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France: Solid recovered fuel (SRF) manufacturer Environnement 48 has ordered a XR3000C mobil-e shredder from Austria’s Untha. The new unit has an expected production capacity of 10,000t/yr. It will mainly be used to process plastics and wood to a particle size of 80mm. It follows a previous order of an XR Ripper waste shredder by the French company.

Japan: Austria’s Untha has agreed a new distribution partnership with Yokohama-based engineering firm Sun Earth. The deal will see Untha’s manufactured shredding technology supplied to a number of waste and alternative fuel production facilities throughout Japan. The agreement was arranged to help Sun Earth cope with demand for a shredding system that can tackle complex production waste, including single-step solid recovered fuel (SRF) manufacturing. Talks between the companies started in mid-2017.

Sun Earth has already placed an order for an Untha XR3000C shredder scheduled for shipment in early 2018.

Germany: Lindner plans to release its new Micromat HP series of plastic and universal shredders at the Fakuma plastics processing trade fair in October 2017. The new models in the High Performance (HP) range follow the existing Micromat 2000 and 2500 single shaft shredders but the manufacturer says that the new machines offer up to a 30% increase in output. This has been achieved by re-designing the rotor geometry to allow the knives to be used more efficiently per rotation. An optimised Siemens control unit has also been included. The shredders come with a 132kW or 160kW motor driving the rotor with a speed of 105RPM depending on customer requirements.

The upgraded line has been created in response to increasing European environmental targets and expected rises in the recycling rate of plastic packaging. Following these changes the shredder producer anticipates that recycling companies and producers of secondary raw materials will require more output while using the same space.

Italy: Shredder manufacturer Untha says that it has overseen ‘significant’ growth following its collaboration with waste processing company Ecotec Solution. Since mid-2016 Ecotec Solution has secured six large projects for its Austrian partner.

These include three XR mobil-e sales for waste to energy facilities: one based in Trieste handling bulky input wastes for cement fuel preparation and two tackling pre-treated municipal solid waste (MSW) to create varied products including an infeed material for heat treatment. Other sales include a static XR3000C shredder for high performance <50mm solid recovered fuel (SRF) manufacturing, an XR2000R shredder for the <350mm processing of MSW and a TR2500 post shredder to produce a refined <30mm cement fuel from pre-treated light fraction.

“Landfill sites are closing and, due to a lack of more traditional waste disposal options, companies are looking for new channels for their residual materials,” said Ecotec Solution’s managing director Martin Mairhofer. “High value prices for SRF make this non-traditional treatment method an attractive alternative, but a significant degree of investment is required to design and build commercially robust plants.”

Brazil: Lindner Recyclingtech is promoting its Urraco 75 moblie shredder for use with refuse derived fuel (RDF) in Brazil and other South American markets. Following the introduction of a landfilling ban in 2015 is hoping to benefit from clients using its products to shred materials such as eucalyptus bark in addition to conventional sources such as municipal waste. The Austrian engineering company uses Siebert & Cia, which operates from Curitiba in Paraná, as its sales partner in the country.

Germany: Thomas Strobl, the Deputy Minister-President of Baden-Württemberg, has opened Alba Nordbaden’s refuse-derived fuel (RDF) plant in Karlsruhe. The plant has an RDF production capacity of 33,000t/yr for use at power and cement plants. The unit uses a Lindner Polaris 2800 shredder that can shred materials to 80mm or less in a single step, according to Construction Cayola. Alba Nordbaden specified a crusher that could handle an input rate of 20t/hr.

Japan: Austria’s Lindner-Recyclingtech has entered into a sales partnership with the Japanese company Ryohshin in Toyama to strengthen its presence in the region. The Japanese recycling technology company will assume responsibility for selling Lindner shredding products to the local waste management industry.

‘The Japanese shredder market is characterised by high demand and fierce competition, with a focus on replacing older systems, upgrades and expanding existing capacities. To succeed in this environment in the long term, we choose our partners worldwide according to very strict criteria,” said Osamu Kono, the chief executive officer of Ryohshin.

Saudi Arabia: Eco Green has installed a tyre shredding system at the National Region Cement plant. The cement producer ordered a two-shaft primary shredder, according to Recycling Product News. Also known as the Eco Green Giant, the shredder can process up to 30t/hr of whole tyres and it has an output range of 5 – 15cm.