Equipment Guide

Volume Reduction Technology

Volume reduction technology is key in processing and measuring recyclable materials. Equipment such as compactors and balers compress materials, reducing their size for easier handling, storage, and transportation. This technology streamlines processing and enhances efficiency, ensuring optimal utilization of recyclable materials while facilitating accurate measurements in recycling operations.

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Bollegraaf Group Bollegraaf Group is a world-leading expert and innovator in the waste sorting and recycling sector. Furthermore, our reputation is based on the unique quality of equipment in terms of separation performance, robustness, and ease of maintenance. A premium quality complemented by our engineering expertise allows delivering the best solutions to the specific challenges of each of our customers. Cross Wrap Ltd. Cross Wrap's speciality is in automated bale handling and material flow solutions for the global recycling, waste, and industrial sectors. It's known for its innovative Bale Wrapping and Bale Dewiring machines, designed to improve safety and efficiency in material processing. Harris American Company American Baler is one of the oldest and most respected baler manufacturers in the world. We manufacture a complete line of balers so that we can provide solutions to customers in a wide range of industries. These products include manual-tie and auto-tie single ram horizontal balers and two ram auto-tie balers for both low-volume and high-production applications. HSM GmbH + Co. KG Are you looking for exactly the right baling press for your tasks? At HSM, you are sure to find the best solution and profit from many other valuable benefits. As the only manufacturer to offer you the entire range of powerful and economic baling presses – vertical, horizontal and fully automatic.  In addition to quality baling presses ”Made in Germany“, HSM also offers full customer service. M&J Recycling M&J Recycling is a global leader in industrial waste shredders, delivering powerful, reliable and durable pre- and fine-shredders. Our machines process MSW, C&I, C&D, plastics, paper and more. With over 1,300 installations, strong R&D, and a global sales and service network, we are a trusted partner for efficient waste reduction worldwide. Machinex Industries Inc. Machinex Industries offers complete engineering design, manufacturing and installation of Material Recycling Facilities. As a leader in sorting technologies, Machinex Industries provides turnkey systems: Single-Stream, Mixed Waste Processing, Construction & Demolition, Commercial and Industrial Waste, front-end processing for Waste-to-Energy plant. Presona AB Designed and built in Sweden where the focus is on efficiency, quality, safety and sustainability, Presona balers are the personification of Swedish precision engineering. They are reliable, consistent and efficient. They are also designed to cope with rugged manufacturing, recycling and waste management environments. SSI Shredding Systems, Inc. SSI engineers and designs industrial shredding equipment tasked with solving some of the world’s toughest waste challenges. The question is, what hasn’t gone through an SSI shredder? Since 1980, we have built and manufactured solutions for most every material you can imagine. Valvan nv Valvan (Menen, Belgium) specialises in sorting and baling systems for the textile and recycling industries. From baling presses to full turnkey installations — smart, tailor-made solutions built to your exact needs. Part of the Valtech Group. www.valvan.com WEIMA Maschinenbau GmbH More than 40,000 machines sold worldwide! WEIMA has been manufacturing robust shredders and briquetting presses for the disposal and processing of all types of waste since 1980. Our machines include single-shaft shredders, four-shaft shredders, granulators and briquette, packaging and draining presses. The popular orange machines are used in the wood, plastics, paper, metal and waste-to-energy industries.

Other manufacturers

ADELMANN Umwelt GmbH Al-jon Manufacturing Allegheny Shredders, Inc. Ameri-Shred Corp. Anis Trend d.o.o. Argus Maszyny Sp. z o.o. ATM Recyclingsystems GmbH AVERMANN Maschinenfabrik GmbH & Co. KG BACE, LLC. Bakers Waste Equipment Inc. Balemaster Beckmann Technik and Service KG BERGMANN Bergmann Direct Limited Bijlsma Hercules BV BOA Recycling Solutions BV Bramidan A/S Bronneberg C&G Scrap processing Machines and Solutions S.R.L. C.F. Nielsen A/S Camec Capital Compactors & Balers CASE Construction CK International CO.MA.FER MACCHINE SpA Container Essentials COPEX Costruzioni Nazzareno CRAM-A-LOT / J.V. Manufacturing, Inc. CRETES CSO Group Ltd Danieli Centro Recycling DeHart Recycling Equipment Inc. Di Più srl Dicom Limited Easyquip Entsorgungstechnik Bavaria GmbH EREMA Engineering Recycling Maschinen und Anlagen Ges.m.b.H. EURAGGLO S.A.S. Europress Group Oy Europress Umwelttechnik GmbH Evac Excel Manufacturing Fercell Engineering Limited FTM Machinery G.P.S. Scrap Processing Solutions Gemidan Ecogi GENSCO Equipment, Inc. GEP ECOTECH Granutech-Saturn Systems Greenbank Compactors LLP GROSS Apparatebau GmbH Guidetti Recycling Srl HABA Group Oy Harmony Enterprises, Inc. Heger GmbH + Co. KG Henrich Gruppe Herbold Meckesheim GmbH Hoecker Polytechnik GmbH Hofmann Group S.r.l. Höcker Polytechnik GmbH Idromec Spa IMABE IBERICA, S.L. Impact Air Systems Inciner8 Limited Ind Fabriktec Brasil Ltda INTCO Recycling JOVISA S.L Kadant PAAL GmbH Ken Mills Engineering Ltd Kernic Systems, Inc. Kiverco Komar Industries, Inc. LEFORT Lift Waste & Recycling Lindner-Recyclingtech GmbH Ludden & Mennekes Entsorgungs-Systeme GmbH Lyndex recycling systems limited MAAG Group MACFAB MacPresse Europa Marathon Equipment Mardon Recycling Machinery Ltd Maren Engineering, Inc. MAX-PAK / Waste Processing Equipment, Inc. McIntyre Metal Press Metbud-Gończyce Sp. z o.o. MHM Recycling Equipment Middleton Engineering Middleton Engineering Limited Mil-tek MISTRA s.r.o. Moovmor Engineering Ltd MOROS Industrias Hidraulicas S.A Nedland Industries, Inc. Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen GmbH Orwak Pakawaste Ltd PEL Waste Reduction Equipment PLAN AMBALAJ MAKINA SAN.TIC.LTD. Plåt & Spiralteknik i Torsås AB (PST) PRESTO GmbH & Co KG PRM Waste Systems Limited PTR Baler and Compactor Company QCR Recycling Equipment QCR Recycling Equipment Recuperma GmbH Recycling Equipment Inc Reinbold Entsorgungstechnik GmbH REP-TEC Rewald GmbH Riverside Waste Machinery Robust d.o.o. Roither Austropressen GmbH ROTER RECYCLING Royal Dutch Kusters Engineering Ruf Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG RUNI A/S Sani-Tech Sebright Products Inc SEM Sherbrooke OEM Sierra International Machinery, LLC. Sikoplast Maschinenbau Heinrich Koch GmbH Simex s.r.l. Steele Solutions, Inc. Strautmann Umwelttechnik GmbH Sutco RecyclingTechnik GmbH Tana Oy Tecnofer Ecoimpianti SRL Terra Compactor Wheel unoTech® GmbH VAN DYK Recycling Solutions Vezzani Vincent Corporation Virtus Equipment Wastech Engineering Wastequip, LLC WENDT CORPORATION Whitham Mills Engineering Limited Wrights Recycling Machinery Limited YILDIZ ENDUSTRI Zato

