C. F. Nielsen A/S

C.F. Nielsen a/s was founded in 1889, when Carl F. Nielsen moved to Baelum and bought the local forge.

Carl F. Nielsen was an ambitious man, who soon realized that he needed to add new activities to his business and a few years after founding the company he started the production of cast iron. Some of the products manufactured during these years were stoves, wood burning stoves and windows for stables.

During the thirties the foundry was closed, however, by then the company had already developed into an engineering company that produced a wide variety of machines.

R&D based on customer requirements

Through the development of machines, C.F. Nielsen a/s created a culture, which still exists today – development and production of machines in close contact with customers. Examples of these developments are small windmills for farmers, petroleum motors, various types of pumps, boats, saws and presses for the industry, complicated tools for various industries and many more.

First briquetting press

In the early forties the company developed its first mechanical briquetting press. Over the years the range of presses has expanded considerably. During the last decade the machines and accessories have been under continuous development.

Today C.F. Nielsen a/s is one of the leading manufacturers, not only of briquetting presses, but also of complete solutions for briquetting.

Today the company continues to develop and produce machines and accessories for third parties.

No task seemed to be impossible for the company...

First briquetting pressIn the early forties the company developed its first mechanical briquetting press. Over the years the range of presses has expanded considerably. During the last decade the machines and accessories have been under continuous development.

Today C.F. Nielsen a/s is one of the leading manufacturers, not only of briquetting presses, but also of complete solutions for briquetting.

Today the company continues to develop and produce machines and accessories for third parties.

No task seemed to be impossible for the company...

Family owned company

C.F. Nielsen a/s continued to be fully owned by the Nielsen family until 1998, when Henning M. Larsen acquired 50% of the shares. Two years later Henning M. Larsen became full owner of the company. Under his leadership the company continued to grow and expand internationally.

In 2007 Mogens Slot Knudsen and Dansk Kapitalanlæg A/S acquired C.F. Nielsen a/s. The new owners want to continue and intensify the positive development of the company and strengthen the company’s positions as one of the leaders in this field.

In 2007 Mogens Slot Knudsen and Dansk Kapitalanlæg A/S acquired C.F. Nielsen a/s. Later in 2007 Bogma AB was merged into C.F. Nielsen A/S of Denmark, and the name of Bogma AB was changed to CFN Bogma AB. Bogma AB was founded in 1939 and has been selling briquetting machines in Scandinavia and around the world since the beginning of the 80’es.

Together Bogma AB and C.F. Nielsen have sold close to 1000 briquetting machines around the world. CFN Bogma AB is today responsible for sales and service of the combined product program in Sweden, Norway and Finland. Sales outside the mentioned countries are handled by C.F. Nielsen A/S.

Present Ownership

C.F. Nielsen A/S is today owned jointly by Mogens Slot Knudsen, Managing Director and Henning M. Larsen, Chairman of the Board. The shares were bought from Dansk Kapitalanlæg  A/S in 2011.

With the new ownership, the company has obtained a more focused approach on continuous development of the product program and international expansion.

Focus on reduction of CO2 emissions

During the past years there has been an increasing global focus on reduction of CO2 emissions and a strong focus on renewable energy, including bio fuels. These conditions have strongly influenced the company’s international expansion and today the company sells briquetting solutions all over the world.

Our machines have been sold to most parts of the world and today C.F. Nielsen has presses on all 5 continents. The map on the right shows where our machines have been sold.

Worldwide sales activities

Many of our installations are sold directly to customers. Others are sold in cooperation with more than 50 agents and distributors all over the world.

Please contact us if you would like to see a C.F. Nielsen briquetting press in action and we will arrange a visit to a reference plant.
One of our sales representatives or project managers are always ready to contact you for follow-up and a visit to your company in order to prepare an optimal briquetting solution according to your needs.

Test briquetting

We also offer to perform a test briquetting based on your relevant raw material to convince you about the quality and performace of our presses. In order to do this you have to send us a 300 - 1000 kg of you raw material in big-bags to our test facilities at our factory in Denmark.

Seeing is believing

It would be a good idea to combine your visit to a reference plant with a visit to our factory.

Engineering and R & D

At C.F. Nielsen, we work closely with our customers to ensure that our solutions meet their future demands and expectations.

This philosophy, combined with supply of briquetting machines for many different applications, enables us to constantly innovate and adapt our machines to the latest market requirements, so that we can continue to deliver the strongest and most efficient briquetting machines in the world.

Advanced 3D design software is used in our Engineering Department.

