Learn more about the development of the first functioning mobile pelletizing machine.
The Challenge
As with any innovative invention, there was a problem to solve: how could horses in a stable be fed automatically with small portions? Simple: with pellets. But while producing pellets from sawdust is easy, hay and straw are spread across fields as stalk material and have a low bulk density — resulting in high costs for transport and further processing.
The Solution
In 1997, Josef Schaider, an established automation technician for industrial plants, took on the challenge and converted a combine harvester for initial tests to develop a mobile pelletizing machine. After intensive phases of tinkering and years of development, Josef Schaider and his son Ludwig Schaider, the current managing director, finally succeeded in developing and making marketable this mobile pelletizing machine, which produces ready-to-use pellets from stalk-like biomass directly in the field in a single operation.
The vision of doing something worthwhile economically has come true.
Our Team
Founder & Managing Director
Josef Schaider is the creative mind behind the Pelletec D8.0. With his decades of experience as an automation technician, he turned the vision of a mobile pelletizing plant into reality.
Managing Director
Ludwig Schaider leads the company and drives the marketing and strategic expansion of Schaider GmbH forward to make Pelletec a global success.
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For any type of pellets – the Pelletec D8.0 is your reliable solution.
