Savings for Holmen Skog
RESULTS: fuel savings 10.5% RESULTS: reduced particulate matter 86%
Holmen Skog, Sweden 2008:
Holmen is one of Sweden’s largest forest owners. They are also one of the country’s largest buyers of wood. Every year, they procure more than 11,000,000m3 of wood.
Holmen Skog also operates in accordance with the ISO 14001 environmental management system, involving definition of the application and systemization of environmental measures.
As stated in their Environmental Policies:
Polluting emissions in connection with harvesting and transport shall be limited
To achieve this mandate, Holmen Skog decided to use the additive on one of their forest machines. They conducted the test for a full six months and measured a reduction of particulate matter of 86% on their forest machine. They have reduced their fuel consumption by 10.5%.
Test Unit: Valmet, 801.C -2003 Diesel
Test period: 6 months
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