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Groveport, Ohio and Burlington, Ontario, January 3, 2024 – Komar Industries (“Komar”), a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial waste and recycling processing systems, announced that it has acquired NexGen Municipal Inc. (“NexGen”), a leading provider of municipal equipment solutions and systems that reduce the lifecycle operation cost of municipal services. “With a shared vision of delivering value and efficiencies to the waste and recycling industry, our longstanding relationship with NexGen has evolved into a

Groveport, Ohio and Columbia, Pennsylvania, December 4, 2023 – Komar Industries (“Komar”), a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial waste and recycling processing systems, announced that it has acquired Winter Equipment Corporation (“Winter”), a leading distributor of waste handling and recycling equipment. “Winter has been a valued channel partner since 1992 by offering complementary products and services that expand the value we jointly deliver to our customers.,” said Mark Koenig, Komar’s President and CEO. “Mark

Groveport, Ohio and South Holland, Illinois, February 3, 2023 – Komar Industries (“Komar”), a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial waste and recycling processing systems, announced today that it has acquired Maren Engineering Corporation (“Maren”), a leading equipment manufacturer and technology innovator in baling and shredding systems. “Maren has been a leader in the industry since 1962 with its highly engineered and efficient balers and shredders,” said Mark Koenig, Komar’s President and CEO. “Bringing Maren

Groveport, Ohio and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 30, 2023 – Komar Industries (“Komar”), a leading designer and manufacturer of industrial waste and recycling processing systems, announced today that it has acquired PTR Baler and Compactor Company (“PTR”), a leading equipment manufacturer, technology innovator and national service provider for vertical balers, stationary compactors, self-contained compactors and related equipment. “PTR has been a leader in the waste processing equipment industry for over 50 years with high-quality products and

How Leader’s Furniture Reduced Their Facility Trash Effort by 70% and Doubled Their Payload Weights with the Komar Auger-Pak®EM-20G “Our horizontal (ram) compactor wasn’t keeping up, maxing out at 1.5 to 2.4 tons per 40-yard container load.  If you didn’t take the trash out continuously, the work areas would get bogged down, and morale would drop. A clean work area is fundamental for team members to feel respected to achieve an efficient process and high-quality results.

When producing 200 tons of wood waste per month, with skids up to 72” x 96” and 8” cross sections, you need a rugged and reliable solution to break down that material efficiently, safely, and economically. A leading manufacturer of chips and advanced displays approached Komar for help. The Challenge: 200 Tons Per Month, Limited Space, High Hauling Costs When Komar came on the scene, we saw a prevalent scenario. A sea of open tops and

How OBRC is Optimizing Operations at their BottleDrop Centers with the Komar EPC-5. You need excellent processing equipment when you are charged with keeping 169 million pounds of beverage containers out of the landfill annually. The Oregon Beverage Recycling Corporation (OBRC) turned to Komar to help maximize storage capacity at their drop-off locations and drastically reduce transportation costs to their processing facilities. The Challenge: Limited Storage Capacity and High Transportation Costs OBRC is a cooperative owned

How Rogue is processing metal turnings efficiently with the Komar Auger-Pak® When you are a leading manufacturer of monster racks, barbells, kettlebells, and steel lifting plates, you produce A LOT of metal turnings! Rogue turned to Komar for an efficient processing solution. The Challenge: Light Hauling Loads If anyone knows they could be packing more weight, Rogue does. Before reaching out to Komar, Rogue filled open-top containers with non-compacted metal turnings from their collection hoppers.

How Sarcan cut transportation costs and improved baling efficiency with the Komar EPC-5 “We use Komar flatteners to flatten PET at a ratio of 4:1 and milk containers at a ratio of 8:1. This has saved us significant costs on transportation. The flattened containers have also contributed to faster baler time which means fewer strokes and a longer life cycle on the baler.” – Carl Ens, Manager, Capital Projects. Company Description Sarcan Recycling operates seventy-three

Watch the full animation to see how the auger shreds and compacts industrial wood waste safely, reliably, and with maximum efficiency. “Meet the Komar Auger-Pak®. Invented in 1977 by Komar’s founder and packed with decades of innovative engineering, it is easily the most rugged and reliable shredder/compactor on the market. Designed to process industrial wood waste safely and with maximum efficiency, the Auger-Pak® system will quickly clean up any yard or facility, while eliminating the dangers