Success Stories

Proud WEIMA customers

WEIMA gets requests for size reduction solutions from all over the world. Check out some of our installations in action and learn a bit more about the people and production lines behind these WEIMA machines.

Colorful records lie in the cutting chamber of a shredder in front of the rotor with cutting blades

Black gold on repeat – vinyl recycling at Record Industry

With the help of a WEIMA WLK 4 single-shaft shredder and dozens of Wanner granulators, the record producer shreds and recycles its PVC plastic waste on site for zero waste production.

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Shredding of firewood production waste with a WEIMA WLK 2000 at Brennholzwerktrier

Energy-Independent production: Brennholzwerk Trier lives the sustainable dream

The Trier firewood factory in Trierweiler, Rhineland-Palatinate, pursues a pioneering energy concept. With the WEIMA WLK 2000 single-shaft shredder, its own heat generation, and renewable energy sources, the company produces its own electricity and heat—making it almost completely independent of external energy sources. A successful example of energy self-sufficiency in action.

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WEIMA PowerLine shredder in production hall with subsequent conveyor belt

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 containing hazardous and toxic substances.

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Briquettes with a diameter of 80 mm

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 using a WEIMA TH 714 briquette press at Elopak in Lystrup, Denmark. These briquettes are then used to generate energy in a local heating plant.

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

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 their production waste. Consisting of mixed wood-based materials, including large sheets of skeletal waste from various CNC machining centres, they were looking to easily and effectively convert their waste into a uniform product, which could be easily transported and used within their biomass system.

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A WEIMA Shredder W5.18 in a hall on the Dansk Emballage company premises

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 sorted, washed, and recycled on-site. A significant role in this process is played by a W5.18 single-shaft shredder.

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