About us

Équipe Jean Pain —
French branch chipper manufacturer

Since 1980, we have been designing and manufacturing branch chippers in the Yonne department, in collaboration with a network of local suppliers. Our commitment: building robust, long-lasting chippers capable of producing consistent chips, free from sawdust and tailing, ready for immediate use in any application straight from the machine.

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3, route de Forterre
89520 Saint-Sauveur-en-Puisaye
France
+33 (0)3 86 74 72 20
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Our story

  1. Founding of Équipe Jean Pain

    Étienne Bonvallet, technical collaborator and nephew of Jean Pain, founds the company to develop Jean Pain's work on composting and the valorisation of forest residues. The first mission: to design a branch chipper capable of producing chips suited to the production of ligno-cellulosic compost.

  2. Birth of the Super-Pain 900

    The first chipper in the range, the Super-Pain 900 can reduce all woody material to fine chips — from small twigs to branches over 20 cm in diameter. Its chip output, free from all large splinters and sawdust, is ideal for even fermentation and allows the production of "Jean Pain compost" without multiple turning or screening operations.

  3. Entering the wood energy sector

    Équipe Jean Pain enters the wood energy sector, where consistent chip quality is essential for the smooth operation of automatic auger-fed boilers. Over the preceding ten years, the range had gradually grown to include the Super-Pain 280, 450, 600, 1300 and 1700, covering branches from 7 to 50 cm in diameter.

  4. New generation, same commitments

    Étienne Bonvallet retires and his daughter Laura takes over the family business. Équipe Jean Pain becomes a limited company (SARL) and moves into a new workshop true to its ecological commitments: timber frame, wood cladding and insulation, 100% renewable electricity via Enercoop, and energy neutrality through self-consumption solar panels.

  5. The only range guaranteed 100% consistent chips

    Équipe Jean Pain is today the only company able to produce a branch chipper that — whatever its size — guarantees consistent chips from branches of any diameter. This chip output opens up a wide range of applications: animal bedding, thermal insulation, absorbent materials, wood energy, and of course soil applications through techniques such as the Jean Pain Methods, RCW, permaculture, and more.

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