Founded in 1889, Harris Waste Management Group manufactures and designs scrap processing, size reduction, recycling, material, and waste handling equipment. The company manufactures shears, balers, shredders, loggers and compaction systems. It builds two-ram balers, closed-door horizontal balers, open-end horizontal balers, and vertical balers that are used to bale solid waste, cardboard, paper, plastics, and nonferrous metals. Its ferrous metal equipment can process a wide range of metals including autos, shapes, pipes, plate metal, and various scrap metal. Harris Waste Management Group is a wholly owned subsidiary of FKI, a publicly traded international engineering group headquartered in London. The company specializes in the business areas of material handling, hardware and engineering. Harris Waste Management Group is located in Peachtree City, Ga.