The Company is a manufacturer of baling equipment which is fabricated from
steel and utilizes hydraulic and electrical components to compress a variety
of materials into bales for easier handling, shipping, disposal, storage, and
for recycling. Materials commonly baled include scrap metal, corrugated boxes,
newsprint, aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and other solid waste. More sophisticated
applications include baling of textile materials, fibers and synthetic rubber.
The Company offers a wide variety of balers, standard models, as well as custom
models to meet specific customer requirements.
Balers utilize mechanical, hydraulic, and electrical mechanisms to compress
a variety of materials into bales for easier and lower cost handling, shipping,
disposal, storage, and/or bulk sales for recycling. The Company offers a wide
variety of balers, certain types that are standardized and others that are designed
to specific customer requirements. The Companys products include (i) general
purpose horizontal and vertical balers, (ii) specialty balers, such as those
used for textile materials, used clothing, aluminum cans, 55-gallon drums and
synthetic rubber; and (iii) accessory equipment such as conveyors, fluffers,
bale tying machines, and plastic bottle piercers (machines which puncture plastic
bottles before compaction for greater density).
hese balers are designed for general purpose compaction of waste materials.
They are manufactured in either vertical or horizontal loading models, depending
on available floor space and desired capacity. Typical materials that are handled
by this equipment include paper, corrugated boxes, and miscellaneous solid waste
materials. These balers range in bale weight capacity from approximately 300
to 2,000 pounds and range in price from approximately $5,000 to $500,000.
Specialty balers are designed for specific applications which require modifications
of the general baler configuration. The rubber baler is designed to apply pressure
in such a way as to compress the synthetic rubber into a self-contained bale
that does not require tying. The scrap metal baler is designed to form a bale,
referred to as a scrap metal "briquette" of specified size and weight.
The drum crusher baler is capable of collapsing a standard 55-gallon drum into
a "pancake" approximately four (4) to eight (8) inches high, which
also serves to contain any remaining contents. The textile baler is capable
of compressing and baling loose fibers, which do not ordinarily adhere to each
other under pressure. In addition, a double chamber baler has been designed
for use by the clothing and textile industries.
The Company manufactures and markets a number of accessory equipment items
in order to market a complete waste handling system. This equipment includes
conveyors, which carry waste from floor level to the top of large horizontal
balers; extended hoppers on such balers; rufflers, which break up material to
improve bale compaction; electronic start/stop controls and hydraulic oil coolers
and cleaners. For 2015 and 2014, accessory equipment did not represent a significant
percentage of net sales.
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