Oak wood pelleting An article about a Rudnick & Enners oak wood pelletising has been published by Holzkurier in February 2021
Last year, mechanical engineering specialist Rudnick & Enners built a complete plant for pelleting hardwood in Croatia. Contrary to most other pellet production sites, which mainly process fir and spruce, this plant focuses almost exclusively on oak wood.
Rudnick & Enners of Alpenrod/DE is one of the leading suppliers of sawmill and pelleting technology. Last year, the Westerwald-based company planned and installed a pellet plant in Croatia which was started up at the beginning of January. The furniture manufacturer Ciprijanovic from Orahovica wanted to process the wood waste and byproducts which accumulate during the production of high-quality furniture and decided to invest in a pellet production plant by Rudnick & Enners. What makes this plant so special is the fact that it is used to produce pure oak pellets and, depending on the season and the availability of raw material, it is also possible to produce beech pellets.
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The Kolb family already purchased the first plant components from Rudnick & Enners, Alpenrod/DE, back in 1978/1979. The business relationship has lasted for almost five decades, so it made sense...