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February 03, 2026

Shredding as a key process: WURSI relies on WEIMA W5.14 shredders

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January 28, 2026

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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November 20, 2025

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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November 05, 2025

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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June 18, 2025

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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May 23, 2025

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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April 07, 2025

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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An orange WEIMA shredder is positioned behind a warehouse, surrounded by an air system with a white silo and metal duct work.
March 10, 2025

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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WEIMA PowerLine shredder in production hall Dekasan, Turkey
February 17, 2025

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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Briquettes with a diameter of 80 mm
January 15, 2025

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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a orange WEIMA WL20 shredder in a small hall, with an dust extractor behind
December 11, 2024

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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A WEIMA Shredder W5.18 in a hall on the Dansk Emballage company premises
November 20, 2024

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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An excavator fills the WEIMA Shredder PowerLine 2500
October 28, 2024

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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orange shredder shredding municipal waste at a recycling company in South Korea
September 27, 2024

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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woman in front of a weima shredder
September 27, 2024

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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WEIMA WLK 2000 single-shaft shredder at Laminex Australia
September 27, 2024

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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May 15, 2024

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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A red-orange Shredder with a blue box of wood waste and input material
May 08, 2024

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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A mountain of silver aluminium briquettes from the TH 1500
March 01, 2024

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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February 05, 2024

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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December 15, 2023

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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The WLK 1500 single-shaft shredder from WEIMA stands in front of a building. In the background is the associated control cabinet and the transport system consisting of screw conveyors and spirals.
November 23, 2023

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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November 21, 2023

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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an orange WEIMA shredder W5.18 at a plastics recycler in the Netherlands
November 02, 2023

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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A red WEIMA S7.15 is standing in front of a building. A company employee stands next to it and looks into the camera.
October 30, 2023

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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Shredded waste wood in palms of hands
July 20, 2023

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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June 15, 2023

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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Three people are standing and speaking with each other in a warehouse next to an orange WEIMA shredder.
June 01, 2023

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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May 22, 2023

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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April 19, 2023

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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April 12, 2023

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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March 31, 2023

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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February 07, 2023

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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January 26, 2023

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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An employee dumps post-shredded plastic material into a gaylord for granulating.
December 19, 2022

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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December 19, 2022

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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December 19, 2022

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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October 13, 2022

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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butler macdonald employees in front of a big weima shredder inside a production hall
August 04, 2022

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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July 01, 2022

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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April 08, 2022

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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a view of the granulator connected to the air system. the product being shredded sits in the foreground.
April 01, 2022

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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Large production space with WEIMA shredders and conveyors
March 14, 2022

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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WL 8 Einweller-Zerkleinerer
February 28, 2022

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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WEIMA WL 6 Shredder zerkleinert großes Holzstück
February 04, 2022

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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February 04, 2022

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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February 04, 2022

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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Frame-making and upholstery artisans assemble wooden framed furniture in a production facility.
February 04, 2022

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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February 04, 2022

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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February 01, 2022

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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Compressed aluminum cans are easy to recycle.
January 17, 2022

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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High-end Maui Jim sunglasses lined up on a display shelf in their showroom
December 17, 2021

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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November 09, 2021

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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WSM secondary shredder for recycling of plastic waste at SuperBon in Romania
October 25, 2021

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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August 18, 2021

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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easy2cool employees stand in the production area with the coolers in their hands
June 08, 2021

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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June 08, 2021

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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June 08, 2021

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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April 13, 2021

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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April 13, 2021

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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April 13, 2021

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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April 13, 2021

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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June 22, 2020

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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June 18, 2020

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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March 23, 2020

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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March 23, 2020

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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March 23, 2020

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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March 23, 2020

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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February 04, 2020

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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plastic regrind
January 23, 2020

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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CNC-Holzbearbeitung
September 26, 2019

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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Kernic Dust System installation
February 11, 2019

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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Einwellen-Shredder Spider 1500
November 30, 2017

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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Sperrholz Shredder WLK 15 WEIMA
November 28, 2017

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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November 28, 2017

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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Shredder mit Papierabfall
November 28, 2017

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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November 28, 2017

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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November 28, 2017

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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Rohrzerkleinerung Shredder Pipelife
November 28, 2017

PE-Recycling at its very best

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Shredder zwei Austragsförderbänder
November 28, 2017

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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Shredder und Extruder stellen Granulat her
November 28, 2017

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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LaFarge PowerLine Shredder
November 28, 2017

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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November 28, 2017

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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Plantage bei Nacht
November 28, 2017

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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November 28, 2017

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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November 28, 2017

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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November 28, 2017

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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Brikettierpresse Trio WEIMA
November 28, 2017

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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Papier Shredder WEIMA WLK 10 USA
November 28, 2017

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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WLK 30 SJ Shredder bei Graf Plastics
November 28, 2017

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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PowerLine 2000 und 3000 bei Amey Cespa
November 28, 2017

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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Austrag von Metallbriketts
November 28, 2017

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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November 28, 2017

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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Holzspäne Briketts Brikettiung Verpackung
November 28, 2017

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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November 28, 2017

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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November 28, 2017

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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Befüllung WL 4 Einwellen-Shredder
November 28, 2017

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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November 27, 2017

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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November 27, 2017

‘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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