How CRJ Services Ltd has built a business around uptime, expertise, and customer support
In waste management, recycling, biomass, and forestry, keeping material moving is critical. A machine that is out of action can quickly equate to lost productivity, missed targets, and increased operating costs.
For more than 25 years, CRJ Services (CRJ) has built its business by helping customers avoid those challenges. Today, the company stands as one of the UK and Ireland’s leading providers of material processing machinery, offering far more than equipment alone. From machinery sales and flexible hire to spare parts, servicing, and engineering support, CRJ delivers a complete solution designed to keep operations productive, reliable, and running at peak uptime. The company’s mission is simple: to be a trusted partner to businesses in waste, recycling, and materials processing, combining industry-leading machinery with expert advice and responsive service.
CRJ’s story began in 1999, when founding directors Lee Carter, Kevin Jones, and Andrew Reed spotted an opportunity to move from farming to organic recycling. Their first breakthrough came when Cheshire County Council awarded the newly incorporated business a green waste processing contract. CRJ bought its first excavator and laid the foundations for what would become a much broader materials-processing business.
Full-service approach
Today, the organization runs the largest mobile waste processing equipment hire fleet in the UK and Ireland, with more than 100 machines ready for customers. CRJ’s equipment line-up includes shredders, screeners, trommels, woodchippers and other specialist machinery. These support a wide range of applications, from green waste and timber to construction, demolition materials, and commercial and industrial waste.
That growth is clear in the numbers: over 350 machines sold in 25 years, more than 20,000 spare parts in stock, and over 10 mobile service teams supporting customers nationwide. For CRJ, though, these figures mean more than scale. They reflect a business built on understanding what customers need to keep moving.
That’s where CRJ’s full-service approach really shines. The sales team works closely with customers to find machinery that fits their operational needs and business goals. For companies that aren’t ready to buy, CRJ’s hire operation offers another route, with a large mobile fleet available through flexible hire options. This is especially helpful when workloads change, projects are short-term, or businesses want to boost capacity without making a significant capital investment.
Supporting these capabilities is a dedicated service infrastructure that keeps machinery running throughout its life. More than ten mobile service teams provide nationwide support for both CRJ hire equipment and third-party machines. From planned maintenance to fast breakdown responses, the service team brings specialist knowledge and hands-on experience across a wide range of machinery. For larger jobs, CRJ offers workshop-based overhauls, and nationwide machinery haulage helps customers move equipment wherever it’s needed. The aim is simple: minimize disruption and get customers back to processing material as quickly as possible.
A dependable service operation relies on having the right parts when they’re needed. That’s why CRJ Parts keeps more than 20,000 spare parts in stock, backed by a 24-hour delivery promise. The company supplies genuine OEM and high-quality aftermarket parts for leading brands in recycling, waste management and forestry machinery, including HAAS, Jenz, Pronar, Bruce Engineering, Weima and Steelweld.
Committed to customers
One of CRJ’s key strengths is the breadth of expertise it brings together under one roof. Sales, hire, parts, and engineering teams work as one, giving customers access to knowledge at every step of the material processing journey. That means advice starts with machine selection and continues through installation, operation, maintenance, and replacement parts.
For customers, this integrated approach makes a real difference. Instead of juggling multiple suppliers for equipment, service, and components, they can work with one partner who truly understands their business and challenges. Whether they need extra processing capacity, a replacement machine, an urgent spare part or engineering support, the focus always stays on keeping productivity high and maximizing material recovery.
CRJ Services has come a long way since that first green waste processing contract in 1999. What began as a local opportunity in Cheshire has evolved into a business that supports companies across the UK and Ireland. CRJ’s journey is marked by continuous growth, practical expertise, and a lasting commitment to customer success.
Over the decades, CRJ has built its reputation by recognizing that keeping equipment running is just as important as supplying it. By bringing together machinery sales, flexible hire, spare parts, servicing and engineering expertise, the company offers customers a comprehensive solution focused on uptime and productivity. After more than 25 years of growth, CRJ remains committed to providing customers with the equipment, expertise and responsive support they need to keep materials moving and businesses operating efficiently.
