Aspen Fuels

The story behind Aspen Alkylate Fuel

Roland Elmäng founded the Aspen company in 1988 on the shore of lake Aspen, north of Gothenburg in Sweden. He had the idea to produce a better fuel for chainsaws when he read an article in the Swedish newspaper “Skogen” about the problems faced by forest workers exposed to exhaust fumes from chainsaws and brushcutters.

He realised there were fuel components that would work much better – both for people and machines. The introduction of alkylate resulted in dramatically improved working environment for the Swedish forestry workers.

To begin with, Aspen was only available as a premixed 2-stroke version “Aspen 2T”, but demand for a cleaner fuel for engines which didn’t require a fuel/oil mix meant that Aspen 4T was created.

These fuels are now marketed as Aspen 2 and Aspen 4, and over 400 million litres has been sold worldwide.

Aspen Fuels The Benefits

• Aspen is virtually free of benzene a compound recognized as causing cancer
• Aspen is very low in aromatics and olefins, both identified as very harmful
• Easy starting and pre-mixed-convenient
• Aspen has less odour – provides a more pleasant working environment

• Clean burning fuel – your engine stays cleaner, resulting in less maintenance and longer engine life
• Aspen fuel remains stable for up to 5 year

• Aspen fuel is low in olefins. Olefins are compounds identified as contributing to the formation of ground level ozone which is harmful to the environment
• Aspen 2 contains a biodegradable, very high quality synthetic oil which has up to 60% renewable content

Nicholsons supply a large variety of Garden Machinery, and also offer parts and servicing.

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