CM sells shredder to Wisconsin firm. (Installations).

Watertown Tire Recyclers LLC, Watertown, Wisc., has installed a new CM Stationary Tire Shredding System made by Columbus McKinnon Corp., Sarasota, Fla.

The system is used to process steel belted passenger and truck tires to make tire-derived fuel (TDF) and feed stock for crumb rubber production. This is the third CM system purchased by Watertown Tire Recyclers since the company began its shredding operations in 1997.

Watertown Tire Recyclers, whose primary market is TDF, chose CM equipment for its reliability, clean cut and low operating costs. Since purchasing their first machine in 1997, the relationship between the two companies has flourished.

"The CM machine's ability to produce clean cut chips, provides us with the preferred feedstock for our crumb rubber equipment," says Tom Springer, CEO of Watertown Tire Recyclers. "The versatility of the CM machine and its flexibility in layout configurations has enabled Watertown Tire Recyclers to remain market flexible and to react quickly to market demand."

Columbus McKinnon Corporation is the world's leading manufacturer of systems that are specifically designed and manufactured for the reduction of scrap tires and has systems operating in 12 foreign countries.