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Shredding as a key process: WURSI relies on WEIMA W5.14 shredders
Heating with biomass: English furniture manufacturer turns waste wood into its own energy
Production waste from wood processing does not necessarily incur high disposal costs. On the contrary, waste wood…
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Recycling natural fiber-reinforced plastics: Closing the loop with fungi and WEIMA
The NFK-Recycling project brings research and industry together: In collaboration with Zittau/Görlitz University of Applied Sciences and TU Dresden, WEIMA…
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From wine barrels to designer furniture: sustainable furniture production with smart waste recycling
In Alsenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, extraordinary pieces of furniture are created from a special raw material: used barrique barrels. In a complex…
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Reliable, Dependable, Profitable: How CPR, Inc. Uses Shredders to Turn Plastic Waste into Sustainable Growth
At its Mississippi facility, Commercial Plastics Recycling, Inc. uses WEIMA shredders to turn industrial plastic waste into valuable recycled material—proving…
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Energy-Independent production: Brennholzwerk Trier lives the sustainable dream
The Trier firewood plant in Trierweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, is pursuing a forward-looking energy concept. With the WEIMA WLK 2000 single-shaft shredder,…
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Away from the landfill: Greenpartners recycles 1,300 tons of waste per month into alternative fuel
Greenpartners Co, Ltd from Hwaseong, South Korea, specializes in the recycling of industrial waste. Instead of disposing of waste in…
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Shredding Costs: How Furniture Tech Inc. of NC Saves with WEIMA
Furniture Tech Inc. of NC is a furniture components manufacturer that has maximized its bottom line by utilizing a WEIMA…
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Safely Managing Hazardous Waste: Dekasan Utilizes WEIMA Shredder for RDF Production
In Bursa, Turkey, Dekasan Waste Management relies on a WEIMA PowerLine 2000 single-shaft shredder to process industrial waste, including materials…
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7 Million Briquettes from Beverage Cartons
300 per hour, 7,200 per day – that’s how many briquettes are regularly pressed from excess cartons and paper dust…
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From Production Waste to Biomass Fuel
With plans to implement a waste handling facility, a luxury yacht manufacturer installed a biomass system to generate energy from…
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Large Containers, Small Footprint: IBC Container Recycling at Dansk Emballage in Denmark
The Danish company Dansk Emballage, Vamdrup, specializes in the collection and reprocessing of Intermediate Bulk Containers (IBC). The containers are…
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Double WEIMA power at Remondis in Sweden
At the Remondis site in Röstanga, Sweden, HDPE pipes and other plastic waste from production are transformed into new raw…
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Over 1 million tons of waste: Sungchang Energy relies on WEIMA Shredder
Sunchang Energy uses a WEIMA PreCut 2000 and a WEIMA PowerLine 2500 to recycle post-consumer waste and generate RDF.
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Shredding and dewatering – Strong WEIMA duo for post-consumer plastic recycling at Stiphout Plastics
Stiphout Plastics uses a S7.20 lift-up shredder and a C.200 drainage press from WEIMA to recycle post-consumer plastics in the…
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Laminex optimizes wood waste processing with WEIMA shredder
In Ballarat, Australia, wood-based materials manufacturer Laminex shreds chipboard and MDF with a WEIMA WLK 2000 single-shaft shredder.
