Spain is one of Europe’s key agricultural markets. In 2025, production value exceeded €75 billion, and the sector is expected to grow steadily in the coming years, driven by rising demand, export strength, and ongoing modernisation.
But today, it’s not only about size. The market is changing fast. And for Cimbria, that means becoming even closer to the customer. Not just with technology, but with a much greater local presence and support across the country.
With the opening of a new facility in Valencia, Cimbria is now taking that important step forward.
From Presence to Proximity
Cimbria’s presence in Spain isn’t new. For years, the company has played a key role in the country’s grain and seed sector, one of the largest and most established in Europe. These sectors are highly industrialised, fast-moving, and demand high capacity, precise sorting, and consistent quality.
But as the market evolves, so do customer expectations. Success is not only about delivering high-quality processing equipment, but also being close to the customer, understanding local requirements, responding quickly, and supporting projects from concept to completion.
This is exactly where Cimbria is taking the next step.
A New Hub in Valencia
Cimbria’s brand-new Valencian office is a clear sign of how important the Spanish market has become. Spanish customers are working with more product types, tighter quality demands, and less room for error. They want to see how solutions perform before they commit to an investment.
That is exactly what the new facility is built for. It has a dedicated test centre where customers can run trials using their own products, allowing them to see first-hand how different solutions perform in real conditions.
This setup includes our advanced Delta pre-cleaner and the SEA.XL and SEA.IQ PLUS optical sorters, covering a wide range of applications.
This makes a real difference. Customers can make faster decisions and reduce uncertainty. Instead of guessing, they can test, adjust, and move forward with confidence.
It also changes how Cimbria works with customers. Rather than delivering a finished solution from a distance, the team can now work side by side with customers and test, refine and improve systems together.
And that is what closing the loop really means. Cimbria can now develop solutions with customers in Spain, not just deliver them to Spain.
Supporting a Diversifying Market
Spain’s processing landscape is changing. Traditional sectors still matter, but the market is becoming far more diverse.
Grain and seed remain at the heart of the market. They are well established and continue to demand high performance and reliability. The legumes sector is just as important. In recent years, it has become more industrialised. Plants are getting larger, and capacity is increasing. This brings a stronger focus on consistency and precision.
And now new areas are beginning to emerge. Nuts (particularly almonds) and pistachios are expanding quickly. These products must be handled gently, sorting must be precise, and processing needs to be more flexible.
Cimbria is already working closely with customers in these sectors, helping them respond to these changes and delivering solutions that can handle variation, improve quality, and keep up as the market continues to develop.
Expanding into Recycling
While agriculture is the core focus, Cimbria is also bringing its expertise into recycling, which is an area gaining real momentum across the country.
As expectations around waste separation and resource recovery increase, so does the need for more advanced processing. This is where Cimbria’s experience becomes highly relevant.
The same principles used in grain and seed processing (precise sorting, efficient material handling, and integrated systems) can be applied directly to recycling. It is a natural extension, not a step away.
Cimbria is already working with customers to adapt these technologies to different recycling streams to improve material quality, increase recovery rates, and make operations more efficient. And the focus isn’t on individual machines, but building complete solutions that work as one system tailored to each application.
Local Expertise, Global Capability
What makes Cimbria’s approach effective in Spain is the balance between local knowledge and global engineering capability.
Understanding regional crops, market dynamics, and customer expectations is essential. But so is the ability to deliver proven technology and scalable solutions.
By combining both, Cimbria can do more than participate in the Spanish market and help shape how it develops.
