Wood pellets are primarily produced from sustainably sourced biomass materials, including by-products from 8,700 hectares of managed forest — of which 4,200 hectares are FSC certified — and wood residues generated by our own furniture manufacturing facilities. These materials are dried, ground, and compressed under high pressure to form dense, uniform pellets without requiring chemical binders, relying instead on the natural lignin in the wood for binding.
Species used as raw materials for wood pellet production: Acacia, Eucalyptus, Pine.
Wood Pellet's Raw Materials: Sawdust, Wood Chips, Logs and Twigs, Shavings.
Incoming logs and wood residues first pass through the debarking stage, where outer bark is mechanically removed. Bark contains higher ash and mineral content than the wood beneath it, so removing it early ensures a cleaner raw material input — resulting in pellets with lower ash content and more consistent combustion performance.
Debarked wood is fed into the coarse crusher, where larger pieces are broken down into smaller, more uniform fragments. This intermediate reduction stage prepares the material for further processing and ensures a consistent particle size before drying, improving efficiency at every stage that follows.
Crushed wood material passes through a rotary drying drum, where moisture content is reduced to the precise level required for pelletizing — typically below 12%. Controlling moisture at this stage is critical: material that's too wet won't bind properly under pressure, while material that's too dry can produce brittle, low-density pellets.
Dried material is further reduced in the hammer mill, where high-speed hammers pulverize the wood into fine, uniform particles. This fine grind is essential for producing dense, consistent pellets — larger or uneven particles would result in weaker pellets prone to breaking apart during handling and transport.
Fine wood particles are fed into the pellet mill, where they're compressed under high pressure and forced through a die to form dense, cylindrical pellets. The heat generated during compression softens the natural lignin in the wood, which acts as a binding agent — allowing pellets to hold their shape without any added chemicals.
Freshly formed pellets emerge from the pellet mill warm and slightly soft. They pass through a cooling stage, where controlled airflow brings pellets down to ambient temperature. Proper cooling hardens the lignin binder fully, giving pellets their final structural strength before screening.
Cooled pellets pass through a screening process to remove fine dust, fragments, and oversized or malformed pellets. This step ensures that only pellets meeting consistent size and quality standards move forward — a key factor in maintaining reliable combustion performance for end users.
Finished wood pellets are directed either to bulk storage silos for large-volume shipments or to automated bagging lines for packaged distribution. Both storage methods are designed to protect pellets from moisture exposure, preserving quality until the point of loading and shipment.
