The Project

Dealing with waste can be a messy job. 68 million tonnes of industrial and commercial waste was produced in England in 2002. Paper and card waste came to a massive total of 8.6 million tonnes, so with so much waste being produced each year, it only makes sense to have a solution that can help. Since 1975, Middleton Engineering have been involved with designing and manufacturing industrial waste processing machinery.

Today Middleton Engineering import and supply a range of hydraulic bailers manufactured by Swedish company Presona AB, but also manufacture their own bailer, using some of Presona’s design features and name under license, to compliment the range. The company needed to confirm that they are meeting the correct and current CE Marking requirements to ensure that all products placed on the market are safe for use. As a result, Middleton Engineering turned to South West MAS, manufacturing specialists and the CE Marking Association for help.

South West MAS set up a programme to assist Middleton Engineer with CE Marking their machinery. During the programme, Mark Smith, Technical Director met with South West MAS and, aided by CE Marking specialists CE Marking Association, were able to provide support to ensure that they addressed and complied with the requirements of CE Marking. Employing a knowledge transfer process, they reviewed and performed machinery assessments and helped with the generation of a technical construction file on a sample product, the Presona LP50HM. Through this process, the company will be capable to carry out further conformity assessments on all products for themselves.