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Unlocking Efficiency and Sustainability: New Belgium Brewing’s Success with WEIMA
With a WEIMA G.200 Drainage Press, New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado, has advanced its production line's efficiency and…
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Jardan Takes the Lead: Embracing Sustainable Practices in Manufacturing
Jardan creates responsible furniture and lighting with a deep connection to the Australian way of life, with manufacturing headquarters in…
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Future-oriented metal recycling: De Rooy relies on WEIMA solutions for briquetting and dewatering
The collaboration between De Rooy, Nuenen in the Netherlands and WEIMA Maschinenbau GmbH shows how the circular economy can be…
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LDPE film recycling with WEIMA shredder at RKW in Belgium
RKW produces a wide range of polyethylene films (LDPE films). At the Hoogstraten site in Belgium, the company has recently…
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Shredding and burning of residual wood with BAFA subsidy
With a WEIMA WL 4 single-shaft shredder, a sophisticated screw system and a wood chips heating system, the German carpenter…
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New WEIMA wood shredder for heating and drying technology from Bropack Bronner Packmittel
In the course of growth and expansion to four different locations, Bropack Bronner Packmittel GmbH decided to build a new…
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Plastic Recycling, Inc. Transforms Plastic Purge with WEIMA Shredder
From the southeastern U.S. to the heartland of Indiana, Plastic Recycling, Inc. remains committed to their mission of recycling plastics…
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Shredder quartet for Aufderhaar Kunststof Recycling in the Netherlands
For the processing of post-consumer waste (PE) and flower pots (PP), four large WEIMA shredders are used for secondary shredding…
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Högland Såg & Hyvleri: Wood chips from residual wood as fuel for energy power plants
Högland Såg & Hyvleri is a leading manufacturer of high-quality sawn timber and planed products in Örnsköldsvik, in the northeast…
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Grayson Lumber: Maximizing Efficiency and Sustainability with WEIMA Shredder
Grayson Lumber has successfully integrated a WEIMA shredder into its operations to process wood waste generated during lumber production. By…
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Saint Arnold Brewing Company Enhances Sustainability with the WEIMA E.200 Drainage Press
Saint Arnold Brewing Company found the ideal solution to their excess waste challenges with the WEIMA E.200 Drainage Press. By…
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Efficiency and Sustainability: Boyd Manufacturing’s Success with Quis Machinery
Boyd Manufacturing, a furniture manufacturer for the hospitality market, utilizes a WEIMA shredder and other auxiliary machinery to manage wood…
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Wood pellets from timber scraps at Kloboucká lesní
Kloboucká lesní shreds wood waste from the production of glued laminated timber with a WEIMA WLK 1500. From this, high-quality…
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doTERRA Utilizes WEIMA Shredder to Reduce Waste and Increase Profit
Utah-based essential oils and wellness company, doTERRA, is utilizing a WEIMA WL 6 single-shaft shredder to shred plastic barrels for…
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XXL Tilting Table for Insulation Boards Shredding at UNILIN
To achieve ambitious sustainability targets, UNILIN Insulation relies on a WEIMA WLK 1500 shredder at its site in Desselgem (Belgium)…
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Polymers Processors boost Australia’s plastic recycling capacities
With the help of a flagship WEIMA PowerLine single-shaft shredder, Polymer Processors in Melbourne has successfully commissioned stage one of…
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Plastic Scrap Reimagined at EcoFib
EcoFib is a plastic recycler located in Drummondville, Canada. The company processes a variety of plastic scrap including post-industrial film…
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The future needs experts – plastics recycling in Romania
The Romanian recycling business, Expert Recycling, uses a WKS 1800 single-shaft shredder from WEIMA for processing PET, PP, PS, PE,…
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More autonomy through clothes hanger recycling: Plásticos Ojara in Colombia
More autonomy thanks to a WEIMA WLK 4 shredder: In the manufacturing of clothes hangers, the Colombian company Plásticos Ojara…
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Fighting Fine Dust
Tons of process-related fine dust are produced during the recycling of paper waste. Many companies are literally sitting on a…
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Recycling of cans and disposal of labels at OeTTINGER using PUEHLER presses from WEIMA
The world-famous Bavarian Brewery, OeTTINGER, has increased their sustainability efforts by adding WEIMA's PUEHLER presses to their canning line. At…
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G.200 Drainage Press from WEIMA makes its U.S. Debut
Custom Recycling is a metal recycler that takes residual metal scrap from companies in the area and diverts it from…
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Doubling Down on Plastics Recycling
Butler-MacDonald is a plastics recycling specialist which takes great pride in processing hard-to-handle plastic scrap from various sources, including post-industrial…
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Pool Covers Without Waste
Wherever production takes place, residuals inevitably accrue. This is also the case at Plastipack Limited in the United Kingdom. The…
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Ghost(net)buster in the Netherlands
Marcel Alberts has declared war on so-called Ghost Nets – left-over, floating fishing nets and ropes that pollute the world’s…
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Innovation Barn takes Charlotte Recycling Initiatives to the Next Level
Nestled in the North Davidson “NoDa” district of Charlotte, North Carolina, is a bright white building surrounded by outdoor social…
