It is from this humble background we originate and certainly still take our product philosophy: Handcrafted quality above all.

From the succes the inventions of other core elements of the Scanhugger shredding technology and material handling systems started to emerge.

The introduction of the horizontal wood shredder at Ligna 1989, marked the founding-stone of what Scanhugger is today. The general principles of an active PLC controlled Ram-system and rotor design. The unique knife pocket design, he got from his days as a carpenter – is still in use to this day.

The demand for wood shredders was high. The same year as the first HL hopper shredder was introduced, it was installed in numerous sawmills in standinavia, where many is still in use to day. Further development took place and at the 1990 TIMI show in Denmark, a full line of HL hopper shredders was presented. The following year the first HK 35/10 wood scrap guillotine was presented at the Ligna 1991 show.

Many of these models are still in use today and serviced by the Scanhugger team on a regular basis.

The development of a new conveyor-system made it possible to produce a full turnkey wood waste shredding system with Scanhugger as the sole manufacture.

The system installed as a complete turnkey system with a wood shredder, re-shredding, and material handling system for a large briquette manufacturing plant.