Miami Waste Paper celebrates one year with its Imabe baler

Cesar Benitez, CEO of Imabe of America, Miami, has shared a letter with Recycling Today from Ron Novas, executive vice president of Miami Waste Paper, also based in Miami, that highlights the benefits the company has seen since installing an Imabe H-240-3000 single-ram baler one year ago.

Novas writes, “We have put approximately 75,000 tons of OCC (old corrugated containers) through the baler with minimal problems and minimal repairs and maintenance.” He adds that the baler is performing as promised, “easily averaging 30 tons per hour.”

In the letter, Novas says Miami Waste Paper was “anxious about installing a new single-ram baler, as we had always operating three big two-ram balers.” However, he continues, “We quickly realized that the speed and saving of the new baler were real and immediate.”

Novas notes some of the production gains the company has seen in the last year, including:

• an 11 percent tonnage increase over the previous year;
• a 21 percent reduction in baling wire costs;
• a more than 60 percent reduction in baler repair and maintenance costs; and
• a 15 percent reduction in electrical costs.

In addition, he says, Miami Waste Paper was able to reduce its head count by two employees and to reassign personnel who were previously dedicated to manual baler operation to other tasks.

“We have increased our loading efficiency and cut loading time almost in half,” Novas states in the letter.

“We are looking forward to continued success with the Imabe baler and expanding our volumes further,” he adds.