Herbold Meckesheim is a leading recycling specialist and produces machines and plants for processing pure plastic waste from the industry as well as used, mixed and contaminated plastics. The company belongs to Hillenbrand, Inc., a US-based global industrial group, and is part of the new Recycling Business Unit of Coperion, which offers complete solutions for plastics recycling within the Polymer Division of the internationally operating industry and technology leader in compounding and extrusion systems, feeding and weighing systems, bulk material handling and services. More than 240 employees at the headquarters in Meckesheim and the staff of the international agencies accompany plants and machines that are custom-made to fit the requirements from the conception stage through commissioning until the end of their commercial use. Based on many decades of experience, the highly automated plants and washing lines are designed for low energy consumption, ease of maintenance and wear protection. Herbold’s product range includes shredders, guillotines, hammer mills, granulators and pulverizers as well as plastcompactors for agglomeration, but especially washing and separation systems with wet shredding, pre-washing units, wet granulators, friction washers, hot washing, separation tanks, hydrocyclone stages, mechanical and thermal dryers, and also water processing. The company produces machinery and washing lines for recycling PET, polyolefins, films, or rigid plastics as well as all kinds of post-consumer plastic waste. Herbold Meckesheim provides worldwide services with spare parts, overhauls, inspections, trouble shooting, and upgrades. The components and modular system solutions are tested in the company's own technical center.