PFI Announces Qualification
of New York, Maine Pellet Facilities
Friday, January 27, 2017
The Pellet Fuels Institute has announced the qualification of two new pellet fuels manufacturers to the PFI Standards Program. Lignetics’ Strong, Maine, facility joins four of the company’s other facilities in the program, and New York-based Instantheat Wood Pellets also qualified. The PFI Standards Program is a third-party accreditation program providing specifications for residential and commercial-grade pellet fuel, now representing 19 pellet manufacturing companies, among them 32 facilities.
“With the addition of Instantheat Wood Pellets and Lignetics’ fifth facility, PFI Standards Program has now qualified wood pellet producers in 19 states and Canada,” said Chris Amey, chairman of the PFI Board of Directors. “With every new qualification, consumers have better access to pellets that are produced in independently accredited facilities.
“The Quality Mark on the bag lets a consumer know that they are purchasing fuel from an independently-evaluated pellet producer. If you’re not sure, ask your retailer about how to identify the Quality Mark on pellet bags. We welcome Instantheat Wood Pellets into the PFI Standards Program and look forward to many more PFI Standards Program members.”
