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The end of the Stone Age
Since the beginning of February, Kompent Entsorgungs GmbH in Jesewitz-Liemehna in Germany has been offering customers 90 percent stone-free compost. The new Stonefex stone separator from Komptech makes it possible. Together with the Multistar L3 star screener, it makes a truly unbeatable team.
IFAT ENTSORGA 2012
A double debut at Komptech - launch of the Chippo 5010 Cdt swivelling mobile chipper and the Stonefex stone separator
Into the desert
Komptech’s machines are known for their toughness. But what about outside temperatures of 60°C/140°F and vicious sandstorms? No problem, as they are demonstrating at the composting facility of Emirates Environmental Technology Co. Ltd. (EET) in Al Ain (United Arab Emirates), where a fully automated compost preparation system has been in operation...
Komptech increases turnover to €111m
Austrian environmental specialists enjoy best year in company history – infrastructure projects to enable continued growth
Easy turning: Chippo "turnable"
Narrow lanes, restricted visibility, no room to turn - chipping on logging roads can be a driving and working challenge for chipper operators and their logistics crews. These chipping jobs can be much more productive if the crew doesn’t have to spend time backing up and turning the chipper around to reach wood on both sides of the road. The first...
Komptech buys rain forest as CO2 compensation
Komptech not only has “Technology for a better environment” in its slogan, it has also taken up the cause of sustainable action. For example, this year has seen the acquisition of one hectare of rain forest in Costa Rica to compensate for a part of the company’s carbon footprint.
The Axtor - a logical next step
Martien Damsteegt is master of 220 rental machines. His machine park in Oud-Alblas near Rotterdam (NL) now includes an Axtor. “A logical next step,” said Damsteegt, whose company has been renting out...
CGT and Komptech join forces in Italy
Italy is one of the largest markets in Europe for waste management equipment. In particular with a view to solving some of the open waste management problems, mainly in the south of the country, we...
Aschmann GmbH on a successful path
Aschmann Land- und Umwelttechnik GmbH, in Illhart near Switzerland’s Lake Constance, is a family company that has been providing services to farmers and foresters for over 30 years. In the autumn of...
NEW: Mobile stone separator STONEFEX
Whenever the weather turns colder, the market for biofuels picks up. In addition to trunks, in demand as a raw material as well as for fuel, forestry residue, rootstocks and green cuttings can also...
A tough job for the Crambo Heavy Duty
Every year since 1997, the UTL Verarbeitungs- und Dienstleistungs GmbH (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany) has processed up to 20,000 tonnes of biogenic waste into quality-assured compost. Compost is...
Fine, finer, finest
Is there a biomass market in UK? One might not think so - there are only a few forest areas in UK, so there is little wood available. There is no established demand for biomass fuel.
Highest Performance in all Cases
On the drum chipper Chippo 5010 Cd, the second drum speed with planetary drive is available in addition at no extra cost for a short period.
Nature’s goods
In Styria in Austria, Johannes Dietmaier has with entrepreneurial foresight created a company whose use of biogenic raw materials unites climate protection, sustainability, and regional value...
10 years later, still going strong
For 10 years, a Komptech Hurrikan windsifter has been part of St. Louis Composting’s growth. One of the very earliest Komptech machines sold in the US, it is still going strong.
“Terminators” clearing up Japan
Styrian environmental specialist Komptech is providing clearing-up equipment to Japan – large order placed to the value of two million Euros
Komptech at recycling aktiv
At the two-day recycling aktiv trade fair, starting on May 18th 2011 at the Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden airport grounds, Austro-German manufacturer Komptech is showcasing its new, groundbreaking expertise...
More machine for the same price.
A Crambo usually has to take on what other machines leave. But that’s what we built it for. To improve the capability of the machine for the hardest of deployments, we have now a Heavy Duty Edition...
Stay cool
In the professional chipping business, sometimes you have to work when the wind is against you or when it’s hot and dusty. That means staying cool, like the CHIPPO 5010 C direct, which always works...
Large numbers flock to the Central European Biomass Conference
"1054 delegates from 33 countries attended the 2011 Central European Biomass Conference .
This volume of visitors underlines the global significance of bioenergy", explained Horst Jauschnegg,...
Komptech's CEO new chairperson of the shareholders' committee of SFG
Josef Heissenberger has been nominated as the chairperson of the shareholders' committee of the Steirische Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft mbH by the Styrian federal state government on the 20th of...
Careful – Crambo at work!
More and more Crambo wood shredders in the forests of Finland.
Finland is one of the leading users of renewable energy, and by 2020 the country intends to expand the share of renewable energy to 38...
Komptech meets the Terminator
On November 15-16 2010, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger held a Governor’s Summit in Davis, CA, accompanied by such luminaries as British Prime Minister David Cameron, Prince Charles, James...
Lord of the screens
Stefan Smet is an ambitious and very successful business owner. He is also a Komptech customer – and not just any customer, but the largest one Komptech has. Right now Stefan Smet has 20 green...
Room to breathe
Royal Oak Farm, LLC of Evington, VA, is a regional leader in compost production and specialty soil products. Recently, Ken Newman, managing member of Royal Oak Farm, decided to purchase a Komptech...
