Sabie wood pellet plant can plug a gap in the market

Park Village Auctions (PVA) is inviting offers on a biomass wood pellet manufacturing plant and fixed property in Sabie, Mpumalanga.

The sale falls under PVA’s business rescue division.

In most cases, such businesses simply need a capital injection or restructuring to continue operating and therefore represent a great opportunity for investors, says the auction house’s Andrew Dix-Peek.

The sale comprises movable and immovable assets to be “sold separately or as a combination lot”.

The fixed property, 4 Patula Avenue, Sabie (PTN 0 of Erf 1491, Sabie Ext 5), measures 12,967m2.

Improvements include a purpose-built wood pellet manufacturing plant with a raw-material bunker area for storage of wood chips and sawdust, a material drying plant, a manufacturing plant, silo storage and distribution.

Other notable improvements comprise office buildings and a workshop.

Movable assets are made up of a complete Buhler wood pellet plant with ancillary equipment and pellet moulds; a Brunette BioSizer 4052-R with a high-speed secondary grinder for product size consistency; bulk storage comprising three hopper-type and one top-feeder galvanised steel silos as a single lot; a Komatsu diesel generator 1000KVA (Genset model EGS1200); a structurally fixed hydraulic moving floor with vibrating screen and auger feeder; conveyors (about 70m long); a boiler; a blower, dryer and final sorting equipment; a Boge air compressor 10 Bar (700l/min) with filter system and small dryer; and a Morillon Centrale Hydro 400l.

“Biomass energy is a sustainable way to generate heat, which is a critical need in the commercial and residential sectors,” says DixPeek.

He concludes: “Considering our energy crisis and growing ESG demands, the plant holds the potential to plug a significant gap in the market.”

The auction house says that offers must be submitted in writing to PVA no later than midday on Friday.

Viewing of the assets can be arranged by appointment with PVA.

For more information, visit www.parkvillageauctions.co.za, web reference 1072, or call Andrew Dix-Peek on 082-778- 6001.