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Sustainable Composite Decking with Fiberon
Repurposing plastic waste where it’s created can provide a new income stream for businesses while eliminating the need to ship…
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Efficient energy conversion thanks to WEIMA
Bergmüller Holzbau in Bayerbach, Germany specializes in constructing single and multi-family houses and modernization, residential complexes and residential extensions in…
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Five in One – Heating with Wood Waste
At Sucker Holzbau GbR a lot of wood waste accumulates over time. With the help of a WL 6 single-shaft…
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Ideas made-to-measure — the rest goes into the WEIMA
For over 110 years the name Althoff has stood for creative work with wood. In the joinery in Bielefeld, wood…
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Not a drop wasted — ReWork at milk processor, Emmi
Using a WEIMA Puehler G.300 ReWork draining press, overfilled or underfilled milk cartons are automatically opened and emptied in order…
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Comfortable Shredding
Calgan Recliners in Johannisburg are among the biggest manufacturers of upholstery furniture in South Africa. A WL 4 shreds their…
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Plastic Boxes, Round 2
The dream team of a WEIMA W5.14 shredder and New Herbold granulator get defective plastic boxes ready for the next…
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Britain’s Got Shredders
When watching The Voice, The X-Factor or Britain’s Got Talent, many viewers don’t think about what actually happens to the…
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Fiddlehead Brewing Company adds Drainage Press to Canning Line
Fiddlehead Brewing Company integrated a WEIMA E.200 drainage press into their existing canning line to puncture, drain, and compress any…
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Keeping an Eye on Sustainability at Maui Jim
Renowned eyeglass manufacturer, Maui Jim, emphasized their commitment to sustainability by incorporating a WEIMA briquette press to compact optical swarf…
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Short work of long waste wood
Premier Wood in Australia relies on dependable WEIMA shredding technology from Germany for many years to ensure that waste wood…
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Super recycling in Romania – annual turnover doubled despite pandemic
Romanian recycling company SuperBon uses a primary shredder and two secondary shredders for its production of plastic recyclates before selling…
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Pulper Waste. Power. Profit.
A Turkish company, KMK Paper, becomes self-sufficient by converting its pulper waste from paper production into a fuel that provides…
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All the taste, none of the waste
Producing paper products generates a lot of waste. In the classic recycling cycle, the production waste or surplus is shredded…
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Fearless shredding
For the processing of toxic, corrosive and sometimes flammable waste streams, it simply cannot be a standard off-the-shelf shredder. The…
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Long wood scrap for long winters
Russian furniture giant Lerom relies on a WEIMA ZM 40 four-shaft shredder to process more than 20 cubic meters of…
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Recycling is for the bin!
This is where the cycle begins. At the Swedish company Veolia Recycling Plastics Sweden AB, waste bins, HDPE pipes and…
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Thinking about winter in summer – the smart wood trader thinks ahead
With a WEIMA WL 13 single-shaft shredder and a TH 820 briquetting press, Hutchings Timber makes clever use of wood…
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Kayaks on the recycling wave
In Exeter, UK, Devon Contract Waste recycles a wide variety of hard plastics. This includes not-so-everyday items such as fuel…
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Paarhammer, Australia: Sustainable waste management in the woodworking industry
Paarhammer is a well-established Australian manufacturer for European style windows and doors and it could be assumed that one of…
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A Second Life for Lifesavers
For over ten years, the owner-managed company Inoplast Kunststoff GmbH has specialized in the recycling of a wide range…
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GARANT – Sustainability Guaranteed
GARANT Türen und Zargen GmbH is one of the leading companies in the door and frame industry. The company…
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Using Wood Waste to Heat the Workshop
The shopfitter 'RD Shopfitting' shreds its wood waste with a WEIMA WL 15 single-shaft shredder in order to use it…
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Briquettes for Carbon Negative Production
Sustainability is a top priority at Ecodek. In order to achieve the company goal of carbon negative production, the British…
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Power(line) for SRF Production
The Binn Group, Scotland's leading independent provider of integrated recycling and resource management solutions, shreds industrial waste with a WEIMA…
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The dream team for wood disposal
CNC World, a British vendor of CNC machines, has recently started to process its wood waste mechanically in order to…
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Case Study: Britain’s Got Shredders
When watching The Voice, The X-Factor or Britain’s Got Talent, many viewers don’t think about what actually happens to the…
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Reuse, Recycle, Reintegrate: Plastics recycling made possible through shredding
The potential of plastic scrap is not to be overlooked in the current world economy. With the National Sword legislation…
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Bridging the Gap: Hands-on Woodworking Training Program Develops Skilled Workforce
Jim Wellever, the Department Head of the Cabinetmaking/Millwork Training Center, runs a department within the on-campus cabinet shop that trains…
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Dust problem? No problem.
