January 2026

SIMEM S.p.A Strengthens Australian Presence with PrimeBatch Pty Ltd – The Official Exclusive Distributor for Australia and Papua New Guinea

At SIMEM S.p.A, we are proud to reaffirm our long-term commitment to the Australian market through our trusted partner and exclusive distributor, PrimeBatch Pty Ltd. Headquartered in Brisbane, PrimeBatch has been appointed the distributor of the SIMEM concrete batching product range across Australia and Papua New Guinea, bringing our world-renowned Italian engineering directly to customers with genuine factory support and local responsiveness.

Snowy 2.0 represents the qualitative capacity of Simem plants and the PrimeBatch service

A flagship example of this successful partnership is already in full operation at one of Australia’s most significant infrastructure projects: Snowy 2.0. PrimeBatch is proudly supporting the five large-scale SIMEM concrete batching plants currently producing the high-quality concrete required for this nation-building pumped-hydro scheme in the Snowy Mountains. From plant support and ongoing technical assistance to rapid spare-parts supply and specialised operator training, PrimeBatch ensures that these critical SIMEM installations continue to deliver the reliability, precision and output that the project demands, even under the most challenging alpine conditions.

Beyond Snowy 2.0, PrimeBatch is actively expanding its nationwide footprint with dedicated service teams, local spare-parts inventory and demonstration facilities, making the entire SIMEM portfolio available for ready-mix producers, precast factories, mining operations and major civil contractors throughout Australia and Papua New Guinea.

Contact our team for Australia and Papua New Guinea

With PrimeBatch as our exclusive partner on the ground, Australian customers can now specify SIMEM with absolute confidence, knowing they receive authentic Italian technology backed by world-class local service. We invite the industry to discover how this powerful alliance is already powering Australia’s future by reaching out to PrimeBatch using the details below.

For more information on SIMEM solutions now available through PrimeBatch Pty Ltd, please visit www.primebatch.com.au, or visit their LinkedIn page . The PrimeBatch and SIMEM teams stand ready to support your next project, wherever it may be.

The final work: a dam holding 13 million cubic meters of water

The Cumbidanovu Dam is a project located in Sardinia, in the Orgosolo area (Nuoro), along the Cedrino River.

It is a zero-gravity concrete dam with a reservoir capacity of about 13.3 million cubic meters of water and a continuous flow rate of 50 liters per second.

The project has been included in the Multi-sector Water System of the Sardinia Region: its main function is to supply water for irrigating approximately 2,800 hectares of surrounding agricultural land and, to a lesser extent, for industrial use and electricity generation.

After numerous interruptions due to both bureaucratic and natural causes (the construction site was destroyed in 2013 by Cyclone Cleopatra), in 2024 the construction company ICM from Vicenza won the contract to resume work and complete the project.

The construction site and its challenges: limited space, high performance

The main challenges of this site were the limited space available for installing machinery, given the geological conformation of the surrounding area, and the need to produce concrete directly at the dam site.

This is a scenario that Simem has successfully managed many times, boasting numerous achievements in international hydroelectric development projects: from the Nam Theun Dam in Laos to the Changuinola Dam in Panama and the incredible Renaissance Dam in Ethiopia, whose construction was completed in 2025 after 16 years of work.

Since the late 1990s, Simem has built solid foundations and accumulated valuable experience to master the technologies and applications of this specific sector of the construction world, confirming itself as a reliable and expert partner.

Complete concrete plant: efficient and ready to use

For concrete production, Simem supplied an Eagle 5000 plant complete with a ground-loading system with semi-mobile hoppers.

The mixer is a new-generation Simem twin-shaft model Rhyno.
As for the aggregate group, it consists of six fully enclosed compartments (with an overall height of nearly 13.5 meters).

External housing for protection against bad weather and high temperatures
Equipped with an ice weighing scale for concrete temperature control, considering high summer temperatures
5 silos for binders complete with dosing screws
Plug & Mix: a containerized system housing all elements for proper plant operation, such as electrical panels, water and additive pumps, compressor, and distribution board
Complete system for recycling residual concrete (BetonWash), filtering dirty water (WaterWash), and pH correction, ensuring total recovery of process water

Simem technology serving large infrastructure: dual distribution system

Aggregates are unloaded directly into two semi-mobile receiving hoppers with a capacity of 25 cubic meters each; the material then moves to a 30-degree inclined belt, 25 meters long, equipped with a safety walkway for inspection and maintenance.

The aggregate group is a six-compartment Nexus, with a double outlet per compartment and a total volume of 336 cubic meters, ensuring large storage capacity and excellent weighing precision.

The mixer is a Rhyno 5000 twin-shaft model with a concrete output of 3.3 cubic meters, complete with a concrete temperature sensor and dust filter.

The distinctive feature of this plant, designed by Simem, is the mechanical handling system for discharging concrete: the plant can deliver the produced concrete near the dam abutments or load it into truck mixers.

From the mixer, the concrete moves into a mobile receiving bucket that can shift horizontally along rails. The bucket can load onto an additional 60-meter belt if the material is sent directly to the dam; alternatively, if truck mixers are present, the bucket moves aside to allow direct loading from the discharge cone.

This batching plant was custom-designed at ICM’s request: the plant meets the client’s need for an additional level of automation in various stages, while optimizing the limited available space thanks to high vertical storage with a reduced footprint.