The perfect choice for horse owners who value efficiency, quality and cherish their animal's wellbeing.
Discover the benefits of AlpenSpan
Less re-bedding through correct usage:
Compared to cheaper competition products, AlpenSpan is much more voluminous and flakier. When using other products, one needs to re-bed with twice as much bedding, while one AlpenSpan bale often lasts an entire week. AlpenSpan unfolds its full potential when used correctly, especially when it comes to the initial bedding, the voluminous base mattress.
Contrary to competition products, AlpenSpan is fully dust-free, promoting the horses’ wellbeing and improving the stable environment.
The rough, voluminous AlpenSpan chips can be ideally sifted using a pitchfork when cleaning out the stable. This saves time and effort and lowers the disposal costs.
AlpenSpan is the best value for money among all bedding products. Despite higher initial prices, it saves you money in the long run thanks to lower re-bedding quantities and easier handling.
AlpenSpan is produced at Johann Pabst Holzindustrie GmbH in Obdach and Zeltweg, where large quantities of planing chips accrue during the production of solid wood products such as planed boards and glued-laminated timber. These dry planing chips are first temporarily stored in a large warehouse. After that, they are divided into coarse and fine portions.
The large, voluminous chips are used to produce Premium AlpenSpan, while the fine chips form the basis for AlpenSpan Basic, which is primarily used as bedding for riding tournaments. Subsequently, conveyor belts transport the chips to a drum screen, followed by a cyclone filter system. There, some 40% of its dust and fine portions are screened and filtered out. These fine portions are further processed into the fuel Pabst-Pellets.
After separation and filtering, the voluminous chips are pressed into 20-kg bales with a volume of 500 litres by a press. The bales are packed using recycled film. Fully automated robots stack the bales onto Euro pallets which are then packed in a weather-proof way. These packed pallets can be stored outdoors for up to one year. The entire production system has a capacity of some 200 bales per hour.
AlpenSpan utilises wood processing by-products, lowers the demand for new resources, thus supporting a sustainable circular economy.
Thanks to its high quality and low consumption, AlpenSpan is particularly efficient. Less consumption means less waste, longer periods of use and protects the environment.
AlpenSpan is produced in a modern, efficient plant in Austria, which was designed to be sustainable and minimises carbon emissions during production and transport.
AlpenSpan not only stands for premium quality, but also for sustainable and environmentally friendly production. It’s a regional product that convinces with its carbon neutrality, compostability and resource-friendly production, while boosting the comfort and health of your horses.