ʺSeen against the background of what, compared to last year, is a continued low price level in the end-consumer market, this is a positive developmentʺ, says Peter H. Leibold, Managing Director of German Pellets GmbH.
A contribution to this was that it proved possible to further boost pellet sales over the year to date, both in sales to industrial and power-station customers via distribution channels, and also in the end-consumer sector. A strong impetus also came from the bagged-pellets business.
In this market segment alone, a volume increase of around 30% was recorded. Existing contracts with national and international distributors alike were able to be prolonged and new season contracts were able to be concluded. Other than Germany, important markets in the bagged-goods sector are France, Italy, Denmark and, increasingly, eastern European countries, such as Slovenia, where German Pellets has just recently been awarded the title of test-winner with its wood pellets.
In the end-consumer market, German Pellets continues to benefit from the expansion of the sales structures. Over the last months, as in previous periods, the company has further invested in sales, opening up new sales offices in Handewitt (Schleswig-Holstein state), Wunsiedel and Munich (Bavaria state) and also expanding its warehouse network and product-delivery fleet.
