Bolstering a strong reputation.

Dear Scrap Recycler:

There is no equipment brand more widely known to scrap processors than Harris. For decades, scrap recyclers have come to rely on the rugged shearing and baling equipment made by Harris because it offers the utmost in durability and dependability.

Harris is proud to have worked side-by-side with the growing scrap industry for several decades, supplying the equipment that has helped the industry become the prominent economic sector it is today.

The same Hams shears and balers that helped recyclers get the job done in the 950s and 1960s can still be found on the job, serving the same reliable role for today's business owners that they did for a previous generation.

This reputation for dependability is why many of our customers urged us to design and build our own brand of metals shredding equipment. Harris Shredder was created to supply the same core customers whom we have long served.

As many of these customers entered into the shredding business, they wanted an equipment supplier that could provide a decades-long tradition of trust, dependability, product support and attention to customer service. They've known all along that Harris fits that description, which is why they urged us to build our own shredders.

Today, we are proud to offer a complete line of Harris metals shredders to suit the needs of our existing friends and customers in the market. We are confident that Hams Shredder is now broadening the Hams reputation for reliability and durability from shears and balers and into the shredder market. Our shredders will be on the job for decades to come, and Harris Shredder will be here to support them.

Doug Sebastian,

Vice President, Harris Waste Management Group, Inc

PROUD PAST, BRIGHT FUTURE

The roots of Harris Shredder trace back to the very origins of large-scale scrap processing equipment. Russell Clemons (R.C.) Harris was a skilled machinist who co-founded a sawmill equipment and locomotive repair business and machine shop in central Georgia in 1889.

R.C. Harris and succeeding generations of family members and co-workers provided machinery to serve several additional industries throughout the early part of the 20th century. In 1938, R.C.'s son Russell and grandson Tom Ray Harris led the design of a scrap metal baling press with hydraulic circuits that could provide greater compression force at faster speeds than anything else being used at the time.

The first Harris hydraulic baler was installed in Americus, Ga., in 1938 and remained on the job for decades afterward--providing the first example of the Harris durability that would become legendary in the scrap business around the world.

During and after World War II, as the scrap metal business boomed, Harris Foundry & Machine Co. supplied the growing industry with the heavy-duty baling presses it needed to bolster the war effort and then keep the post-War industrial economy humming.

The 1950s saw the production and installation of increasingly larger scrap balers and shears as the Harris reputation for high-volume production and unmatched toughness and reliability spread within the industry.

Harris' ability to serve global markets was enhanced in the 1960s with its acquisition by a publicly traded company that infused the equipment maker with the necessary capital to increase its production capacity and stretch its marketing reach around the world. The introduction of products like the HRB baier line and the acquisition of other outstanding equipment lines such as Selco and Amfab/TransPak further broadened the Harris product line.

Today, the Harris Waste Management Group is part of the FKI family of companies, and its reach into the recycling market is greater than ever. The line of Harris shredders joins a comprehensive line of recycling equipment that includes balers, shears, shredders and conveyors in an array of styles and sizes to serve the metals, paper and plastic recycling markets, as well as solid waste equipment through the TransPak line.

From its fabrication plants in Baxley and Cordele, Ga., Harris Waste Management Group produces the recycling equipment that keeps the industry moving forward. The 300,000-square foot Cordele plant has become the machine shop that the scrap processing industry relies on not only for its balers and shears, but also now for metals shredders that will bring the Harris trademark for reliability and durability into the shredder market.

A TRUE COMMITMENT TO SHREDDING

Customer needs and the changing landscape of the steelmaking industry and their requirements led Harris into the shredder business, and a large-scale commitment of resources is propelling Harris into the forefront of the market in less than five years as a shredder manufacturer.

After Harris confirmed that its customers had the right idea when they asked Harris to begin making shredders, the company's leaders knew that the only way to properly build shredders was to hire the right people and make sufficient capital investments to design and build the strongest, most productive shredders available.

It all starts with people, and Harris has hired and continues to hire shredding industry veterans such as Javier Herrera, a long-time advisor and applications engineer in the shredding industry who has brought his expertise to Harris Shredder as Vice President- Business Development.

Herrera directs a team of engineers dedicated specifically to the Shredder Division and the task of making Harris Shredders the most productive, durable and reliable units on the market. Harris veterans such as Philip Walls have worked along with Herrera to provide the innovative design aspects that are winning recyclers over to Harris shredders.

By specifying the strongest materials for fabrication and the best components during design and manufacturing, the engineering team has helped Harris Shredders quickly earn a reputation for solid and sturdy construction.

Through its engineering resources, Harris is able to design that not only carry forth its historic reputation for durable equipment but also bring innovations to the market. With such widely-praised innovations as its outward-facing reject door and the Harris HPM (Harris Production Manager) v. I monitoring software, the Harris Shredder Division has quickly become known as a solutions provider for its customers.

