The HOTAB Group
The HOTAB Group today consists of the companies HOTAB Eldningsteknik AB, Holst El AB and Olje- & Pannservice i Kristianstad AB. The group has a staff of about 50 persons and an annual turnover over SEK 100 million. The HOTAB Group has delivered more than 1,000 solid fuel plants since 1979, of which about 500 complete centrals.

The HOTAB Group is a reliable supplier who can guarantee you the latest technology as well as an agreeable and well functioning co-operation partner. The HOTAB Group provides you as a customer with total solutions for oil as well as solid fuel.
Complete solutions are designed, constructed and manufactured by the group, which means that all the different parts are adapted to one another. This breadth also contributes to us being able to carry out solutions according to the customers’ specific wishes. Our staff possesses various skills within all our fields.
The group is experienced in and masters the heating technique for pellets, briquettes, joinery waste, chippings, bark, straw, grain screenings, plastic and paper.
This is why we can always offer good advice to you as a customer when it comes to choosing the equipment most suitable for your purposes.
The HOTAB Group is a company operating domestically as well as internationally, in the latter case mainly focusing on Northern and Eastern Europe. We are also established in Canada, where the old HOTAB director Silve Piejko is working for HOTAB North America.
HOTAB Eldningsteknik AB
The company was founded in 1979 and is based in the cities of Halmstad and Kristianstad. HOTAB Eldningsteknik AB takes care of selling, mechanical construction, project management and education. HOTAB Eldningsteknik AB is responsible for the administration and the group executive board of the HOTAB Group.
Holst El AB
The company that became a joint-stock company in 1986 is based in the city of Kristianstad. Holst El AB constructs, programs and manufactures control cabinets. As PLC, Allen Bradley or Siemens are used. Holst El AB also offers computer controlled monitoring systems and process control systems. Holst El AB is a specialist within control of bio fuel boilers, with more than 25 years of experience. Furthermore, Holst El AB has concentrated on developing environment-adapted reconstructions which reduce dust emissions in existing boiler houses etc. All control cabinets for the solid fuel boilers of the HOTAB Group are manufactured by Holst El AB.
Olje & Pannservice AB
The company was founded in 1969 and is based in the city of Kristianstad, on the same premises as Holst El AB. Olje- & Pannservice takes care of the service of local industries and boiler installations. They hold welding licences for all pressure vessels, in accordance with the new directives on pressure vessels. Pipe constructions and installations as well as the mechanical products within the solid fuel program of the Group are manufactured by Olje- & Pannservice AB
PRODUCTS
HOTAB’s products are of the highest quality and include the most up-to-date technology. Within the Group, we have employees with the highest competence and experience, which means that we can offer products adapted to the customers’ needs.
 The high quality is maintained through a quality control system, many years of experience in the trade as well as our own manufacturing of the products. This makes us able to continuously develop our products and our manufacturing.
 Our main products are combustion plants supplied with dry or wet fuel (a maximum of 60% humidity), in sizes from 95 kW to 16 MW.
Types of contracts:
● Turn-key plants
● Portable boiler houses
● Total contracts
● Part contracts
● Reconstructions

Types of fuel:
● Chippings
● Briquettes
● Bark
● Pellets
● Shavings etc.
Älmhult, Småland
HOTAB’s strength:
● Reliability
● Accessibility
● Environmental values
● Experience
● Technology
● Competence
Mörbylånga, Öland (All-in contract)
Our solid fuel plants philosophy
The ambition of the HOTAB Group is to deliver the best accessible technology for each individual application.
Well-established combustion-technical connections and conditions are fundamental for the construction of the process equipment. In our line of business, we call this the 3 “T”s:
● Time
● Temperature
● Turbulence
At the same time, demands on high efficiency, good accessibility, simple maintenance and a limited need for supervision are decisive elements. To hold together all elements, which do not necessarily interact, but in several cases counteract each other, is a balancing act.
A number of parameters are decisive for the design of the plants:
● The buyer’s economical demands and expectations on the plant.
● The choice of fuel for the plant.
● Existing and known future environmental demands.
● The buyer’s demands on and possibilities to handle the supervision of the plant.
● Prevailing authority requirements and standards for the plant type.
The HOTAB Group continuously carry on research, tests etc. New and sometimes full-scale prototypes are produced to enable the Group to master the increasingly higher set demands of tomorrow.
Training
The HOTAB Group undertakes the training of operators and other staff members involved in solid fuel technology. The courses are held on HOTAB plants and include three days of theoretical and practical training and are concluded with a final test in practice. Having passed the training, the participants receive a certificate which, according to prevailing standards, authorizes them to be responsible for the operation of boiler houses.
The pictures on this page show parts of delivery, installation and completed plants in various designs and sizes and for various types of fuel.
Information and contact:
Hotab Gruppen
Hedentorpsv.16
291 62 Kristianstad
Tel: +46 44 218400
Fax: +46 44 218464
Web Site: www.hotab.se