Recycling firm Sizer unveils expansion plans

The Rotherham company is planning a new range of pelleting presses, from domestic to large-scale factory size.

Guests at the Bessemer Way site watched a demonstration of how waste paper can be shredded, mixed with water and put through a press.

This produces pellets which can be re-used in factories to soak up liquid spills like oil.

Managing director Roger Pearson said: “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.”

He added: “Businesses are realising, too, that their waste can first be turned into a pelleted product which makes handling and storage easy, and then can be used to provide energy efficient fuel for either heating their premises or resale to other parties.

“We have exciting plans over the coming months to release a new range of presses that will be suitable for the animal feed and bedding, biomass, fertilizer and waste transport market.”

Sizer, part of the Newburgh group, provides pelleting solution for a range of different materials, including paper, wood, distilling by-products, pet food, bedding, flour milling, fertiliser and animal feed.

It operates on an international scale, with spare parts distribution centres in the UK and Holland, and partners in Canada, Japan and Australia.