife partnered with CHIA and Consignaciones y Estibas Motril for the iron ore conveyor project at Port of Motril, enabling mining output to be exported to Asian countries.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves14 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• TAKRAF (Tenova): Specialized bulk material handling and mining equipment provider offering conveyor systems, stackers, ship loaders, and stockyard equipment. Directly comparable to CHIA in port and mining bulk-handling applications with broader engineering scope.
• Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions: Major mining and rock processing equipment supplier with material handling, screening, and crushing systems. Competes with CHIA in mining-sector bulk material handling and processing equipment.
• Bühler Group: Global food and feed processing equipment manufacturer serving grain, oilseed, and food industries. Comparable to CHIA's olive oil processing and drying equipment portfolio but at much larger scale with standardized modular offerings.
• FLSmidth: Global mining and bulk material handling equipment manufacturer offering conveyors, feeders, dryers, and pyroprocessing equipment. Directly competes with CHIA in mining-sector bulk solids handling but at significantly greater scale and with standardized product offerings.
• Metso: Global leader in mining, aggregates, and bulk material handling equipment including conveyors, screens, feeders, and dust control systems. Overlaps materially with CHIA's mining and port bulk-handling portfolio while operating at vastly larger scale.
• Thyssenkrupp Industrial Solutions: Diversified industrial engineering group offering bulk material handling systems, mining equipment, and cement plant machinery. Comparable to CHIA in port/mining/cement bulk-handling systems.

Direct peers

• INTRALOX: Global specialist in conveyor and material handling solutions including modular plastic belt conveyors for bulk and packaged goods. Comparable to CHIA's conveyor product lines, though typically serving higher-volume standardized applications rather than fully bespoke designs.
• Sotecna: Spanish industrial engineering firm focused on bulk material handling, conveying systems, and environmental equipment for ports and industry. Closest Spain-based peer to CHIA with overlapping port-sector customer base and similar custom-engineering model.
• Pieralisi: Italian-headquartered global leader in olive oil processing machinery, including decanters, deshuesadoras, and pomace handling equipment. Highly comparable to CHIA in the aceitero/olive oil sector with broader international reach and similar bespoke engineering model.

Regional players

• Talleres Alquezar: Spanish industrial machinery manufacturer specialized in concrete batching plants, aggregate processing, and bulk material handling equipment. Regionally comparable to CHIA as another Spanish bespoke industrial machinery manufacturer serving construction and bulk materials sectors.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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