News items June 2019

That is the shredder Polaris 2800, of that Wurzer Umwelt GmbH is certain. The Wurzer Group has been relying on Lindner’s shredding technology for over ten years and has been successfully using the manufacturer's Polaris 2800 in waste wood processing for over a year now. The result: few fines in the output, the highest throughput with the best machine availability – consistent, reliable and safe. Eitting/Spittal an der Drau. Today Wurzer Umwelt GmbH is part of Eittinger’s timber industry tradition. The processing of waste wood of the grades A1 to A4* is one of the backbones in the manifold business activities of waste management and recycling. ‘Wurzer successfully entered this segment 25 years ago,’ says Hans Kenst, Signing Officer and Operations Manager who has been with the company since 1997. ‘We have been continuously expanding our processing capacities, including the construction of a large hall for the dry storage of A4 wood. In the last three or four years, the total quantity of waste wood processed has increased from around

On June 3rd 2019 the Verder Group entered into an agreement to acquire the American Microtrac, Inc. and the Japanese MicrotracBEL Corporation from Nikkiso Co. Ltd. Verder’s Scientific Division is herewith extending its product portfolio with product lines for particle characterization by laser diffraction, dynamic light scattering and surface analysis. Microtrac is a leading manufacturer and pioneer of instruments for particle analysis using laser diffraction and dynamic light scattering technologies. The instruments are used both for industrial applications and material research. Microtrac has two facilities in the USA located in Montgomeryville, PA and York, PA where Microtrac develops and manufactures all products. MicrotracBEL is a leading manufacturer of instruments for surface area and porosity analysis applying adsorption technologies. The instruments are used in research intense fields for particle characterization. MicrotracBEL has three facilities in Japan

End of May, guests from all over the world once again followed the invitation of HSM Close to 90 experts from the disposal sector as well as HSM's distribution partners travelled from all over the world to convene at Lake Constance. Jan-Peter Krupczynski, Global Sales and Marketing Director Environmental Technology at HSM and Andrea Falco, Head of Sales UK, France, Spain & Italy, launched the event and from the very beginning provided participants with impressive facts about HSM and its product portfolio. In its company history, now spanning almost fifty years, HSM always kept an eye on future markets and developments. For example, the introduction of the container-deposit legislation for PET bottles in Germany in 2005. To this day, HSM, with its patented crusher technology, is a supplier to almost all notable reverse vending machine manufacturers. Two years later, this was followed by the construction of one of the largest fully automated channel baling presses in HSM's product range – the HSM VK 12018, with 120 tonnes of pressing force. Driven by