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1954

Bentone was founded by Karl-Erick Johansson in Ljungby in Sweden

1955

Burners in the range of 1400 rpm are introduced

1960

Introduction of burners operating up to 2800 rpm

1961

International expansion of Bentone

1967

Bentone moves to a new factory in Ljungby

1968

Bentone acquires burner manufacturers like Suecia and Goldflame

1973

Bentone is acquired by Parca Norrahammar which is part of Coronaverken (CTC)

1974

Coronaverken is acquired by AGA (Linde Group)

1978

Pumps with mounted solenoid valves are introduced on Bentone burners

1979

Relays mounted on the burners are becoming a standard on Bentone burners

1980

Pre-purging improves the starting process of all burners

1982

Preheating and self-closing air damper for residential burners are introduced

1984

Coronaverken is acquired by Saab-Scania

1984

Coronaverken change their name to Enertech Group within Saab-Scania
Bentone, CTC and Osby Parca is all part of the new group

1988

Enertech Group is acquired by Trelleborg in Sweden

1993

Enertech Group is acquired by Wolseley plc in the United Kingdom

1998

Bentone, CTC and Osby Parca merge into Enertech AB

2001

Enertech Group is acquired by Roger Hancox from the United Kingdom

2003

New range of Low NOx burners is introduced

2005

The electromechanical relays are being replaced by electronic versions

2008

BF 1 and BFG 1 is introduced to the market

2010

More focus on products using alternative oils as a fuel

2011

Turboflame a producer of industrial burners up to 19 MW is acquired by Enertech AB

2013

Multifuel burners for alternative oils such as RME is successfully launched by Bentone

2014

Launch of Siemens LMV for all Bentone burners

2015

Introduction of Ecodesigned approved burners according to the new European standards, ERP and MCP

2016

Enertech Group is acquired by Nibe Group

2017

Enertech AB is part of the business area Nibe Climate Solutions within Nibe Group

2017

All Bentone burners are produced according to the following European standards EN 267, EN 676 and EN 746-2.

All Bentone burners have CE approval and includes a Decleration of Conformity and are tested at TüV in Munich.

2018

All Bentone gas burners are approved according to the new Gas Appliance Regulation (GAR 2016/426) which were implemented on the 21 of April

2019

All Bentone burners meets the requirement of RoHS and older relays ans scanners are phased out

2020

All manufacturing is in Sweden and many of our components are produced in the local market.
The manufacturing of our burners during the Corona pandemic has contantly increased since the first outbreaks during the spring and
our supply chain has worked perfectly

Our company, our burners, our markets

Our company

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CTC AB is the holding company of Bentone, CTC and Turboflame and we started already as a manufacturer of boilers in 1923 in Gothenburg in Sweden.

Bentone was founded in Ljungby in 1954 by Karl-Erick Johansson and already from the start Bentone were focusing on optimizing burners and always perform better than our competitors and our big secret was to use as little fuel as possible and create a very nice oil mist from the nozzle and create a mix of oil and air for a perfect combustion. Bentone was one of the pioneers in early combustion technology and since then we have continuously developed new technology.

During the early years several local Swedish burner manufacturers like Goldflame and Suecia merged with Bentone and our international expansion started within 10 years from the founding of the company and new export markets like Turkey, Jordan, France, Iraq, Belgium, Thailand, India, Malaysia and the UK were introduced to the ultimate Swedish Bentone burner.

Up to this date people from all over the world remembers names like Ulf Bondesson which were a relative of the founder Karl-Erick Johansson and asked for a job short after his graduation day. Most of Bentones burners from the early days were developed and introduced by Ulf and his colleague Ingvar Persson. Ingvar remained for over 50 years at Bentone and today his son Torbjörn Persson also works at Enertech AB.

This was the time when the Bentone family were first introduced and today we still live by these words. Some things still remains the same almost 70 years after the foundation of the company and sure some things have changed and export is now 96 % of the business which is very different from the start when Bentone focused most on the Swedish market. Today our burners are sold to more than 90 markets all over the world and 96 % of our volume is exported all over the world.

