HALLER Umweltsysteme GmbH & Co. are
considered to be one of the oldest and most
competent manufacturers of refuse vehicles .
The foundation of the company dates back to
1871. In the early years, the company was
primarily engaged in the manufacture of
apparatus and receptacles.

Towards the end of the 19th century, the
company produced horse drawn vehicles
for the transport of petroleum products, water,
street washing vehicles, refuse collection
vehicles and soil water trucks. Around 1910,
the first petrol engine powered vehicles
were introduced. At that time conveying or
compaction devices were unknown. The
refuse was merely loaded loosely into the
vehicles by way of simple mechanical loading
devices.

As early as the thirties, the first aircraft
refuellers were designed - in that field HALLER
showed true pioneer spirit. Due to the changed
conditions faced by the users, new constructions
and designs had to be developed,
especially with regard to municipal vehicles.
The end of the Second World War also meant
a new start for HALLER which, however, was
aggravated by the nearly total destruction of
the factory in Stuttgart.
 

HALLER kept pace and engaged itself intensively
with new designs, in particular in the field of
refuse vehicles. Already towards the forties,
a mechanical compaction design was taken
over from MAN and subsequently underwent
decisive constructional modifications (conveyor
wheel, distribution worm). Up to the end of
the seventies, the production of these vehicles
was undertaken by HALLER.

Due to the changed refuse composition, it
became necessary to find new ways. In the
middle of the sixties, HALLER developed
new systems. Especially the use of standardized
refuse receptacles, i.e. 1.1m³ containers
and the increase in bulk refuse led to the
design of a versatile refuse vehicle.
The type M 10 K had a hydraulically operated
continuous pressure plate loading system
consisting of a guide and a swivel plate. The
continuous updating of this model eventually
resulted in the HALLER type S which is still
being used in many countries.

To take account of the ever changing refuse
composition and the safety regulations, HALLER
presented the type X-series in 1977. Nowadays
they are manufactured in large quantities
in Berlin and other enterprises within the
HALLER Group Companies and by licensees
in Europe and overseas.

Following restructuring of the entire Fahrzeugbau
HALLER GmbH Group into the new
company HALLER Umweltsysteme GmbH &
Co., which has taken over the complete
production range of solid waste vehicles
which now comprises:
- Solid waste compacting vehicle bodies
type x, also available with splited
compartment
- LoTos system with demountable body
for solid waste as rear and side-loaders
- HALLER Duo-containers for both rear
and side loader LoToS system
- Refuse container washing systems and
street washers
- Lifter systems for DIN Standard refuse
MGB of 35 - 1.100 l.