Building Beyond Boundaries: Storage & Handling Solutions You Can Trust
For over 75 years, Meridian has been at the forefront of agricultural and industrial innovation. From our humble beginnings to becoming North America’s leading manufacturer of high-quality storage and handling equipment, our mission has remained unchanged: to empower your operation with products built for performance and longevity.
We don’t just build bins and augers; we build partnerships. By combining world-class engineering with a deep understanding of our customers’ daily challenges, we deliver the toughest, most reliable solutions on the market. Explore the legacy of quality, integrity, and relentless innovation that defines the Meridian family.
Meridian Manufacturing is a leading North American manufacturer of bulk storage and material handling solutions, serving agriculture, industrial, and energy markets. With more than 60 years of experience, we’re proud to design and build equipment that delivers performance, reliability, and value across a wide range of applications.
Part of the WGI Westman Group Family
Meridian is a division of WGI Westman Group Inc., a dynamic group of companies headquartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba. WGI operates manufacturing, sales, and distribution facilities across North America and brings a shared commitment to quality, innovation, and customer service. As part of the WGI family, Meridian benefits from shared resources, operational excellence, and a strong foundation for continued growth.
A History of Innovation and Strategic Growth
Our legacy began in Southern Manitoba with the introduction of the first SmoothWall hopper bin – an innovation that transformed grain storage. Over the years, Meridian has grown through product development and key acquisitions, joining forces with respected names like Sakundiak Equipment, Behlen Industries (bin division), Convey-All, and others. These strategic mergers have expanded our manufacturing capacity and deepened our product expertise while keeping our focus squarely on serving customer needs.
What We Offer
We provide a comprehensive lineup of storage and handling equipment:
- SmoothWall Bins – Industry-leading bins for bulk storage with easy cleanout and long-lasting performance.
- Conveyors & Augers – Efficient handling equipment for grain, fertilizer, feed, and specialty products.
- Liquid Storage Tanks – Designed for fuel, liquid fertilizer, and other liquid products with a focus on safety and compliance.
- Seed Tenders – Efficient, reliable seed handling equipment built for speed and precision during planting.
- Industrial Solutions – Storage systems tailored for cement, plastics, food ingredients, and more.
- Energy Sector Solutions – Including SmoothWall sand silos, bolt-together silos, and secondary containment for frac sand and aggregates.
Manufacturing Across North America
With production facilities in Canada and the United States, Meridian is well-positioned to supply both North American and global markets with responsive service and shorter lead times. Our localized manufacturing approach ensures consistent quality and strong customer support.
A Team Built for Success
Meridian employs over 1,000 team members across North America. We value collaboration, innovation, and safety, and our team is committed to building products – and relationships – that last.
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Meridian Manufacturing® Through The Days
For over six decades, Meridian Manufacturing® has been at the forefront of agricultural and industrial innovation. Explore our journey from a single production facility in 1960 to a global leader in storage and handling solutions. Discover the key milestones, technological advancements, and steadfast commitment to quality that have shaped our legacy.
Sakundiak opens its first plant, with 3 employees, to manufacture disc harrows in Regina, Saskatchewan. Production soon changes to grain augers. The first auger manufactured was only 24’ long with a 6” diameter.
Friesen launches its first all-welded, smooth-wall steel hopper bin in Southern Manitoba. The Friesen Bin quickly becomes the preferred alternative to corrugated, galvanized storage for seed, feed and fertilizer. Additional manufacturing space is soon added to meet the growing demand.
Sakunkiak’s auger division moves to a new, expanded location near Regina, Saskatchewan. The added manufacturing floor space meets the demand for increasingly larger augers.
Behlen introduces their line of flat floor, galvanized grain silos. This economical steel silo is the durable choice by farmers worldwide.
The Friesen Bin organization opens a manufacturing facility in Storm Lake, Iowa. Their innovative Seed Tenders revolutionize spring planting in the American corn and soybean belt.
Wheatland’s Lethbridge location designs and builds the largest powder coating oven in Western Canada.
WGI Westman Group Inc. procures Meridian Industries Ltd. – Winkler, Manitoba, and Wheatland Bins Ltd. – including both the Camrose and Lethbridge, Alberta manufacturing locations.
WGI Westman Group receives Platinum Status as one of Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies.
WGI Westman Group Inc. completes the Meridian – Wheatland acquisition with the addition of Friesen USA in Storm Lake, Iowa.
All operations merge and become known as Meridian Manufacturing Group.
Meridian amalgamates their product line across North America under the Meridian brand, incorporating Friesen, Wheatland, Stor King, Grain Max and Friesen USA.
Meridian, together with its mergers, has over 600,000 square feet of production space as well as more than 1000 employees.
WGI Westman Group acquires Convey-All Industries Inc., one of North America’s leading custom manufacturers of conveyor systems, based in Winkler, Manitoba. The Convey-All brand becomes part of the Meridian family sharing resources and technical expertise on hydraulic powered handling and bulk seed tenders
Prairie Steel in Clavet, SK, is purchased by WGI Westman Group and its line of corrugated bind and hopper bottoms become part of Meridian Manufacturing’s portfolio of grain handling and storage brands.