Shortlisted for Sheffield Business Person of the Year Award 2011

It is with great pleasure that we can announce that our Managing Director, Roger Pearson, has been shortlisted for the prestigious award of Sheffield Business Person of the Year 2011. This is a great achievement in its own right as the shortlist of 3 people has been selected from a record number of applications this year.

In the last year the company has seen growth in new and exciting areas such as Biomass, Recycled material and Specialist feeds pelleting. It has also seen huge growth in its export markets in the Far East including Japan & South Korea. "It's been a very exciting year for Sizer, and I hope that things continue to improve into 2012 and beyond." explains Roger. "I am very honoured to be nominated for this award, but as always, the Sizer team have made this happen. It would not have been possible without their determination and passion for pellets!"

Sizer Ltd, a member of the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce, manufacturers Pellet presses and associated spare parts in their Yorkshire factory. Having recently celebrated their 110th anniversary, the company looks forward to helping clients with pelleting solutions for the next 110 years.

The awards ceremony takes place on 19th January 2012 at the spectacular Sheffield venue of Pond's Forge.

Sizer to speak at Malaysian Biomass conference

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.