The person which created all these new markets all over the world is Helge Nilsson. Helge joined Bentone in 1965 and has travelled the world several times meeting new customers and introduced new burners and ideas from Benton and his career lasted for almost 40 years at Bentone before he retired as Export Sales Manager.

Today with our new financial strong owner Nibe we have the perfect opportunity to continue to develop more fuel efficient and low NOx burners suitable for different markets all over the world from Brazil to France.

I really feel that I have a great responsibility and a great history which I have to conserve and embrace and together with my whole export team we will continue so support and supply you, our beloved customers.

Niclas Persson
Export Sales Manager
Kuala Lumpur, 2018-07-20

Environment and quality

Our burners are high-technology equipment – reliable, efficient and with a steadily reduced environmental impact.

Quality ISO-9001:

With the help of our high quality of our products we continuously create confidence for our customers. Quality is part of our whole process from development to production including marketing and sales. Service and support is crucial for our customers and for us as a company. We shall therefore continue to improve
our quality by the following statements:

Organisation, quality assurance systems and workflow shall continuously be reconsidered and adapted to present situation and surrounding environment based on experience from the market and information from our customers and employees or by new legislations from governments.
Deliver the correct functional product according to the correct specification and performance of our products at the right time and the correct volume.
Cater to customers expectation and interest for our products.

Environment and sustainability ISO-14001:

Our product and system solutions aim for a continuous improvement of the environment and to reduce any affects to the environment. Therefore its very
natural for us to consider any environmental aspects in everything we do by the following statements:

Continuously be updated regarding environmental laws and by a wide margin always live up to these laws and regulations.
Develop, manufacture and market products which are safe, energy efficient and environmental friendly which also can be scrapped or recycled in a safe way.
To use processes and work methods which minimises any environmental aspects.

Download ISO certificate 9001

Download ISO certificate 14001

Privacy Policy

Information on personal data processing
CTC AB (556060-2269) processes your personal data for purposes as described below. CTC AB serves as the data controller for the processing of your personal data. Contact details: CTC AB, Box 309, SE-341 34 Ljungby, +46 (0)372 88 000. We endeavour to protect your privacy and wish to provide you with information on the means by which we process your personal data.

What personal data do we collect about you and for what purpose?

To be able to contact you. (Applies to the form titled “Work with us” on www.bentone.com)

Type of processing carried out

Store
Register
Read
Delete
Update

Categories of personal data

Name
Country
Email
Message

Lawful basis: Enertech’s legitimate interest – involves insuring the products with third parties, which enables us to offer you a long-term warranty.
Retention period: Duration of the warranty period.

In order to provide our Bentone Info application
The Bentone Info app does not process any sensitive information such as personal data, user data, etc. as the app is completely open to all users. Bentone Info contains no adverts or other forms of payment. There are no restricted areas in the app, all content is open to all users. The content of the app is material provided by Bentone such as manuals and is aimed at users of Bentone’s products.

Who has access to your personal data?
We disclose your information to third parties such as installers and partners in order that services requested by you can be performed. We also disclose information to insurance companies in order for the products to be insured.

Your rights
Pursuant to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request information regarding what personal data is processed about you and you have the right to request the rectification of your personal data. You also have the right to object to the processing of your personal data and request the restriction thereof, and you have the right to request the erasure of your personal data. In certain instances, you may also request that your personal data be provided to you in a structured, widely used and machine readable format, and that this data be transferred to another data controller (data portability).

To exercise your rights, kindly contact dpc@ctc.se. If you are not satisfied with our service, you also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Swedish Data Protection Authority or other competent supervisory authority in accordance with the GDPR.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on 12/02/2024

TÜV

Bentone have approved burners for many years together with TÜV SÜD Industrie Service GmbH in Munich which ensures proper knowledge regarding regulations, standards and testing procedures of Bentone burners. Each burner is produced according to European standards and follows all valid regulations. Our product developing team is always focusing on quality to ensure reliable burner before we introduce it to the market and our customers.

Burners from Bentone fulfill the requirements according to the European standards, EN 267, EN 676 and is also available according to EN 746-2. Therefore, Bentone burners have CE approval and Declaration of Conformity according to European regulations.

Johan Meijer
Product Manager