The choice of the brand name intimus® – synonymous with a closely trusted friend – has always been an incentive to provide excellent solutions for perfect data protection. And we have always succeeded in this.

Over 100 patents and registered property rights underline the wealth of ideas and innovations with which intimus®  data shredders have continually been made more convenient and powerful. Today we offer our customers worldwide solutions for data protection and waste management.

The modern working world is no longer imaginable without products from our company, being synonymous with practical, high-performance, reliable solutions. The user in his or her working environment is always at the center of our development plans. Today our products therefore do not just shred all traditional data carriers, from note paper to thick EDP lists and complete binders including the metal clip mechanism but also modern storage media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks and complete hard drives securely and consistently.
And all this for a wide range of applications and security levels, from the home office to the traditional office and high performance systems with capacities of up to 2 tonnes per hour.

The company got its start way back in 1917 when a man named Henry Fellowes started the Bankers Box Company, a business known for producing storage boxes. (It wasn’t until 1983 that the company adopted the Fellowes name.) The company has been so successful that it operates offices all over the world in countries such as Australia, Canada, Japan, and the United Kingdom. (Fellowes’ home office is in Itasca, Illinois.)

Fellowes makes paper shredders that are ideal for personal, office, and heavy-duty use. Some of their most popular machines are part of the Powershred and Intellishred lineups.

A lot of their devices have SafeSense technology that cause the shredder to stop running if there are foreign objects too close to the feed opening. This feature greatly reduces the risk of injury and makes Fellowes’ smaller shredders ideal for environments in which there are children. (Pets, too.) Also, many Fellowes shredders offer jam-free performance and great warranties. One of their standout devices is the Powershred HS-880 which can run continuously, has a 59-gallon waste bin, and offers Level 6 security – the highest amount possible.

The company was started in 1947 in Chicago and is now headquartered in Lincolnshire, Illinois. In addition to binding equipment, GBC makes laminators, laminating film and pouches, binding supplies, and some of the best shredders on the market.

GBC paper shredders are manufactured for a variety of uses and there’s one for just about every shredding need. They make smaller shredders that can be used at home and in small offices, as well as machines with roomy waste bins and high levels of security for departmental use.

Their Shredmaster series features machines that offer easy operation and terrific warranties, well as well as protection from identity theft. One of their best-selling units is the Style+, a cross-cut device that looks extremely modern and can even shred credit cards.

What more can you say? Krug & Priester implemented an approved Quality-Management-System and is certified under ISO 9001 : 2008 standards. This Quality-Management-System encompasses besides manufacturing also any administration workflow. For many decades apprenticeship training programmes are offered in an attractive, diversified and stable environment.

Krug & Priester is an officially acknowledged training enterprise for various commercial and technical professions. We are one of the only manufacturers in the world to complete all production stages inhouse “Powered by EBA” in Balingen implies PC-Board production, grindery, the most modern powder coating and final assembly. This helps us to speed up product development, to optimise production and to realise efficient quality control. In return it provides us with the feeling that we do whatever needs to be done to provide our customers with the best solution on the market.

They call it “complete production” or simply “Made in Balingen – Germany”.

Hermann Schwelling Maschinenbau GmbH + Co. KG was founded in 1971 in Salem and started a year later with the sale of the first baling press for cardboard. Like many other successful companies in the world, the development of the company began humbly in a small workshop.

Today the office technology product range includes cutting machines, document shredders, shredder-baler combinations and cardboard perforators. In the corporate division environmental technology, the portfolio includes vertical, horizontal and channel baling presses up to a pressing power of 150 tons as well as PET solutions.

The portfolio also includes configuration and implementation of system solutions for shredding and pressing various valuable products such as paper, foil, cardboard, composite materials, PET, foams, car tyres, hard plastics, etc. HSM has four manufacturing plants in Germany (Salem, Frickingen, Reichenbach, Bergneustadt) and a joint venture in China for production of document shredders in the entry-level price segment.

There are subsidiaries in the USA, England, France and Poland. In a worldwide distribution network, HSM employees collaborate with sales and service points in more than 100 countries.

All items are sold under the KOBRA trademark in over 80 countries, through a far-reaching network of agents and retailers and 7 subsidiaries worldwide. ELCOMAN’s mission is innovation and this is what distinguishes us from the competition. We create unique products with high added value, exceptional design, from the most resilient and durable materials such as steel and using patented cutting edge systems based on exclusive technological solutions.

Just take a look at the “Cyclone” system which uses the centrifugal force of high pressure airflow produced by a turbine together with a group of high speed rotating blades to destroy up to 500 sheets of paper at a time and up to 420 kg an hour of paper, CD ROMs, DVDs, Floppy disks, USB Pen Drives, credit cards, cardboard boxe, cans.

To achieve this level of innovation, there has been constant analysis of needs and trends in the global market so as to anticipate future requirements and meet them in advance. The ongoing search for winning solutions and development of highly competitive systems undertaken with our KOBRA JAPAN Tokyo subsidiary position the KOBRA brand at the leading edge in Italy and abroad.

The name KOBRA is synonymous with exclusive Made in Italy high quality products certified and guaranteed in accordance with European standards. This distinction is also clear in our heightened awareness of environmental issues. It can be seen in our focus on power saving, in line with the Green Law already in force in Japan and USA and the Kyoto Protocol.

Since 2003 KOBRA shredders are fitted with the “ENERGY SMART” Led system which means zero power consumption when the machine is on standby – an annual carbon dioxide emissions reduction of roughly 65 kg per machine. There is also our contribution to waste separation with the double waste bin in the KOBRA 240, KOBRA 240 TURBO, KOBRA+2 and KOBRA+3 shredders, that no need of plastic bags, to separate paper shreds from the plastic of CD-ROMs, DVDs, Floppy disks and credit cards shredded.

Finally, we also produce waste bags made of recyclable plastic for use with our shredders. Uniqueness, high quality, added value and innovation, these are the cornerstones of KOBRA products together with our focus on customer satisfaction and loyalty as well as the environment.

The company got started in 1930 by Wilhelm Dahle who originally started off by manufacturing pencil sharpener components. Dahle’s paper shredders are first-rate and are especially good for departmental use. They tend to offer a lot of security and there are a number of them that can shred CD’s, paper clips, and so on.

The company even offers a lineup of high-capacity shredders that can handle thousands of sheets of paper every day. There’s also a number of shredders that offer Level 6 security including the Dahle 20394. This machine has received NSA/CSS approval so it can be used for confidential documents. These are just a few of the paper shredder manufacturers you should check out, but it’s a terrific start. 

The company’s headquarters are located in Wabash, Indiana. As far as their paper shredders are concerned, they’re fantastic. Martin Yale paper shredders are available in both strip- and cross-cut varieties they can give you a lot of security whether you’re shredding personal correspondence or financial data from your business.

Some of Martin Yale’s machines can even handle electronic media (CD’s, floppy disks, etc.) They even manufacture the ScriptStroyer, a machine that can destroy prescription bottles so hospitals, clinics, and the like can comply with the Health insurance Portability and accountability Act (HIPAA). The company also markets shredders under the Intimus name. These are some of the most esteemed machines in the industry and they come with excellent warranties.

The product range consists of data shredders, folding machines, letter openers, laminators and coin sorters.For private and semi-professional applications – always with the right feeling for style and design.