The Hellweg Company
Hellweg-Maschinenbau has specialised in the development and production of shredding machinery for the plastics industry - especially in granulators/cutting mills.
The sole ownership enterprise formed in 1985 by Bernd Hellweg has been restructured on 1.1.2000 into a limited company, Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co. KG, that has since been managed as a family-owned company.
After the company had already developed and realised entire projects for renowned engineering companies, greater emphasis has been given to driving forward with development of the company’s own products. After years of development and test phases, a range of shredding machines arose, with the highest level of craftsmanship. The excellence in quality gained through contract production became the guideline for the company’s own engineering work. The high degree of experience in the area of development and in CNC technology enables a sensible relationship between design and the subsequent production by various machining processes.
The standard range of machines covers mobile machine-side mills, slow-running and central granulators/grinders in different sizes as well as complete fully automated recycling lines. Hellweg Maschinenbau also develops solutions according to specific customer requirements.
With their solid construction, Hellweg granulators stand for advanced technology and guarantee compliance with the highest demands for quality – with a well balanced price-performance relationship - made in Germany.
Milestones
- 1985
Bernd Hellweg founds the Hellweg turning shop
- 1990
Acquisition of the first CNC processing machine
- 1995
New construction of a production hall
- 1996
Development of the first Hellweg granulator (2D CAD)
- 1997
Development of the first Hellweg side mill
- 1998
First public market appearance K show 1998 (Düsseldorf)
- 1999
Development of the first Hellweg roller mill type Slotter
- 2000
The company is renamed Hellweg Maschinenbau GmbH & Co.KG.
Anita Hellweg, Bernd Hellweg and Mark Hellweg are appointed as managing directors - 2000
Development of the first granulator type MRS explicitly for CD/DVD sprues
- 2001
Cooperation with the company Datarius for the worldwide distribution of the MRS (Material Recycling System)
- 2002
Receipt of the Innovation Award of the State and City of Aachen for the development of the MRS Recycling System
- 2003
Development of the first Hellweg film cutters
- 2004
Development of the first Hellweg 100 series laboratory mill
- 2005
Development of the first in-pipe cutter for shredding films
- 2005
Development of the first large cutting mill of the 600 series
- 2006
Development of the first 260 series granulator
- 2007
Development of the first feeding device for flat films
- 2008
Development of the first 300 series lump granulator
- 2009
Development of the infeed mill for punching grid waste from film production
- 2011
Development of the first Hellweg intake device for large cutting mills
- 2012
Development of the first large cutting mill of the 450 series
- 2013
Development of the largest Hellweg granulator to date MG 1500/600
- 2014
Further development of feeding devices
- 2015
Opening of the in-house laboratory for deeper analysis of the grinding results
- 2016
Development of the MDSG 1000/600 BR large cutting mill class lump mill
- 2018
Development of the world's first control system for granulators "GRANUmaster Smart Control"
- 2019
Market launch of the first digitised granulator at the K trade fair in Düsseldorf
- 2020
Receiving Award Finalist PRSE Plastics Recycling Award Europe 2020
- 2020
New construction of a second assembly hall
- 2021
Removal of all granulators with the Smart Control system
- 2022
Brand launch of Smart Control+ at the K show 2022
- 2023
Receipt of the TOP100 Innovation Award of the German Economy for the digital development of the Smart Control system
- 2023
New construction of an office building