SOURCING RAW MATERIAL FOR A CLAPPER OPERATION: WHEN TO CUT DOWN TREES?

Moving logs with a tractor, professional firewood production setup.

A sufficient supply of quality raw material is essential for your firewood business to produce firewood and reliably serve customers. Therefore, sensible and efficient procurement of raw material is one of the key success factors for a firewood business. If the wood does not come from your own forest, it is advisable to use multiple suppliers. This way, for example, supply difficulties from one supplier will not decisively affect your company's operations. We have previously discussed this and other factors important from a firewood business perspective […]

How to dry firewood efficiently?

Ruukki Forest

Polttopuun kuivaus on tärkeä osa tuotantoprosessia. Kannattaa siis valita harkiten tapa, jolla kuivaat omat polttopuusi. Oikein valitun kuivausmenetelmän avulla voit parantaa laadun tarkkailua ja helpottaa kuljetusta. Polttopuiden kuivaus vaikuttaa tuotantoprosessin nopeuteen Polttopuiden puhdistamisessa tärkeää on saada polttopuut kuivattua mahdollisimman nopeasti, sillä tämä nopeuttaa koko tuotantoprosessia. Tätä pohdimme jo aikaisemmassa artikkelissamme kuinka tuottaa puhtaampaa polttopuuta. Klapien […]

What's the best way to market a firewood business?

Hakki pilke Simo 2

Pohdimme aiemmin Kuinka saada polttopuuyritys menestymään? polttopuuyrityksen perustamista ja erilaisia keinoja kasvattaa voittopotentiaalia. Nyt haluamme jakaa ajatuksiamme siitä, millaisia erilaisia tapoja polttopuuyrityksen markkinointiin löytyy. Markkinoinnin avulla tavoitat uusia asiakkaita ja pidät yllä kysyntää myös sesongin ulkopuolella. Markkinointi on merkittävä osa liiketoimintaa, joten sen suunnitteluun ja toteuttamiseen kannattaa panostaa ainakin jonkin verran resursseja bisneksesi koosta riippumatta – samat […]

How to produce cleaner firewood?

Producing high-quality, debris-free firewood is a fundamental prerequisite for success when aiming for a good profit margin in the firewood business. In this blog post, we will focus specifically on how to meet customer demands for firewood that is as free of debris as possible. In our previous article, we discussed how to make a firewood business successful. In that post, we covered topics such as different types of customers and their needs and wishes. If your goal is to achieve a high profit margin, your customers are likely to be very demanding [...]

How to make a firewood business successful?

Do you know how you can increase the profit potential of your firewood business and the added value of the products you offer through various means? When you sell high-quality firewood, you can usually charge a higher price for it. On the other hand, manufacturing firewood bags made of mixed and miscellaneous wood species requires less work, but the profit you get from them is also smaller. Therefore, it is important to carefully consider what kind of firewood you produce and what price can be achieved for it in the market […]