New business, Material Processing Solutions (MPS-PTY) enters the Australian market with a range of services and equipment to support the recycling and waste management industries.
MPS-PTY has branched from the successful United Kingdom business MPS-LTD, extending the brand’s presence globally.
Led by Managing Director Simon Sherwood, who has a proven track record in managing large-scale recycling facilities, the MPS team brings more than 50 years of combined expertise to the table, operating, commissioning, and maintaining the very equipment it supplies.
MPS has partnered with leading European manufacturers to supply equipment suitable for all waste and recycling applications.
“We have strategically partnered with leading manufacturers renowned for their high quality and reliability standards,” Simon says. “
We have worked with these brands closely for more than 50 years, whether that be from operating and maintaining the equipment or installing and commissioning components in major recycling facilities. Our operational background brings a wealth of knowledge; we have lived and breathed the recycling industry all our working careers. We believe our comprehensive understanding of the industries we support complements the brands we supply, ultimately enhancing the end-user’s business.”
Simon says MPS understands the key enablers to assist customers develop more efficient processes, lower operating costs, drive stronger financial performance and deliver higher product qualities that exceed current industry standards.
IFE material handling
MPS is the exclusive agent for IFE material handling across Australia and New Zealand.
Founded in 1947, IFE has more than 70 years’ experience in manufacturing equipment and provides tailor-made solutions designed to process difficult material streams. IFE has more than 150 machines in operation in most major waste and scrap recycling facilities across Australia and New Zealand.
The range consists of material handling solutions to almost all applications including screening technology, magnetic separation, vibrating feeders and compost clean-up systems.
“IFE is dedicated to supplying the correct solution to each customers’ individual requirements,” Simon says. “Each machine is tailor-made to guarantee customer satisfaction.”

BRT Hartner
Through its partnership with BRT Hartner, MPS will supply opening, dosing, and screening solutions.
An internationally active company, BRT Hartner GmbH is backed by almost 30 years’ experience in development, planning, production, and sales of specialist machines within waste management and recycling.
The BRT range consists of bag openers, feed hoppers, dosing bunkers, ballistics separators, disc screens, rotor screens, screen drums, crushers for waste electrical equipment, air classifiers, moving floor conveyors, as well as perforators and bale openers which are just as much a part of the product portfolio as mixing and drying units for digestates.
Cutmetall GMBH
MPS is the official sales agent for Cutmetall, supplying OEM quality parts for shredders and granulators.
Cutmetall has a strong presence in Australia, supplying parts to leading alternative fuel and tyre recycling facilities nationally.
The Cutmetall range consists of knifes, counter knifes, screens and other wear components suitable for more than 50 brands of shredders and granulators.
Simon says Australian customers can receive OEM quality parts at a reduced price by purchasing directly through the Cutmetall 24/7 webshop.
Kahl
Kahl and MPS operate jointly to provide turnkey pelletising and tyre recycling facilities across the globe, enabling recyclers to convert waste products into valuable commodities.
Kahl pelletising plants enhance the value of material such as refuse-derived fuel (RDF) and solid recovered fuel (SRF), reducing transport costs for processors by increasing the bulk density of materials.
Kahl also has more than 100 plants operating globally in bio-waste applications turning chicken manure into valuable fertiliser.
Service and support
All brands are backed by local support with critical spare parts held locally in Australia.
Simon says MPS provides additional consultancy and contractor services such as plant and process optimisation, routine equipment health checks, vibration monitoring, facility management and network optimisation.
“We have invested significantly to ensure all customers and key equipment is supported locally with the early establishment of our warehouse located in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales,” he says.
“We believe our knowledge, understanding and service sets us apart. We see a future where MPS is the go-to, one-stop-shop for all recyclers to access the parts, equipment and services they require.”
MPS will be at the 2024 Waste Expo Australia, Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, 23-24 October.
For more information, visit: www.mpsbulk.com.au




