Success Stories

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.

Here you can find periodical news stories about people who are successfully using WEIMA shredders and briquette presses within their operations. Since the founding of our company in 1980, more than 40,000 machines have been sold. Just last year we sold over 1,300 application-specific machine solutions worldwide.

Do you have a machine of ours that is doing amazing things for your operation? We’d love to report on it here! Email us at media@weima.com for more info.

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WEIMA shredder at Healix opening ceremony

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 oceans. Using state-of-the-art technology for plastics recycling, the aim of his Dutch company Healix is to turn this linear waste into a product on site and create a circular economy. At the forefront of the process chain is a WEIMA W5.22 single-shaft shredder.

weima single shaft shredder with extrusion line at fiberon in north carolina

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 waste materials across the ocean. Fiberon has embraced this process, proving that being attentive to the environment does not always have to be a financial burden.

The aluminum cans are pressed into discs with a diameter of 200 mm

Fully automated: Beer can rejects emptying and pressing at Fiddlehead Brewing Company, USA

With a PUEHLER E.200 drainage press, the American brewery Fiddlehead Brewing Company optimizes its recycling processes at the canning line.

Plastic shredder from WEIMA for inhouse-recycling of plastic boxes production waste

Plastic Boxes – Round 2

The duo of a WEIMA W5.14 shredder and New Herbold granulator get defective plastic boxes ready for the next job.

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 and reclaim the valuable cutting fluid. In cooperation with Satisloh and Bazell Technologies, machinery was selected to keep this operation environmental, efficient, and economic.

Comfortable shredding

Calgan Recliners in Johannisburg are among the biggest manufacturers of upholstery furniture in South Africa. A WL 4 shreds their wood waste.

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