A long standing and successful philosophy at Kiverco.

The HUB visits N.Ireland...

A third day in Dungannon found the HUB team visiting the Kiverco operation and we met Aidan McKiver and the Export Sales Manager - David Carlisle who told us all about the operation today.
Founded in 1993 with a philosophy of how the product should be built, the company was quickly recognised for the quality and strength of their equipment. As the company’s reputation grew so did its customer base; both locally and internationally.

Founder – Aidan McKiver, commented, “Large contracts for fabrication works from major global engineering companies soon followed which allowed Kiverco to develop its engineering and manufacturing processes and subsequently offer complete solutions for material recovery facilities in a growing recycling and waste processing industry.”

“Since those early days Kiverco have grown to become one of Europe’s leading plant builders in the recycling and waste processing industry. Our philosophy however remains the same from planning and design, to engineering and build, from installation and service to after sales care, everything at Kiverco is uncompromisingly built, ensuring customers benefit from maximum lifetime value from all Kiverco plant.”

Today Kiverco consult, design, engineer and build uncompromisingly robust recycling plant for any business in the waste processing industry. They support private enterprise and municipalities throughout the UK and globally. Through their robust design and engineering, they ensure optimal performance of their plants to give their customers maximum uptime and therefore maximum output. They also offer customers the security and flexibility to modify existing plant over time, in line with latest industry and market developments. As Aidan says, “Our equipment goes together like Lego bricks. It’s extremely versatile and easy to change.

Their extensive experience, and professional relationships with world leading technology partners and their comprehensive service programmes combine to give their clients total confidence and control over the lifetime of their investment.

David Carlisle – Export Sales Manager took up the story, “Kiverco have been one of the forerunners in the Recycling Industry in the UK and Ireland, with plants going back many years. We started in the C&D waste sector which was our foundation in the early days. Since then we have developed our expertise, so that today we have facilities around the world recovering construction, commercial and municipal household waste, and also producing waste derived fuels such as RDF and SRF which turn waste into energy.”

“In the main we specialise in the supply of bespoke stationary plant, which is designed and manufactured in-house and integrated with specialist equipment from our technology partners. In essence, we have scaled up every year with the bespoke plants which are quite complex and require critical project management. It’s not all about manufacturing, it is also essential that we consult with the client to ensure they get the plant they desire. We have a large team of 20 in our engineering design office who examine the process flows, plant layout and create 3D images to see how it all fits together. Once a plant has been designed and manufactured our specialist installation team of mechanical and electrical engineers come into action where we can typically deliver and install any plant with our teams of engineers.”

“We have sold over 220 plants worldwide, which include approximately 160 in the UK. These range from £50,000 to £5 million plants, and from static to fully mobile installations. The last plant we built was a more automated C&D and C&I recycling operation in the UK, but we do still design traditional manual style plants around the world where labour costs are much lower.”

Aidan further commented, “We have been very lucky with regards to growth. In the last five years, we have grown year on year, even throughout the recession. We are on track to have our best year ever, this year. In terms of future growth, we believe that with our worldwide dealerships we can achieve this. We currently have some selling static and some selling mobile equipment as they are all different markets and need a variety of products to sell.”
Based in the heart of Tyrone.

Kiverco has always been based in the heart of Tyrone and currently employ around 75 people. They are ideally positioned alongside Terex Finlay and many other engineering companies in the area.

David, further commented, “In terms of technology and our approach, by being able to offer both mobile and static plant, working with the best technology partners in the industry, and our design and project management expertise, we feel we can offer customers maximum choice when discussing how best to process their waste. This might be waste operators processing lower waste volumes, or on short term contracts, where mobile equipment may be the best solution. Or it might be larger processors requiring the very latest static plant using shredding, screening, air and optical separation technology. We can offer tailor made solutions across a broad range of applications.

Aidan added, “We always tell our clients that with our experience and knowledge from around the world we can assemble the best plant for their application. Our sales team have all been brought up from the shop floor and know exactly how the plants are constructed and how they will perform regardless of the waste stream. We give full support to all our dealers and are fully involved from the point of sale regardless of where they are in the world.”

The HUB were then taken on a tour of the facility where it was obvious that every client who purchases a Kiverco plant will go on an individually tailored customer journey where it is ensured that all requirements are discussed and evaluated, to arrive at the best solution for their needs.
Their philosophy of uncompromisingly robust engineered plant goes all the way through to their systems and processes which are applied internally – which are equally robust and thorough, to ensure the customer receives the best in plant design and build.