HAYGAIN hay steamers... expertise beyond engineering
Our aim is to provide you with a valued, indespensible product which will improve your horse's health, save you money and make your life a little easier! We want you to fully understand the benefits of your hay steamer so we offer specialist advice and provide an unparalleled level of service which matches the unbeatable quality of our products.
Your feedback is invaluable to us and it is your needs that inspire us to keep on improving and refining our designs. We have a testimonials page dedicated to your comments so email us your feedback or talk to your regional consultant.
We are a science driven company with the horse's health as the primary focus. Our commitment to scientific research surrounding steaming hay and respiratory health continues and we have several projects underway which will contribute to the global understanding of this complex subject. Equally the attention to detail on the products themselves has meant they are of the highest quality; they are designed and built to last and therefore offer great value for money with additional long term savings.
Propress... pioneering steam since 1936
Propress Equine is a division of Propress Ltd, leading specialist company in commercial steam appliances. Propress was established in 1981 by Brian Fillery whose family have developed and manufactured products involving steam since 1936. Click here to find out about Propress.
HAYGAIN... the world's leading method of steaming hay
The HAYGAIN horse hay steamers were developed over a number of years after Brian Fillery thought of the initial idea, inspired by experience with his own horses.
Over time a team of experts led by Brian and co-director Tim Oliver have matured the concept into a scientifically proven reality.
A patent application for a method of steaming hay was filed in1992, followed by research at the University of Bristol through to the mid1990's. However, the unanimous conclusion was that just steaming hay in a container did not reach the necessary high temperatures throughout all of the hay to achieve the objective.
Intense development started in 2002 when the initial concept was extended with the addition of a steam distribution manifold system designed to introduce steam within the centre of the hay. This enabled up to a whole bale even with strings attached to be fully steamed and the critical performance and results were then achieved.
Three years of extensive, controlled laboratory research at the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, together with a team of engineering experts enabled Propress Equine to bring the HAYGAIN hay steamers to market as a proven method to steam hay properly to improve respiratory health and equine well-being.
This is repeatedly confirmed and is evident in the observations of some of the diverse range of HAYGAIN users on our Testimonials page.
The patent for the steam distribution manifold system was fully granted on 1st September 2009 and is key to HAYGAIN's unique, proven method to steam hay and improve the horse's well-being.
Click here to meet the team...passionate about the horse.
