An original Comer Brothers silo featuring early corrugated walls
It all began in 1978…
In 1978, Noel Comer and his brother, Brian, converted their father’s shearing shed into a workshop and began making and modifying farm equipment for the local farmers. Originally known as Comer Brothers, they quickly gained a reputation for building quality products.
Before long, Noel and Brian were approached by a customer to build a silo. Not to shy away from a challenge, the brothers took the project on. Such was the quality of those early silos, we still see them in use on farms some 40 years later!
In 1996 we moved into our current site near Goornong in central Victoria.
And so GE Silos is born…
By 1989, the brothers had gone in their own directions. Noel and his wife, Lyn, registered Goornong Engineering and continued to build quality silos for the local market. The business grew as demand for their silos increased, prompting Noel and Lyn to build a new purpose-built factory at the current location just outside of Goornong in 1996.
This shed was designed predominantly for fabricating silos and this was where GE Silos was born and really started to thrive. Over the years, Noel continued to improve and introduce new products as there was always something that could be made better.
Lyn and Jason in 2003
The baton passes to the next generation…
Sadly, in May 2001, Noel passed away after a short battle with cancer. Lyn and Jason (Noel’s son) continued to grow and develop the business, with the expansion of the factory in 2007 adding a 16 metre high tower to allow for construction of larger silos.
In 2015 Jason and his wife, Carine, purchased GE Silos from Lyn, taking GE Silos into the next Comer generation.
We like to think that Noel’s passion for enjoying life, being genuine, continual improvement, and always looking to help others, lives on in how we run GE Silos today.
To this day, we continue Noel and Lyn’s passion for building silos that make our customers’ lives that much easier.
Meet the GE Silos team and learn how we go about building our famous silos.
Since 1978, our silos have been renowned for quality & reliability.
We have been dealing with GE Silos for almost 10 years. To date we have over 50 GE Silos on our sites and that should prove our satisfaction with their product.
Thank you for building excellent quality silos which have saved us thousands of dollars already
A fantastic investment that will give you years of trouble-free use.
We found that these GE Silos sealed exceptionally compared to other "sealed" silos on site that do not seal.
GE Silos sturdy blower pipes are an asset to our business, they've reduced OH&S issues and repairs often encountered with silos in constant use.