This strategic acquisition unites Komar and Metro’s geographic footprints, creating a cross-border market-leading provider of end-to-end waste and recycling solutions. Metro’s broad portfolio of compactors, balers, chute systems, and related equipment – combined with its strong aftermarket service, parts, rentals, and industry-leading Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled monitoring platform – strengthens Komar’s ability to support customers across the full lifecycle of their waste and recycling operations throughout North America.
COLUMBUS, Ohio and BRAMPTON, Ontario, February 16, 2026 – Komar Industries (“Komar”), a premier designer and manufacturer of waste and recycling processing solutions, today announced the acquisition of Metro Compactor Service, Inc., BaleForce Recycling Equipment Inc., and Chute Source LLC. This acquisition brings together two market leaders to create a unified North American platform. The combined organization aligns Komar’s strength in equipment manufacturing and service in the United States with Metro’s long-standing role as a service leader and established OEM in Canada.
“Integrating Metro into the Komar platform will create powerful synergies leading to an enhanced product and service offering combined with an improved experience for our customers, particularly within the Canadian market and North American multi-tenant residential sectors,” said Mark Koenig, President and Chief Executive Officer of Komar. “Pairing our world-class equipment with Metro’s advancements in IoT further solidifies Komar’s comprehensive suite of products and service infrastructure.”
Together, they will operate the largest network of in-house service technicians in North America and expect to perform more than 90,000 service calls annually. The combination expands the platform’s ability to better serve customers by delivering a broad equipment portfolio, responsive service, and technology-enabled solutions that support the full lifecycle of waste and recycling operations.
“Metro has built its business around reliability, service excellence, and supporting customers throughout the entire lifecycle of their equipment. These values are shared by both organizations,” added Andrew Strudwicke, Metro President. “By combining our equipment, service, rental, and iSMART™ monitoring platform with Komar’s broad equipment portfolio, supply chain strength, and operational scale, we can deliver more comprehensive solutions that improve uptime, extend asset life, and reduce total cost of ownership for our customers.”
“Metro adds an extremely skilled team with knowledge in using the highest level of asset management technologies, software, and integrated service to the Komar platform,” said Danny Mauti, Metro Majority Owner. “This transaction allows us to combine our shared vision of becoming North America’s best-in-class waste and recycling solutions provider while delivering unrivalled equipment, service, and IoT support to our customers.”
About Komar Industries
Komar Industries combines deep operating, engineering, and commercial expertise in the waste and recycling solutions industry. The platform offers a comprehensive portfolio of equipment, including auger, stationary, self-contained, and vertical compactors; vertical and horizontal balers; industrial shredders; continuous feed systems; dewatering systems; flatteners; and organic separation presses. Komar also provides a robust nationwide service and aftermarket program. Komar solutions help customers improve the processing of waste streams such as wood, corrugate, e-waste, organics, plastics, mixed waste, and more. The portfolio is designed to reduce carbon footprint along with labor, maintenance, transportation, and energy costs. To learn more, visit komarindustries.com.
About Metro
Metro Compactor Service is Canada’s leading expert in waste and recycling equipment solutions for over 40 years. We focus on proactive service and preventative maintenance for everything from compactors and balers to garbage chutes. We also custom manufacture and install new equipment, powered by our proprietary ioT iSMART Technology™. Our Super Service promise ensures dedicated support to managing your equipment lifecycle coast-to-coast, reducing downtime and achieving the lowest system cost for residential, commercial, and municipal operations nationwide.
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