SSI Shredding Systems Lands Order from Chinese Firm

Equipment company SSI Shredding Systems Inc. has announced that the Chinese company BMEI Co. Ltd (formerly Beijing Machinery & Electricity Institute) has placed an order for a shredder. The order is the sixth SSI shredder for BMEI.

BMEI Co. is one of China’s largest engineering firms specializing in environmental protection technology research and product manufacturing for treatment, incineration, and disposal of hazardous waste.

The Chinese company says that its newest shredder will be used as it seeks to come up with industrial shredding solutions to be used within BMEI’s hazardous waste processing systems.

The relationship between the two companies began in May 2010 when representatives from BMEI and SSI Shredding Systems, based in Wilsonville, Ore., met. At the time BMEI was looking for ways to improve the floor layout of its new waste disposal systems, a new platform design, a more functional in-feed and discharge system and a solution to the threat of fire and explosions from processing hazardous waste.

Over the next several months, both companies worked to evaluate BMEI’s systems and discover where improvements could be made. In September 2010, SSI began implementation of the first of many new shredding solutions for BMEI.

Using infrared sensors and hydraulic fire gate separators, the industrial shredder system provides effective ways to detect, suppress and protect against fire and explosions. In addition, SSI engineers successfully designed new working solutions to BMEI’s system floor layout, platforms and in-feed and discharge systems.

“Our entire team worked very closely with BMEI to assess and understand their needs. We are delighted to have successfully achieved the results BMEI expected and provide them with a long-term, consistent solution,” says Ruby Zhang, SSI’s sales executive for China.