"GoodChips", the first international certification scheme for woodchips and sister certification scheme of ENPlus, the world-leading wood pellet certification scheme, has welcomed its first Serbian company – Apur Kiko-Prom. A key trader and producer of wood pellets and woodchips for the south-west region of Serbia, Apur Kiko-Prom, has in recent times expanded its portfolio of both wood processing and woodchip production enabling it to become the scheme's latest certified company.
Wood production in Serbia is on the rise with 4.5 million to 5 million m3 being produced each year reflecting a growing demand for its forest stock. With this rise in demand, comes a real need for a more cohesive structure within the country’s bioenergy sector, enabling it to establish and enhance a definitive link between small-scale wood processors, forest owners, and larger energy producers.
Having been designed in close relation with all industry players, from consumers to producers right through to appliance manufacturers, GoodChips holds a clear set of technical specifications to address new challenges as demand from within the sector continues to increase.
Apur Kiko-Prom will supply A2 and A3 quality classes of woodchips. With current annual capacities estimated to be around 10 000 tonnes and with future ambitions to double this capacity, upholding quality consistency across the product portfolio in order to maintain a fair, transparent, and structured market for woodchips throughout the supply chain is key.
According to Bioenergy Europe, as the bioenergy sector continues to grow with an estimated increase in production by 2024, GoodChips is providing companies with quality assurance that in turn brings added value to the entirety of the woodchip sector.