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Welcome to the UK Holmen website

Introduction

Wood pellets can be manufactured from waste products from sawmills and other wood processing industries. The materials used, include ground woodchips, sawdust and bark. No chemical additives are required, the natural lignin of the wood itself serving as a binder, although sometimes small quantities of maize starch are added as well.


The Need to Test Wood Pellets

In order for manufacturers of wood pellets to remain competitive in a growing market lean manufacturing techniques are now employed. Continuous Pellet Durability (PDI) and Mechanical Durability (DU) results are now recognised as an integral part of the production process.

It is essential for producers, agents and transporters to monitor the quality of produced and traded wood pellets – to ensure the customers’ confidence in the product and to counter complaints. Large customers e.g. heating plants and power stations should perform quality control of wood pellet deliveries.


Renewable Energy

Wood is a renewable source of energy because the carbon dioxide emitted when the wood is burned has been taken out of the atmosphere by the growing plant. Even allowing for emissions of fossil carbon dioxide in planting, harvesting, processing and transporting the fuel, replacing fossil fuel with wood fuel will typically reduce net CO2 emissions by over 90%.

The wood pellet industry is a vital part of world’s rapidly growing renewable energy industry. Biofuels such as wood pellets and ethanol, solar, wind, geothermal and other renewable energy sources are helping to reduce the world’s dependence on non-renewable fossil fuels.

Ligno-Tester joins Holmen range of Pellet Durability Testers - June 2011

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The Ligno-Tester is the latest addition to the Holmen range of Pellet Durability Testers and is aimed specifically at Wood...

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South America sees the benefits of the NHP200 – 06/05/2010

Having purchased an NHP200 Holmen Production Control Pellet Tester, Grupo Melo in Panama South America have realized that the NHP200...

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!! NEW LAUNCH !! - 01/05/2010

Windows compatible NHP300 Operation / Display software.

This brand new control software now offers simplified installation and direct compatibility with any...

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Testimonial

We have been working with the TekPro people for over 15 years now and in that time they have developed Holmen products, increased our business and maintained an industry standard for Pellet Durability Testers. From our original concept they have developed and manufactured three generations of Pellet Testers which clearly shows their ability to get involved with their customers over the long term. It’s a relationship we value and hope to maintain.

Ted Smith -Business Manager, Feed Europe Borregaard (UK) Ltd, Member of the Orkla Group of Companies
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