Once again Sizer has been shortlisted for another award, this time the 'Made in Sheffield' Exporter of the Year 2012. This is a fantastic achievement, and it recognises the huge developments that Sizer has made in gaining new markets around the world for their quality-engineered pelleting equipment.
"This year our export sales have doubled outside of Europe, and we now have major sales to our international partners in Japan, Canada, Korea & Australia. Plus having recently exhibited at Victam Asia 2012, we have picked several good contacts in Thailand and Vietnam, which are huge pelleting markets." explains Suzanne Birley, commercial manager.
"I believe that it's our customer service, pelleting expertise & attention to quality engineered equipment that gains us business around the world, and this can be all encapsulated within the 'Made in Sheffield' brand."
Sizer Ltd, based in South Yotkshire, manufacture and supply pelleting presses and equipment for a variety of industries including Animal Feed, Malting by-products, Biomass, Wood and many more. Visit our website for more details: www.sizer-pelleting.co.uk
Local businessman, Roger Pearson, is celebrating his prestigious win as Sheffield’s Business Person of the Year, awarded to him last week.
Roger, 31, who is managing director of Sizer Ltd, won the coveted award at the Annual Sheffield Business Awards, held at Ponds Forge on 19 January.
The award, sponsored by Lupton Fawcett LLC, was awarded to Roger for driving significant growth for Sizer even in tough global economic conditions. In 2011 the company had an excellent year increasing sales of its pelleting equipment by 20% and in particular non-EU export sales by a staggering 85%.
In addition Roger set a strategy to pursue the biomass and recycling markets, promoting the concept of pelleting materials for energy purposes, improved handling and reduced transportation costs.
“It’s fantastic to be recognised by the Sheffield business community in this way, and it’s a privilege to have won this award”, Roger explains.
“We’ve created a company that people want to buy from, want to work for and want to be generally associated with which is great. What’s more is that it’s all wrapped around manufacturing quality engineered equipment from Sheffield and having a passion for pellets!”
Roger was also recognised for his continued contribution to promoting STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) in local schools, as well as being an active member of JCI Sheffield.
He was shortlisted alongside James Hinchcliffe of VOICE Group, and Louisa Harrison-Walker of Benchmark Recruit.
Sizer Ltd manufactures the Orbit pellet presses and associated spare parts at its facility in Rotherham.The company has roots back to the original pellet press patent from Richard Sizer Ltd in 1912 and now supplies equipment across the globe to various sectors including animal feed, biomass, food & drink and recycled materials.
A NEW initiative to prepare pupils from South Yorkshire schools for a career in engineering has been paying dividends. The Work-wise initiative has been hailed as “the ultimate job interview”.
It aims to give pupils a taste of working life and a better understanding of the skills they will need, while also showing them that apprenticeships could offer a far cheaper route to university qualifications.
Managing director Vince Middleton, who is a co founder of Work-wise, says manufacturers needed one route to enable them to engage with schools, provide meaningful work experience, assess the future employability of young people, and provide guidance where needed.
“The ‘hands on’ approach also helps equip young individuals with the skills and attitude necessary to get a job straight from school, living up to the Work-wise description as the ultimate interview,” said Mr Middleton.
Newburgh’s Work-wise successes include Ryan Froggatt and Adam Flood.
Adam (pictured above) now works for Newburgh’s Sizer Pelleting Solutions business and is currently studying for qualifications in mechanical maintenance. He said: “The Work-wise programme gave me hands on experience at the job and made me feel comfortable within the working environment.”
Sizer has been invited to speak at the Malaysian biomass conference Biomass-SP in May 2012, a joint EU-Malaysian collaboration project.Specifically the paper and presentation will describe Sizer’s latest work with the pelleting of palm tree fibres and kernels.The project is in collaboration with our equipment partners CHE Pte Ltd based in Malaysia and Singapore.
Pelleting trials are ongoing at our facility in South Yorkshire to determine the most effective way of pelletising these palm residues (OPT pellets pictured).The results will be presented at the international conference next year.There is currently 19m tonnes of palm waste that can be diverted into biomass fuels and Sizer is at the forefront of providing pelleting technology into this market.
Sizer Ltd will be exhibiting at the largest animal feed and biomass pelleting conference in Asia next year. Victam Asia 2012, which will be held in Bangkok from 15-17th Feb 2012, brings together an international audience of feed and fuel producers to see the lastest in pelleting technology.
This is the first time that Sizer have exhibited at the Asian event for 21 years, and with the expansion of business in South East Asia and Australasia, it is an ideal event to welcome all of our existing clients and agents, as well as inviting new sales agents to visit our stand D045.
