About us

ARJES GmbH marked the new beginning for the company’s founder and pioneer of double-shaft shredding machines Mr. Norbert Hammel, who bought the site of the old concrete plant in Leimbach, Thuringia and converted it into a modern production facility being the VZ 750 shredder its first creation; developed for the purpose of processing waste wood and green waste. ARJES comes from the Latin word meaning “ram” it’s a symbol for dynamism, energy, upswing and power and it is connected to the family name of the company’s founders Norbert & Tetyana Hammel.

Number of employees: 19

The RAPTOR, was the first twin-shaft shredder with a mechanical direct drive; it expanded ARJES’ GmbH production range and satisfied customers with its reduced fuel consumption and high throughput rates. Through the distinctive “T-shaft Technology”, Norbert Hammel developed an innovative cutting geometry for tool shafts “. Bio gas plants began to use our environmentally conscious electric machines, meanwhile, the expansion of the Leimbach production site continued.

Number of employees: 53

During this time ARJES GmbH established itself on the world market of the recycling industry by participating in national and international trade fairs, while back at home renovation and construction work was taking place throughout our production halls and the rest of the company. In addition to our RAPTOR series, the BIOMASTER was developed for shredding and screening biomass and green waste in one step and the 4-in-4 square screen was ingeniously built into the conveyor belt and designed to separate the different grain size.

Number of employees: 95

This was a great year! Not only did we produce our very own and first Hammer mill, for shredding car bodies, for a recycling plant in South Korea and our first VZ 950 shredder was presented at BAUMA 2013 in Munich, Europe’s largest construction machinery trade fair. ARJES celebrated its 5^thyear anniversary and completed its range of primary shredders with the VZ 850. Also the premiere of our TRISTAR triple shaft shredder took place at “Recycling Aktiv” Trade Fair 2013 in Baden-Baden.

Number of employees: 90

Mr. Thomas Hayn became the new management director and shareholder of ARJES GmbH; we redesigned our logo and adopted our new slogan “Recycling Innovation”. ARJES introduced itself in the international market with a more expressive and dynamic image; our refreshed corporate image and new technical developments were presented at “IFAT” Trade Fair 2014 in Munich. We landed national and international dealer representations and teamed up to assist at trade fairs. Along with this fresh wind came new innovations and so this year the first post-shredding solution, the NZ 250, was built and designed to obtain a finer final grain size. Also, the US broadcaster Discovery Channel made a story about our VZ 950 and chose it as one of its TOP 5 stories for 2015.

Number of employees: 115

As ARJES celebrated its 10^th year anniversary, our ARJES IMPAKTOR series made its debut at the “Bauma” Trade Fair 2016 in Munich generating an overwhelming response from the public. Our star, the IMPAKTOR 250 “stone crusher”, was the most successful launch in our company’s history and made us very proud as it received the “Technical Innovation Award” under the category “New Machine Developments in Spain.  During this time at the other side of the world, another one of our machines was making great progress, in the Arabian Peninsula in Kuwait, the VZ 950 DK shredded about 14 million old tires fulfilling its mission to help our environment!

Number of employees: 137

At the “IFAT” 2018 trade fair in Munich, we presented the new TITAN series to our customers for the first time and showcased the revolutionary quick-change shaft system for our tool shafts. In the same period, we entered into a partnership with Bandit Industries in the USA, which brought the company new market shares and made ARJES GmbH even better known around the globe! The introduction of the next evolutionary stage, the IMPAKTOR 250 evo, at the “Bauma” 2019 trade fair in Munich ensured full order books and a significant increase in production at the company. In fall of the same year, further development of the VZ 950 TITAN was presented at the “Recycling Aktiv” trade fair in Karlsruhe, which was optimized for the processing of green waste, wood, commercial waste and minerals. On Chinese state television, the channel “CCTV” exclusively reported on ARJES during the “2nd International Import Export” in Shangai.

Number of employees: 170

Grandiose! The 500th machine of the type IMPAKTOR 250 evo was produced and delivered to one of our customers in Thuringia. On this occasion, the entrepreneur Falk Wedekind was warmly welcomed to the celebration at our factory in Leimbach and awarded with a certificate for holding the 500th machine of our collection.  In various areas of our company, an expansion and modernization of the production and storage areas is currently taking place and the construction plans for a new administration building is also in full swing. Despite all the negative effects caused by the Corona crisis, we can proudly claim to have closed 2020 as the year with the highest turnover and thus the most successful year in the company’s history. At the beginning of 2021, ARJES GmbH announced the strategic realignment of the entire machine portfolio. The IMPAKTOR (compact class) and TITAN (performance class) product lines will be supplemented by the introduction of the new EKOMAXX line (medium class). The aim of this strategic division is to always offer our customers the optimum solution for their individual requirements in every price class!

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Number of employees: 177 (as of 31.12.2020)