Harris Shredder is establishing a technology center in San Antonio, Texas. An engineering team has been assembled and Harris is drawing upon that city's rich talent base and tradition in the metals shredding business.

Today's communication technology allows the San Antonio-based engineers to work seamlessly with fabricators at Harris' Cordele, Ga., facility.

Engineering specifications that commit to quality and durability are carried over into the manufacturing process, which takes place in Cordele. By performing the complete turnkey manufacturing of its mills, Harris ensures that all fabrication meets its standards for toughness and durability.

The same machine tools and production equipment that have built the shears and balers that the scrap industry has relied upon for decades is now also deployed to make the next generation of shredding plants.

"What we're doing is providing our customers with the full set of metals processing choices," says Harris Vice President Doug Sebastian. "Harris customers who have purchased our heavy-duty balers and shears now consider us their single-source supplier of reliable scrap processing equipment. And customers who have owned other manufacturers' shredders now look to us for their shredder needs."

Combined, the engineering and manufacturing resources of Harris offer shredder operators a set of resources that is unmatched by other suppliers of shredding equipment.

A DIFFERENCE YOU CAN SEE

Visitors to a Harris shredder plant can see the difference. Sturdier design. Thicker plates of steel. Larger, heavier, castings. Interlocking fabrication using the most rugged bolts and fasteners on the market.

Owners of Harris shredders know that the differences go beyond appearances and into the critical operations aspects of production and output, ease of maintenance, minimization of downtime and dependability and reliability.

From the double feed roll assembly through the shredding plant and up to the technologically-advanced control booth, Harris shredders offer features that make them stand out from the rest of the market. The engineers, designers, fabricators and installers at Harris work with one goal in mind: to produce shredders that endure. Harris shredders are designed for maximum production that minimizes downtime and will provide quality scrap for years and years to come.

"We're confident that our design reduces delays and unexpected downtime," states Harris VP Doug Sebastian. "We do it through our advanced engineering design, heavy-duty construction, large castings and overall solid construction of the machine."

To build shredders that are up to the tough daily task of turning trucks, cars, appliances and plate steel into a shredded product, Harris starts with design features and parts specifications that ensure a rugged machine is being created.

Harris engineers and fabricators work closely together to provide a complete system design that leaves nothing to chance. A system is created for each customer that suits the specific application and the scrap stream that will be encountered.

The custom design starts with the infeed conveyor and runs through to the downstream system that will identify, extract and sort materials to meet customer requirements.

The Harris difference starts with Base Weldment and spring box-mounting technology that isolates vibrations and reduces vibration-related damage to key components.

It continues with Harris' exclusive heavy-duty double feed roller design, built with a sturdy steel plate yoke and equipped with hydraulic-actuated locks and a quick release connection to allow for easier maintenance. "It's a terrific safety feature, providing a better way to maintain that part of the plant than previous designs," notes Javier Herrera. "We're getting a lot of good response to this, even from operators of existing shredders who would like to have it installed."

The shredding mill itself is designed and manufactured with thicker steel, larger castings and fewer liner bolts--all working together to allow operators to shred at a lower cost per ton while taking less downtime for maintenance.

Harris-built rotors are available in disc or four-arm spider configurations and are made from specified, hardened alloys for longer wear life. Replaceable heavy-duty helmet caps further protect the spiders.

The rotor sits inside an innovative, reversible hood that has also been designed for longer component life. "The reversible hood means that after it wears on one side, you can reverse it and use it on the other side for another long stretch of shredding," says Sebastian.

Harris shredders are operated from a control booth that features a combination of the latest in operator comfort, easy-to-use controls, and an operations and output reporting system that will provide operators with the information they need to monitor the shredding process and make adjustments if necessary.

This combination of sturdy, high-strength metallurgy, innovative design, ease of maintenance, critical safety features and state-of-the-art information technology has quickly vaulted Harris shredders to the forefront of the industry, explains Sebastian.

SECOND HELPING

When members of the Burgess family decided it was time to add shredding capacity to their St. Joseph, Mo., scrap processing business, they had many options. But Kendrick Burgess and his father Kenneth Burgess of Midwest Scrap Management were particularly impressed with the product offered by Harris.

In 2002, Harris Shredder and the Burgesses installed a Harris 6090 model, with a 60-inch wide rotor and a 90-inch internal width from liner to liner at their St. Joseph facility.

The new shredding plant instantly upgraded the ability of Midwest Scrap Management to take in more material and to do its own processing, and the Harris reputation for quality that they bought into has proven to be accurate.