Recently, WEIMA America has seen an uptick in requests from the North American market for briquette presses. While each application…
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New for old – the film cycle
For a year now, the company is capable of producing its own PE granulate from film scrap by using the…
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Florida-based BlueLinx makes cash from wood scrap
BlueLinx of Lake City noticed a significant amount of scrap coming off of their lumber production lines. These pieces…
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South Carolina company reaps the benefits of shredding and recycling
In Charleston and the surrounding area, the demand for housing is high. The company estimates that 90% of its…
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Tissue Manufacturer Uses WEIMA Machinery to Utilize Waste and Increase Profits
This particular plant prides itself in being safe, profitable, and environmentally friendly. In order to reach these goals, a…
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Shredding at sea
The 368 m long and 40 m wide ship has been in operation since 1998. A striking characteristic of the…
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Polish CEMEX cement plant relies on WEIMA
Two WEIMA PowerLine 3000 single-shaft shredders with a powerful hydraulic drive used in secondary shredding absolutely take center…
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PE-Recycling at its very best
Paper waste as far as the eye can see
When you enter the plant, you’ll immediately see an enormous, red WEIMA WLK 18 Jumbo. This machine is…
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WEIMA and Gamma Meccanica join forces in Plastics Recycling
One of those manufacturers is Gamma Meccanica. WEIMA and Gamma Meccanica have more than 50 years of combined innovation,…
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Cement production in the land of the Pharaohs
LaFarge, worldwide-leading building materials producer with its head office in Paris has successfully installed...
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Plastics Recycler Increases Capacity with WEIMA Shredder
A WEIMA WL(K) 15 shredder was installed at the front of the recycling line from the beginning. It wasn’t…
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Eco-friendly Caribbean Rum
Larry Warren, whose family assumed responsibility for the 400-acre plantation in 2006, not only produces the typical Caribbean rum. He…
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Shredding industrial waste in Brittany, France
Its main purpose is to produce valuable fuel for nationally and internationally operating cement manufacturers from domestic, household and…
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IBC container shredding in Manchester
Industrial Bulk Containers (IBCs) are used mainly in the chemical, food and pharmaceutics industries. Recon Packaging with over 35 years…
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Hol’z dir! Sustainable briquette manufacture in the Augustinuswerk Jessen
It is very busy here. Every day 3,000 wood briquettes pass through the conveyor belts of the Augustinuswerk. Through…
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Large volumes compressed into small volumes saves costs
Chippings and dust accumulating during transport that represent an enormous volume will be extracted during this process and pressed into…
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Genpak: Sustainable and Profitable thanks to WEIMA Shredder
The location in Montgomery, Alabama recently invested in a WEIMA WLK 10 single-shaft shredder in order to process…
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From very big to very small
Graf Plastics GmbH, at its Teningen plant (fig. 1) manufactures its large-volume Carat underground tanks (fig. 2) for rainwater utilization.
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For a Clean Environment
There is always rush hour on the AmeyCespa plant site – every single day. The activity is mainly caused…
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Welcome profit
Shavings occur wherever planing work is done. If you replace planing with cutting, this statement applies accordingly to the…
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Energy from old carpets
The medium-sized family business in southern England can look back on 35 years of company history. It has always concentrated…
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Virginia woodshop gives old barn wood new life
The company itself is nestled in the outskirts of Lynchburg and has only seven employees. Once they get the…
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Briquettes from garden furniture
The company has been manufacturing high-quality wooden garden furniture in Nantwich (United Kingdom) since 1926. Waste wood accumulating up to…
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Automatic waste wood processing in the production of kitchen worktops
Optimized cutting – minimum waste wood levels The kitchen worktops are stocked as unfinished templates up to 600, 900 or…
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Wood shredding making company more profitable
A common problem: The operation invested in a WEIMA WLK 8 shredder with a V-Rotor design in mid-2014.
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Waste shredding protects resources in Indonesia
Recently, the company successfully inaugurated a modern recycling center in collaboration with its environmental technology partner Geocycle in Bogor…
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‘We looked for the best’
Elbau Küchen AG is specialized in high-quality individual kitchens. Its 86 employees produce between 80 and 100 kitchens each week in…
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