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Orwak Introduces New Baler

Swedish company Orwak has introduced its newest product, the Orwak 5040. The compact vertical baler is designed to bale PET plastic bottles and aluminum cans. The company says the 5040 is the only compact vertical baler on the market that can compact PET bottles with caps on.

Inspiration for the new baler came from a special order from Tomra Pacific’s California subsidiary, which operates the state’s RePlanet program to handle containers collected through California’s Redemption Value (CRV) program.

To facilitate the collection of CRV containers, RePlanet recycling centers were established in 2007 at strategic locations near malls and supermarkets throughout the state.

The centers needed a compaction solution to handle and store the growing volumes of PET bottles and cans and turned to Orwak, part of the Tomra Group, to develop a small baler that takes up minimal floor space. The result is a twin-chamber baler resembling a small Orwak 5070.

The bale height can be adjusted from 14 to 22 inches.

More information is available at www.orwak.com.

To view a product specification sheet click here

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