"We are looking forward to seeing our loyal, existing partners," explains Suzanne Birley, commercial manager, "and invite other potential partners to visit our stand, who can help us promote and sell our Orbit pellet presses and pelleting spare parts to the Asian markets."
Sizer manufacture the Orbit pellet press range which is designed and engineered in the UK. The company also supplies spares parts for various other pellet presses including CPM, Buhler and Milltech machines.
If you wish to find out more information visit our website www.sizer-pelleting.co.uk or call Suzanne Birley on +44(0)1709 724279.
Sizer welcomed our new engineering apprentice, Adam Flood, to the team in September 2011. Adam will be working with our Service Engineer to learn more about our pelleting technology, and is the first apprentice at Sizer since the 80s.
"It's exciting times for Sizer at the moment, as the business moves into the biomass and recycling sectors" says Roger Pearson, managing director, "and Adam will be helping us service this expanding market in the UK and Europe." he adds.
Sizer are a British manufacturer of Pelleting Presses and equipment. Based in the industrial heartlands of South Yorkshire, this 'Made In Sheffield' company is growing fast in renewable fuels material recovery industries, in addition to supporting its clients in the animal feed sector and expanding export markets in Japan, Canada and Australia.
Want to turn your waste into cash? That’s the question we’ll be asking visitors to our stall at the Great Yorkshire Show this July!
We’ll be demonstrating that with our versatile Sizer S pelleting machine, you can turn waste farming products like paper, wood chippings and manure into pellets that you can either use yourself as a fuel source or sell on.
This innovative idea can help those in the farming and equestrian industries boost their income, by turning waste into a valuable product. Pellets provide a uniform size and shape for traditionally bulky/difficult materials, making handling and transportation easier as well as drastically reducing on storage volume.
There’ll be live demonstrations of our Sizer S pelleting machine at the Great Yorkshire Show, which is being held in Harrogate on 13-15 July. In the Renewable Energy area, we’ll show you how effective our machines are as well as demonstrating how far the possibilities stretch when it comes to pelleting new materials.
Come along to our stand to take advantage of our special Great Yorkshire Show discount – 10% off orders placed on the day – and take part in our ‘guess the weight’ competition to win a digital camera.
Over 30 delegates from the world of animal feed, recycling and waste management, along with a number of local VIPs, attended a special event held at Sizer recently to mark the official launch of the organisation to potential new markets.
The company, which is part of the Newburgh group, was keen to demonstrate its expertise in providing pelleting solutions for a wide range of different materials, including paper, wood, distilling by-products, pet food, bedding, flour milling, fertiliser and animal feed.
Delegates were welcomed by Newburgh chairman Vincent Middleton and given an insight into the exciting history of the Sizer name, which traces its roots back over 110 years to Richard Sizer, who invented the first commercially viable pelleting press under the Orbit brand.
Managing director Roger Pearson then provided details of Sizer’s exciting plans, which includes the design and manufacture of a new bespoke range of pelleting presses suitable for a wide variety of materials, from domestic to large scale factory usage.He also outlined how the company is currently carrying out pelleting trials on behalf of customers, as part of improving handling for waste product and providing a more carbon neutral way to heat factories and buildings.
Supplying spares and repairs for any brand of pelleting press is also an important part of Sizer’s business and Roger demonstrated at the event how the company provides an exceptional response to servicing, repair and maintenance requirements, whether from customers in the UK or worldwide.
Guests were then given a demonstration of how the Sizer pelleting presses work by production engineer Graham Turner.He showed delegates how office waste paper can be shredded, combined with 10% water, put through an Orbit press to produce pellets that are easy to handle and can be re-used in factories for example to soak up liquid spills such as oil.
Roger Pearson explains: “This was a great opportunity to show potential customers from many different industries just how efficient and versatile our presses are. There are huge opportunities to reduce material transport costs through pelleting, which provides a much more uniform product that is easier to handle and saves on storage space.Customers are looking to make better use of by-products and for an easier method of handling their materials and our pelleting presses can provide huge cost savings and environmental benefits to a business.”
Whether you are looking for a pelleting press, a full production line or just spare parts, Sizer Pelleting Solutions makes a positive difference financially and environmentally.
Our comprehensive range of pelleting equipment along with our extensive range of spares, makes us the obvious choice for any company looking to develop a robust, cost effective pelleting operation.
Our technical expertise and extensive knowledge allow us to build solutions that not only suit our customers’ needs, but helps them deal with their challenges and remain at the forefront of their industry.
Once again Sizer has been shortlisted for another award, this time the 'Made in Sheffield' Exporter of the Year 2012. This is a fantastic achievement, and it recognises the huge developments that Sizer has made in gaining new markets around the world for their quality-engineered pelleting equipment.
