Greenfield 30 t/h pelleted feed mill — Vietnam
Anonymized reference project: a greenfield mill for a southern Vietnamese integrator producing broiler, layer and swine feed on one pellet line. FeedMatch scoped the requirement, ran the RFQ against five suppliers and normalised the offers to a landed, commissioned basis before the buyer's own engineering review.
- Vietnam
- Country
- Feed milling (broiler, layer, swine)
- Category
- 30 t/h · 180,000 t/year · 3 shifts
- Scale
- 3
- Reference outcomes
Load requirements
Design loads used to size housing, utilities and equipment.
Results
Representative KPIs achieved on projects of this scope.
Challenges and how they were resolved
What went wrong in the first definition of the requirement, and what changed before suppliers quoted.
Initial supplier offers ranged from bare equipment EXW to full erection. Two excluded steel structure, one excluded the boiler, one priced spares for 12 months and one for 24.
ResolutionA single scope-of-supply matrix was issued: everything quoted to CIF Ho Chi Minh, erection, commissioning, 12-month spares and operator training included, with exclusions listed line by line.
The medicated swine formulas and the layer feeds shared one mixer, pellet press and cooler, creating a carry-over risk that the first layout did not address.
ResolutionSequencing rules, a dedicated flushing batch and a second micro-dosing hopper were written into the technical requirement before offers were requested, so all suppliers priced the same mitigation.
Site voltage dips shut down the pellet press twice per week in the buyer's existing mill, costing roughly 6 production hours per week.
ResolutionSoft-start on the 315 kW press motor plus a 1.5 MVA standby generator were added to the requirement; the payback was tested in the ROI planner before the scope was fixed.
The numbers
Indicative capital and operating figures for a project of this scope. Ranges, not quotations.
| Indicative CAPEX | USD 8.4M–10.2M |
| Equipment share | 58% of CAPEX |
| Conversion cost | USD 17.60/t |
| Energy | 41 kWh/t grind + pellet |
| Simple payback | 4.6 years |
Representative outcomes
- Scope: 30 t/h pellet line, 2 t twin-shaft mixer, 12 micro-dosing points
- Five comparable offers normalised to CIF + erection + commissioning
- Spread between lowest and highest comparable offer: 21% of CAPEX
Run these numbers yourself
Background reading
- How to Plan a Commercial Feed Mill ProjectA step-by-step planning sequence for commercial feed mill projects: demand, capacity, process choice, utilities, storage, automation, budget and RFQ readiness.
- What Affects Feed Mill CAPEX?The real CAPEX drivers in feed mill projects: capacity, process type, automation, storage, civil works, utilities, freight, duty and installation.
- Why Use an RFQ Platform Instead of Contacting One Feed Equipment Supplier?The case for a structured, supplier-neutral RFQ process instead of a single-supplier conversation on projects of USD 250,000 and above.
Note: This case study is an anonymized reference scenario. Specific client identities, contract values and commercial terms are withheld under NDA. Figures reflect typical outcomes for projects of this scope and are not a guarantee for your project.
