Western Cape Business 2019 edition

FOCUS
Africa Biomass Company services and
products
Contracting
• Orchard
• Windbreak recycling
• River rehabilitation
• Recycling of waste wood
• Tree (orchard) replanting (Eastern Cape)
• Mulch spreading
• Land clearing and land preparation (Môreson)
• Loggers to handle the timber rapidly and
effectively
• Well-trained teams of chainsaw operators.
Mulch and biofuel sales
Woodchip according to specification, collected in
mass trailers or in bags and transported to end user,
where it can be used as woochip mulch or biofuel.
Wood chips best practice
Woodchip mulch and biomass sales
• Bandit agency (Southern Africa)
• Dezzi equipment (Western Cape)
• Workshop and field services
• Part sales
• Manufacturing
• Training facilities
Orchard and windbreak recycling
With the use of excavators with specialised
attachments and three-wheel loggers, old orchards
can be removed from root to top and fed into a
horizontal grinder.
The horizontal grinder processes the waste wood
according to specifications discussed and agreed
upon with the landowner or project manager.
Processing of waste wood into a viable product,
that if applied correctly, could have a 30% increase in
water conservation as well as many other advantages.
Land clearing services
Africa Biomass Company is an expert at land clearing.
We have an extensive range of highly specialised
wood recycling machinery that will do the job quickly
and efficiently.
• Tree shears which cut and stack trees of up to
550mm in diameter
It is excellent practice to apply compost and mulch
in existing, as well as newly established orchards.
The best results are obtained by spreading
compost in the orchards or vineyards before covering
it with mulch. Wood chips can also be used as a base
to produce compost.
You can buy or rent these unique, patented,
designed mulch spreaders from ABC.
Massive water savings
In 2017 Africa Biomass Company was involved in many
projects such as the removal of invasive eucalyptus
trees in the Breede River and Berg River systems.
The removal and recycling of these alien trees,
old or unwanted orchards, vineyards or windbreaks
can be used as mulch which are spread in new and
old orchards and vineyards. This has led to a massive
water saving equal to the water usage of 50 000
households for one year.
Workshop and field services
With an intimate understanding of the operational
challenges of wood recycling in South Africa, we
established state-of-the-art facilities to service, repair
and rebuild wood chipping equipment of any make
and size.
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