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More than twenty years in sensor-based sorting. Studied chemical engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology and helped develop automated XRF sensing at Innov-X Systems before joining TOMRA in 2011. Now leads the plastics upgrading and metals recycling segments.
Thirty years at SSI, from system sales through to director level. Works consultatively, guiding clients from initial material analysis to a custom system design rather than fitting them to off-the-shelf equipment.
Head of Sales and Business Development, Waste & Recycling DACH
UNTHA shredding technologyWith UNTHA since 2009, developing tailor-made shredding solutions across Austria, Germany, Italy, France, Greece, Switzerland and the Benelux. Focused on high-throughput industrial shredders and alternative-fuel production.
With WEIMA since 2007 after graduating in economics from the University of Essen. Specialises in shredding and recycling solutions for the plastics and waste markets, and led WEIMA’s entry into the Indian market.
Almost 25 years in environmental technology, twenty of them in baling presses. Has worked in machine development, project management and as head of a technical department, and is now part of HSM’s project engineering team.
Thirteen years of international experience in high-capacity horizontal balers, and in using them efficiently in combination with the rest of the equipment on the line.
Director Global Sales at the Bollegraaf Group. A chemistry degree and INSEEC business school in Paris, followed by more than 25 years in the waste industry — soil remediation, landfills, wastewater and biogas — and the last fifteen in waste sorting solutions.
Specialist in tyre recycling, industrial size reduction and alternative-fuel systems. Advises recyclers, cement producers, municipalities and industrial operators on process design, equipment selection, capacity planning and project economics.
More than twenty years in the industry. Focuses on matching shredding technology to the operational objectives of waste and recycling operations rather than selling from a catalogue.
An engineer by training with more than twenty years at Pellenc ST across multiple roles, now focused on business strategy, innovation leadership and digital transformation, with data as a strategic asset.
Three decades in recycling and a pioneer of sensor-based sorting. Working with XRF and LIBS since 2006; the second-generation Sense2Sort LIBS sorters identify the elemental composition of each individual metal piece across up to six fractions.
With Erdwich since 2017 after studying economics at the University of Augsburg and working in Japan and Switzerland. Responsible for worldwide projects in shredding systems, hammer mills and complete recycling plants.
Twenty-five years at Valvan, across the design of baling presses and sorting installations, production planning, service coordination and project delivery. Since 2023 responsible for horizontal baler sales, drawing on that hands-on technical background.
Founder of Keson; vice president, Jiangsu Low Carbon Environment Design Institute
Jiangsu Keson Environment TechnologyMore than ten years in solid waste recycling, with a focus on complete solutions and resource recovery systems. Has studied treatment operations across the Middle East, Europe and the Americas; Keson equipment runs in more than 40 regions.
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A reader weighing up both X-ray-based sorting technologies for an aluminium line, and wanting to understand where each one wins.
Technical engineer, Sense2Sort – Toratecnica
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A reader whose plant still identifies plastics by burning a sample and judging the smell, asking what equipment could replace that.
Separation & sorting
An industrial facility producing short offcuts of clean timber, currently sending it to landfill at a cost, looking for a route to re-use.
Size reduction
A reader collecting food waste from restaurants and canteens, weighing mechanical composters against biogas production.
Thermal process
Natural latex rubber gloves, and what separation technology exists to recover the material for non-electrical use.
Material handling
A reader asking what regrind dust from film does to the quality of recycled pallets, and where it can still be used.
Dust & odour control
Whether wood recyclers run their own haulage too, and if there is a single system that covers both.
Weighing & systems
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