Pallmann, a specialist provider of equipment and services for size reduction and preparation techniques in various industries, offering more than 1000 machine designs, is strengthening its position in briquette and pelletising recycling technology with the acquisition of technology from Swiss company BP Recycling Systems GmbH.

Pallmann Group is making the acquisition via Pallmann Industries Inc., a New Jersey-based group company in US The value of the transaction has not been disclosed.

The acquisition enables Pallmann to expand into new sectors, such as recycling of industrial waste and preparation of refuse-derived fuel (RDF) for combustion or gasification.

Briquetting and pelletising are technologies downstream from pre-shredding and sorting of waste into homogenous waste streams, and are key for preparing the waste going into recycling and fuel.

The firm’s equipment handles applications for materials ranging from soft through medium-hard, brittle to viscoelastic and fibrous. The acquisition of BP Recycling Systems’ technology will enable Pallmann to extend its offering to include a full line of equipment for making briquettes and pellets from municipal and industrial solid waste, biomass, plastics, textiles, glass, non-ferrous metals, and wood.