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Charles Daridon is the Director Global Sales of the Bollegraaf Group. Charles was born in Bretagne but has been living in the Netherlands for several years now (since 2018). After a BSC in Chemistry, Charles attended a business school INSEEC in Paris. For more than 25 years, Charles has worked in the waste industry (soil remediation engineering, landfills, wastewater treatment, biogas plant) and, in the last 15 years, he became an expert in waste sorting solutions. His environmental commitment is not only professional but also personal.

Maximilian Gutmayr, international sales manager at Erdwich Zerkleinerungs-Systeme GmbH since 2017, is an expert for shredding systems, hammer mills as well as complete recycling solutions. After studying Economics at University of Augsburg and different stations abroad, e.g. Japan, Switzerland, etc. he joined the company Erdwich Zerkleinerungs-Systeme GmbH and is now responsible for worldwide projects and the constant business development. The company Erdwich Zerkleinerungs-Systeme GmbH has experience in the recycling branch since more than 40 years and delivers shredding solutions and turn-key recycling plants to customers all over the world, e.g. electronic scrap treatment plants, refrigerator recycling plants, solutions for metal swarf treatment, cardboard processing, and many more applications. The worldwide demand for recycling solutions in the environmental branch and of course the changing material mixtures increased over the last years drastically especially in Asian countries where Mr. Gutmayr is an expert in.

Angelo Minoldi is working in the environmental technology sector for almost 25 years, 20 years of that in the baling presses sector. His experience ranges from machinery development to project manager and head of the technical department. He is specialised in baling presses, shredders and recycling solid waste sorting plants. Since 2014 he is part of the project engineering team at HSM Germany and creates customized solution for the waste recycling area all over the world.

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Hannes is a leading expert in high-capacity horizontal balers, which are designed for a wide range of industrial applications. With over 13 years of international experience, he has shared his in-depth knowledge of volume reduction technology and the efficient use of balers in combination with other equipment.

Dave Fleming is the Vice President of Sales and Marketing at SSI Shredding Systems, Inc., bringing over 30 years of dedicated experience and leadership to the industrial recycling and waste reduction sectors. Having progressed through key roles including System Sales and Director of Sales and Marketing, Dave is a recognized industry expert who champions a consultative, customer-first approach to solving complex material reduction challenges. He specializes in guiding clients from initial material analysis to custom system design, ensuring facilities receive tailored, high-productivity solutions rather than off-the-shelf technology. As a prominent voice for SSI, Dave frequently represents the company in major industry publications and technical demonstrations, consistently driving SSI’s mission to engineer innovative equipment and cultivate loyal, long-term customer partnerships.

Ivan Hondekyn has been part of the Valvan team for over 25 years, bringing a rare depth of expertise across design, project engineering, after-sales service, and sales. Starting his career in the design of baling presses and sorting installations, he gradually expanded his role to cover production planning, service coordination, and project delivery. Since 2023, Ivan has been responsible for the sales of horizontal balers — a role in which he draws on his hands-on technical background to offer customers the right solution for every recycling challenge or production line. His cross-functional experience makes him a trusted partner for companies looking to optimise a single process step or implement a complete turnkey installation.

WEIMA Sales Director Patrick Henzler is a proud and experienced member of the WEIMA family since 2007, after he graduated from the University of Essen, Germany as B.A in Economics three years earlier. Patrick is a business expert for all kinds of shredding and recycling solutions, especially for the plastics and waste markets. His successes include tapping into the Indian recycling market, where WEIMA founded a joint venture with regional partner company Kiron in 2019. Over the past decades, Patrick has worked with a large number of well-known customers worldwide - e.g. Veolia, RKW, Remondis, Plastika Kritis, Jindal Polyfilms, CEDO, Geocycle.

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