History

After he had received his Mts-certificate in 1978 Herbert Meulenbroek founded his own company: Meulenbroek yacht construction.

The first large order was building a casco for a 10 meter motoryacht.Via a papertrader in Enschede he came in contact with a German firm which had placed around 60 wastepresses in the Netherlands. For that German firm he agreed to do the service and maintenance of these 60 machines. Meanwhile, younger brother Maarten had also earned his Mts-certificate, and joined the venture!

In 1981, beside service and maintenance for the machines in the Netherlands the German firm also offered the representation and so the eldest brother Joost also joined the venture.
 

It soon became clear that in the Netherlands there was a need for small Wastepresses. Meulenbroek then designed and built their first wastepress. Its first own product was born, the KPC 4500 with a nett content of 4.5 m³.

The KPC 4500 was sold in the Netherlands under the name of Meulenbroek. Also in Germany there proved to be a large market for smaller wastepresses, especially after the fall of the Berlin wall, as a result of which also the first export started.
 

In May 1985 contact was established with a Swedish firm. The first export order to Sweden followed in September of that year. Today Sweden is still one of the largest importers of our presses.

Export became increasingly important to us. At present you can see our wastepresses at work in: Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Cyprus, France, Curaçao, Japan and China. In recent years our exports to Asia have increased greatly.