"We looked at a lot of mills, and with most of them, after two or three years, it looked like they were falling apart," says Kendrick.

But their own experience with Harris has been much different. "We run it to death, powered by a 1500 hp motor and it still looks like new," Kendrick remarks

The Harris unit's productivity also gets high marks. "It chews through an automobile in about 35 seconds, which is competitive with a lot of 80-inch mills out there," Kendrick comments.

The shredder overall has won rave reviews from the Burgesses. "We're more than happy with it; we've seen it do things and handle materials that competing 60-inch machines just can't do," says Kendrick.

The positive reviews have also resulted in a big-budget sequel. Less than three years after taking delivery of their Harris 6090 Shredder, the Burgesses signed on to install a Harris 125125 super-sized shredder at a new Midwest Scrap Management facility in Kansas City, Mo.

The mammoth shredder is being installed at the site of the former Georgetown (GST) steel mill in Kansas City, where Midwest Scrap Management is setting up shop to extend its market reach.

In terms of anticipated return on investment, Kendrick is quick to point to the machine's productivity. "This shredder will replace the work currently being done by a guillotine shear, a baler and what would have been done by a smaller shredder. It's a three-in-one machine that can process plate steel, tank steel and any number of important grades," he notes.

His experience with the Harris HS6090 has convinced him that key design features and the ease of maintenance of Harris shredders will also help keep operating costs down. "The Harris side-feed system is automatically a competitive edge," Kendrick comments. "Maintenance is virtually reduced to a little bit of greasing that needs to be done and pulling and flipping hammers, which can take about 45 minutes per day. With a lot of other mills, it seems like it's half of their production time going to maintenance."

Another factor that has kept the cost of ownership low is the incredible lifespan of wear components in the HS6090. "We run the HS6090 seven I days a week, sometimes, but probably have only bought about five containers of wear parts in the past three years," says Kendrick. "The eject door quickly rejects unshreddables, so they don't bounce around off the grates. It results in a lot less damage and longer wear life."

The super-sized Harris 125125 will allow Midwest Scrap Management to take on any and all forms of scrap, and Kendrick Burgess is confident the machine will live up to its potential. "A lot of other manufacturers produce machines that can never produce at the rate they say; the Harris Shredder has not only lived up to what was promised, but has actually produced more than what was quoted," Kendrick remarks.

Support and service have also exceeded expectations, says Kendrick, who credits Javier Herrera of Harris for getting everything off to a good start and the Harris organization for committing to its product.

"Their maintenance and troubleshooting system connects right to our shredder control booth, and they usually know when something is wrong before we do," says Kendrick. "They have technical people who can help us troubleshoot and answer any questions in a time frame from a few minutes to an hour."

The high production rate and low cost of ownership have convinced Kendrick that the new plant will quickly pay off, especially with the added bonus of trucking fuel savings for keeping Kansas City scrap in Kansas City rather than taking it to the St. Joseph shredder 60 miles away. "This shredder will justify itself after a few months of labor savings and trucking costs saved, so it solves a couple of problems at once."

There is no doubt in Kendrick's mind that the HS125125 will match the HS6090 his company already runs in terms of quality and durability--making Harris the right choice.

"For anyone considering buying a shredder, I would tell them to look at a few other shredders and then come see a Harris. The durability is unimaginable, and you have to see the difference. They're very sturdy--I'd never go with another shredder, and it's safe to say that Harris will be producing all of our equipment from now on."

RICH IN RESOURCES

Buyers of Harris shredders can be assured not only by the strength and market commitment that Harris has historically brought to the market, but also by knowing that Harris is part of a wider family of industrial companies backed by investment capital from around the world.

FKI plc is a major international diversified engineering group traded on the London Stock Exchange. Harris is part of the FKI family of companies that also includes forging operations, chain making companies and other metalworking firms that bring related market expertise, engineering resources and pooled profits together to the financial benefit of the entire FKI organization.

"Buyers of our equipment can know they're buying from a company with financial stability," says Harris Vice President Doug Sebastian, "and with engineering resources that span the globe."

TOTAL CONTROL

The output and production of a shredder is dependent in part on the skill and attention of the operator in the booth, and Harris does everything it can to keep that operator comfortable, informed, and in control.

The custom operator's seat provided by Harris offers comfort and intuitive joystick controls, putting the operator in the right place and in the right frame of mind.

Just a mouse click away from the operator at all times is information collected and presented via the Harris HPM v. I (Harris Production Manager) system. HMP v.I offers real-time access to production rates, energy usage and other critical operational feedback.

Summary reports can be created and e-mailed by the operator at the end of each workday so that the data can be reviewed by the people who need to see it.

This Harris HPM v.I advanced system of production management controls is available not only with new Harris shredders, but can also be offered as a retrofit product for existing shredder systems.

