Armin Seel Span- und Holzmehlvertrieb

Company Profile

Armin Seel Span- und Holzmehlvertrieb is a family business from Idstein that has been active in wood processing and food refining since the 1950s. The company manufactures beech and oak squared timbers for friction smoke generators in all conceivable sizes in its own production and, as general distributor, sells the delicacy smoking chips Räuchergold® from J. Rettenmaier & Söhne GmbH as well as quality smoking grating wood to the retail trade in Germany. All products are made from monitored, pesticide-free timber and meet the requirements of the food industry; the processing of the woods is monitored by laboratory testing. The range is complemented by chips, wood flour, wood shavings as well as hemp and linseed/flax bedding for animal litter and individual chip blends for riding arena surfaces. Customers include butchers, delicacy smokehouses, the meat and fish products industry and the butcher supplies trade. Production follows the guidelines of DIN ISO 9001; the company additionally supports customers with seminars, in-house exhibitions and educational work.

Site

Idstein

Processes

Smoking chips (delicacy smoking chips Räuchergold®) and wood flour - processing/distribution, Manufacture of beech and oak squared timbers for friction smoke generators, Processing of wood fibers / individual chip blends for riding arena surfaces, General distribution/regional representation of Räuchergold (J. Rettenmaier & Söhne), Individual chip blends for riding arena surfaces, RÄUCHERGOLD seminars and educational work with customers, In-house exhibitions and professional conferences at butcher supplies merchants, Laboratory monitoring of wood processing

Materials

Beech, Oak, Hemp, Linseed/Flax

Certificates

HACCP, DIN ISO 9001

Industries

Food industry, Meat products industry, Fish smokehouses, Butchers/delicacy smokehouses, Butcher supplies trade, Animal husbandry/animal bedding

1. 01

   Monitored, pesticide-free timber harvesting

2. 02

   Processing and drying of the woods (mechanical drying)

3. 03

   Manufacture of beech and oak squared timbers / chip processing

4. 04

   Laboratory monitoring of wood processing

5. 05

   Distribution (Räuchergold® as general distributor with J. Rettenmaier & Söhne)

6. 06

   Seminars, in-house exhibitions and customer support

Materials & Raw Materials

Location

Idstein

DE

Distribution and production (sawmill/chip processing)

Materials

Beech, oak

Products

Inside the production

Processes & technical limits

Quality

Production follows the strict guidelines of DIN ISO 9001; the Räuchergold® product is HACCP-certified. The processing of the harvested woods is continuously monitored by laboratory testing at the manufacturer's plants.

History

1. 1950er

   Kurt Seel founds the sawmill with crate manufacturing.

2. 1966

   The product range is extended to include chips and wood flour.

3. 1970er

   Start of manufacturing beech squared timbers for smoking; production of chips from solid wood with mechanical drying.

4. 1976

   Armin Seel joins the company.

5. 1977

   The daily chip production volume reaches the 10-tonne mark.

6. 1979

   Cooperation with J. Rettenmaier & Söhne for the further development of smoking chips under the RÄUCHERGOLD brand.

7. 1980

   Distribution agreement for RÄUCHERGOLD concluded for a contractually secured territory.