State of the art Control Systems

Our unrivalled control systems, featuring touch screen panels, PLC hardware and internet access, is available in several versions and standard on all C.F. Nielsen mechanical briquetting presses.

Quality in Manufacturing

We manufacture most components for our systems internally to maintain a high quality for all vital parts.

Our high-tech production machinery is efficient and state-of-the-art enabling us to make heavy demands on our production in terms of profitability and quality.

By producing all the components ourselves we can secure prompt delivery of machines and spareparts.

We have full control of how the parts are produced, thus ensuring the unparalleled C.F Nielsen A/S quality.

Customized production

Presses for our customized solutions are built to order based on our unique modular design.

Our service engineers assemble the machines at our factory and travel afterwards to the customers site to install and commission the equipment including on-site training of local operators and maintenance staff.

Flexibility

As a modern production company we are highly flexible and happy to adapt our systems to meet our customers' specifications and requirements in line with the market development in general.

Your wood waste, agricultural waste or other wastes, might not have any value to you, but your waste could possibly be used for production of consumer logs or fuel for industrial boilers.

Success depends on many factors, of which the most
important ones are:

• Is you raw material suitable for briquetting?
• The cost price of your raw material
• Your total production cost important if drying the raw material is necessary
• The logistical costs bringing the raw material to your production site
• The cost of shipping the briquettes to your customers
• The sales price you can obtain for your briquettes

Let our GUIDE help you make the right decisions..

Generally, we recommend that you sell your products locally, but export might also be an option. We have contacts to importers and distributors of consumer logs and power plants that use industrial briquettes and might be able to match you with a potential customer.

Let us know about your ideas and let us test if your intended raw material is suitable for briquetting.

Let us offer you a profitable solution to turn your by-products into valuable Bio Fuel.

C.F. Nielsen is a pioneer in briquetting with more than 65 years experience in briquetting solutions for wood waste and other biomass, and probably the company with the most years of experience in this technology. We have continued being a pioneer and innovator of briquetting technology by offering:

• The highest capacity mechanical briquetting presses on the market
• State of the art control systems with touch screen interface and many features including internet access
• Leading manufacturer of systems for production of both industrial briquettes for boilers and consumer logs.
• Numerous options for different shapes and dimensions of briquettes.
• Options for mixing and adding additives and moisture to the raw material for optimal briquette quality.
• Application development including total process lines based on own equipment or partnerships with other suppliers of grinders, drying    plants, packaging equipment etc.
• Strong application development for new types of biomass such as agricultural residues including special options and very durable heavy dutyparts in connection with raw material that causes high wear on the machinery.
• State of the art technology including safety and documentation in accordance with EC guidelines.
• Hands-on project management enabling us to handle everything from small to large projects, involving consulting engineers and co-ordination    with external partners
• After sales service enabling us to service our customers and maintain contact after the sale of a project.

We will continue developing the company and our solutions in the yearsto come.

We have recently been granted fundings for two projects from the Danish Energy Ministry’s Energy Development and Demonstration Program (EUDP) and one from EU.

Our company is well known for making customized solutions, where we integrate our solutions with other suppliers’ equipment and our own machinery.

Your local situation or funds might not enable you to invest in the most expensive solution and you might choose to buy some of the equipment locally.

For these customers we have developed the Plug’n Press Units.

The Plug’n Press Units include complete briquetting plants with press, small dosing silo and control panel.

The concept also includes several standard options, where an important feature is the touch screen control panel that can be connected to the internet for trouble shooting.

A standard solution that fits everywhere

The units are easy to commission, and customers can learn to do it themselves. For this reason it would be a good idea to visit us to test material on the unit prior to shipment.

The units can easily be relocated to another worksite and they are priced favorably as they are “Standard” and not “Customized”.

C.F. Nielsen A/S supplies complete briquetting solutions all over the world.

Besides briquetting presses, we also offer other machines and equipment for waste extraction, dosing, sawing and packaging.

We co-operate with suppliers of shredders, drying equipment and other machinery and equipment for turn-key solutions.

Let us know about your plans, raw material situation, sales possibilities etc. and we will guide you through the complete process from start to finish.

We will test your raw material at our testing plant, work with you and give our recommendations to make a lay-out in order to secure optimal production flow and high out-put.

Our solutions include plants ranging from one briquetting press to an unlimited number of presses and additional equipment. Applications include plants for production of briquettes for industrial boilers and consumers based on raw materials ranging from all types of wood to agricultural residues.