CAST TO LAST

Castings and other components of a shredder that take part in the fierce metal-on-metal contact of the shredding process--inside the mill--are destined to take a beating as they try to withstand the fury of flying metal.

Toughness is required, and fortunately for buyers of Harris shredders, Harris is a company that knows toughness. "Harris has put the same heavy-duty design standards in our shredders that we have in our shears and balers," says Harris VP Doug Sebastian "These shredders will last a lot longer under pressure."

Rotors, grates, liner walls and the other key wear parts are designed and cast with metallurgical qualities that give them the sturdiness they need to endure within the shredding environment. Being tough also means knowing when to choose your battles, and Harris shredders also are designed to do that.

The oversized, outward-opening reject door ejects unshreddables faster than competing shredders. "Our customers really like that it ejects the unshreddable item quicker. It means they're not beating up their door or liners," says Sebastian.

Other subtle design differences that lead to longer component life include an enlarged top grate that increases material throughput, rotors with increased hardness to reduce cracks that need to be welded, and rear wall castings that are slightly offset from the path of the material.

THE CHOICE IS YOURS

Harris knows scrap recycling operations come in different shapes and sizes, which is why its line of shredders is available in four different configurations.

Harris Shredder can meet a customer's request as well as help design a shredding system to meet the current and anticipated requirements of the customer.

Whether the situation calls for an HS6090 model with a 60-inch rotor width and 90-inch infeed width, or the mammoth HSI25125 with its rotor that measures more than 10 feet wide sitting inside a chamber with a 125-inch infeed width--the largest shredder on the market--Harris can deliver the necessary power and production.

Harris can design everything that comes before and after the shredder as well, including a heavy-duty infeed conveyor and an automated sorting system that addresses the separation of ferrous, nonferrous and stainless steel metals.

The goal of Harris Shredder is to design a system to meet the needs and budget of any scrap recycler wishing to upgrade a current shredding plant or wishing to enter the shredding sector for the first time.

GLOBAL ATTENTION

The Harris reputation for quality and durability extends far beyond North America. The success of Harris in international markets reaches back many years, and as in America, it is understood by scrap recyclers on other continents that once a Harris machine is in place, it will stay on the job for decades.

Americans in the scrap industry who travel abroad will commonly find Harris equipment deployed in scrap yards in Europe, Latin America and other parts of the world Its reputation for quality and reliability has helped Harris become a shredder of choice right from the beginning in international markets, with plants being installed in Mexico, Guatemala and Peru, and another installation underway in Italy.

In 2004, Harris Shredder installed an HS 98115 shredder for South American steel company Corporacion Aceros Arequipa S.A., located in Pisco, Peru.

The shredder plant, with a 98-inch-wide rotor, is now on the job producing between 120 and 160 tons per hour of scrap feedstock for the Peruvian steel mill.

A WINNING WAGER

Just because its scrap company is based in Las Vegas doesn't mean Silver Dollar Recycling wanted to gamble with its purchase of a shredder in 2001.

To some extent, though, Silver Dollar did place a wager when it became one of the first companies to house a Harris shredder at its North Las Vegas, Nev., facility.

The company's HS98115 model was installed in late 2001 and immediately began chewing through inventory the company had collected throughout the summer. "The machine has been fantastic," says Jim Brewer, chief operating officer of Silver Dollar Recycling. Brewer has been impressed with the quietness of the plant and the innovative design of the reject door, which allows unshreddables to be rejected quickly, before any damage is done and with almost no blocking of material flow through the plant.

The company runs a wide variety of material through the plant, with auto bodies making up about 50 percent of what is shredded, according to Brewer.

Shredder operator Cindy Jo Gorman says the controls were easy to learn, and that the plant offers good monitoring capabilities in the control room. "The ferrous tonnage is measured on the outgoing belt. You can see the hourly output rate, as well as daily, weekly or monthly tonnage totals," says Gorman.

Adds Brewer, "This is the best-built shredder I have ever operated. It's easy to operate, maintenance is a breeze and the mill is extremely well built and quiet. Since we have installed the Harris shredder, we have increased production more than 300 percent from our previous unit while decreasing our overall maintenance costs by 200 percent."

Though not necessarily wishing to place a wager on it, Brewer adds, "I expect this machine will outlive us all here at Silver Dollar."

Model #      RPM   Width             Height            Length

HS6090       720   14' (427cm)       27'6" (838 cm)    28'6" (838 cm)
HS80115      600   167" (505cm)      28'5" (866 cm)    32'8" (869 cm)
HS98115      514   167" (505cm)      29'3" (892 cm)    34'8" (1057 cm)
HS125125     450   16'11" (516cm)    30'4" (925 cm)    37'5" (1140 cm)