The Swedish market for wood briquettes : production and market development
Wood briquettes have constituted an important input to the Swedish energy system during the last two decades. However, the development of the production and markets for briquettes during the years 2000-2007 has not been studied in detail. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the state of the b...
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SLU/Dept. of Forest Products
2008
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| author | Karlhager, Johan |
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| description | Wood briquettes have constituted an important input to the Swedish energy system during the last two decades. However, the development of the production and markets for briquettes during the years 2000-2007 has not been studied in detail. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the state of the briquette industry. More specifically, the aims were to map the production of briquettes, describe the development of its markets, describe the production process, describe the producers and to examine the competitive situation for the producers. To collect data regarding the production and the producers, the markets, raw materials and company structures, a questionnaire was sent out to the producers during the fall in the year 2007. The results were then compiled and compared to previous studies. The description of the production process was mainly based on literature studies. The results were analyzed and related to M.E. Porter's Five force model to be able to describe the competitive environment for the briquette producers. The study was limited to production in Sweden and did not intend to cover a possible import of briquettes. Regarding the production process, the most common types of briquetting equipments were described. The results showed that the trend in the briquette industry was neutral, possibly negative. The turnover derived from briquette sales during the year 2006 was roughly a quarter of a billion SEK. The industry was very concentrated, with one producer accounting for 43 % of the aggregate production in the year 2006. Since the year 2000, the production of briquettes among the participating producers increased from some 210 000 tons (980 GWh) (Hirsmark, 2002) to some 280 000 tons (1 300 GWh) in the year 2006. The planned expansion of the production capacity was 3,8 % within the two years to come. A typical small scale briquette producer was a small saw mill, planing mill or a joinery using their by-products as raw material. 78 % of the briquettes are produced from purchased raw material. Planer shavings and saw dust were the raw materials used by the largest number of producers. Peat was another important raw material, used only in large-scale production. Pellet producers were considered being the most important raw material competitor and an analysis showed that pellets constituted a severe threat to the briquette industry as they were important substitute products to briquettes. The analysis also showed that the briquette buyers have a strong bargaining power in their negotiations with the producers. |
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| spelling | RepoSLU120712017-11-08T09:53:33Z The Swedish market for wood briquettes : production and market development Den svenska marknaden för träbriketter : produktion och marknadsutveckling Karlhager, Johan briquettes bio energy densified biomass fuels bio fuel Wood briquettes have constituted an important input to the Swedish energy system during the last two decades. However, the development of the production and markets for briquettes during the years 2000-2007 has not been studied in detail. The purpose of this study was to elucidate the state of the briquette industry. More specifically, the aims were to map the production of briquettes, describe the development of its markets, describe the production process, describe the producers and to examine the competitive situation for the producers. To collect data regarding the production and the producers, the markets, raw materials and company structures, a questionnaire was sent out to the producers during the fall in the year 2007. The results were then compiled and compared to previous studies. The description of the production process was mainly based on literature studies. The results were analyzed and related to M.E. Porter's Five force model to be able to describe the competitive environment for the briquette producers. The study was limited to production in Sweden and did not intend to cover a possible import of briquettes. Regarding the production process, the most common types of briquetting equipments were described. The results showed that the trend in the briquette industry was neutral, possibly negative. The turnover derived from briquette sales during the year 2006 was roughly a quarter of a billion SEK. The industry was very concentrated, with one producer accounting for 43 % of the aggregate production in the year 2006. Since the year 2000, the production of briquettes among the participating producers increased from some 210 000 tons (980 GWh) (Hirsmark, 2002) to some 280 000 tons (1 300 GWh) in the year 2006. The planned expansion of the production capacity was 3,8 % within the two years to come. A typical small scale briquette producer was a small saw mill, planing mill or a joinery using their by-products as raw material. 78 % of the briquettes are produced from purchased raw material. Planer shavings and saw dust were the raw materials used by the largest number of producers. Peat was another important raw material, used only in large-scale production. Pellet producers were considered being the most important raw material competitor and an analysis showed that pellets constituted a severe threat to the briquette industry as they were important substitute products to briquettes. The analysis also showed that the briquette buyers have a strong bargaining power in their negotiations with the producers. Träbriketter har under de senaste två decennierna varit en viktig tillförsel till det Svenska energisystemet. Mellan år 2000-2007 har dock bilden av utvecklingen för produktionen och marknaderna för briketter varit osäker. Syftet med den här studien var att klargöra läget för brikettbranschen. Mer specifikt var målen att kartlägga produktionen av briketter, beskriva marknadsutvecklingen, beskriva produktionsprocessen, beskriva brikettproducenterna och att undersöka konkurrenssituationen för producenterna. För att samla in data om produktionen och producenterna, marknaderna, råvara och företagsstrukturer skickades en enkät ut till producenterna. Resultaten sammanställdes sedan och jämfördes med tidigare studier. Litteraturstudier låg dock till grund för beskrivningen av tillverkningsprocessen. Resultaten analyserades sedan med hjälp av M.E. Porters Five Force Model för att kunna beskriva konkurrenssituationen i brikettbranschen. Studien var begränsad till att gälla brikettproduktion i Sverige och avsåg inte att täcka en eventuell import av briketter. När det gäller tillverkningsprocessen beskrevs enbart de vanligaste typerna av briketteringsutrustning. Resultaten visade att brikettindustrin hade en neutral trend, möjligen negativ. Omsättningen från brikettförsäljningen under 2006 var ungefär en kvarts miljard SEK. Branschen var mycket koncentrerad då en tillverkare stod för 43 % av produktionen 2006. Sedan år 2000 ökade brikettillverkningen bland de deltagande producenterna från ca 210 000 ton (980 GWh) (Hirsmark, 2002) till ca 280 000 ton (1 300 GWh) år 2006. Den planerade kapacitetsökningen inom de två kommande åren var 3,8 %. Den typiska småskaliga brikettproducenten var ett mindre sågverk, hyvleri eller snickeri som använde sina biprodukter som råvara. I volym räknat dominerade köpt råvara, medan hyvelspån och sågspån var de vanligaste råvarorna sett till antalet producenter. Torv var en annan viktig råvara, enbart använd i storskalig produktion. Pellettillverkare ansågs vara de viktigaste råvarukonkurrenterna och en analys visade att pellets utgjorde ett svårt hot mot brikettindustrin eftersom de var ett viktigt substitut till briketter. Analysen visade också att köparna av briketter sitter i en stark förhandlingsposition gentemot producenterna. SLU/Dept. of Forest Products 2008 L3 eng swe https://stud.epsilon.slu.se/12071/ |
| spellingShingle | briquettes bio energy densified biomass fuels bio fuel Karlhager, Johan The Swedish market for wood briquettes : production and market development |
| title | The Swedish market for wood briquettes : production and market development |
| title_full | The Swedish market for wood briquettes : production and market development |
| title_fullStr | The Swedish market for wood briquettes : production and market development |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Swedish market for wood briquettes : production and market development |
| title_short | The Swedish market for wood briquettes : production and market development |
| title_sort | swedish market for wood briquettes : production and market development |
| topic | briquettes bio energy densified biomass fuels bio fuel |