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Hoverdale specialises in providing and supplying hard metals and wear-resistant products for conveyor belt products and equipment for all bulk material handling environments.

We manufacture conveyor belts, conveyor belt scrapers, belt cleaners, conveyor cleaning equipment, special steels and wear plates, shear knives and blades and offer a grinding and precision service – to all specifications. We have engineered 28 types of conveyor belt cleaners and scrapers applicable to any job or conveyor system that requires cleaning, maintaining, or replacing. We fully understand that no two plants are the same, allowing us to develop all our solutions to suit our client’s needs.

Operating a bulk material handling plant can be costly and made more difficult by excessive downtime and expensive maintenance. It is important that the best possible equipment and materials are used to minimise stoppage difficulties.

Established over 50 years, Hoverdale is proven in its capabilities to solve the many problems associated with the movement of bulk materials. If your plant experiences downtime due to multiple regular stoppages, the Hoverdale team will provide the necessary expertise and best solutions to keep your plants moving and create efficiencies to meet your contract tonnage targets and compliance.

We are proud members of Made in Britain

Conveyor Equipment

Keep your plant running under the most taxing conditions. No belt damage, guaranteed with our conveyor belt scraper and belt cleaners

Wear Plate

Dramatically increase the life of your plant, improve efficiency & reduce downtime. The toughest special steels on the market.

Grinding & Fabrication

UK leaders in surface grinding. We are the only company that can undertake stainless steel grinding & aluminium grinding.

Shear & Crusher Blades

Dramatically increase the life of your blades, reduce running costs & maintenance. Super-quick turnaround in the UK.

Our latest engineered product is a motorised brush belt cleaner for conveyor belts that clients operating MRFs/ERFs.

Read about our award-winning HALO technology

Following intensive research and testing in 2019, we produced an industry-leading, multi award-winning cutting-edge technology called the HALO – Hoverdale Automated Linked Technology

The Hoverdale team were the first company in the market to bring condition monitoring to belt cleaning technology. The main competitors quickly followed this, however, our team went one step further – not only can the HALO systems identify and report information when the system has a worn blade, but it has the ability to report on many more issues and can also fully automatically remove blockages by disengaging from the belt and cleaning its own blade. It can then reengage with the belt to the correct tension all whilst the plant is running.

This became a game changer. The patent-pending technology is now rolled out to a number of operations in a number of industries, including IBA, Waste Recycling and Mining and Aggregates.

Sustainability and the Circular Economy

At Hoverdale, we are committed to reduce waste, champion greater resource productivity and deliver towards a more competitive UK economy.

Our promise is to help minimise our environmental impact by reducing carbon emissions across our production activities and invest in technology and automation that sets us apart from our competitors.

Working with our suppliers and customers, we want to help educate others to act more sustainably and contribute towards the bulk handling and waste sector’s vision for a Net Zero, circular economy.

The benchmark for quality in the industry

Made in the UK, our products are used in 5 continents and our expertise spans the globe. Book a site visit now, the savings will more than pay for your time or your money back!

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BEN DUCHESNE

Ben is a time serviced field service engineer in the busy waste and recycling sector, who’s career moved into to managing service teams and beyond. Originally beginning his career with a HGV repair and maintenance apprenticeship with IVECO, from there travelling and working in multiple countries moving towards waste processing shredders.

Ben joined the Hoverdale team in September 2024 seeking to apply his extensive knowledge to a new area. His values and ethics fit perfectly within the Hoverdale ethos.

He is happily married to Kristina, with 4 wonderful young children; 14, 11, 8 and 5. We the children he doesn’t get much spare time. He is a family man, who enjoys spending as much time with them as possible.

DAVID BARTER

David is an experienced leader, with a background covering Operations, eCommerce, Finance, Compliance, HR and IT. His career spans Banking, Retail and Engineering, spending the majority of his career working for ALDI as they grew to become 4th largest supermarket in the UK, including seven years on their UK board as Managing Director of IT and eCommerce.

David joined Hoverdale’s Senior Management Team in 2023 to seek a fresh challenge in a completely different industry sector. He has applied his approach to Process Improvement, Efficiency, Customer Service and Teamwork to great effect during Hoverdale’s sustained growth.

Married to Jane, with three adult sons between them, David volunteers on the board of the Nottingham Playhouse theatre as well as his local rugby and football clubs. Any spare time he spends enjoying walks with their Golden Retriever, Buzz, who is also regularly seen in the Hoverdale office.

MATT BEVERLEY

A time served Mechanical engineer Matt’s background includes many high-profile projects within the Automotive Industry: The Rolls Royce Phantom, Rolls Royce Cullinan, Spyker Le-Mans racing teams, Bentley, Aston Martin, and Airbus A380. This history and knowledge of complex manufacturing and engineering projects have been transferred and further developed into the bulk material handling sector. Matt has work in Europe, North America, Indonesia, and China

He joined the bulk solids and bulk handling industry in 2019 as Managing Director of Hoverdale UK Ltd and subsequently completed a Management buyout in July 2020. The business has grown yearly, increased employment, its customer base, and worldwide reputation, and disrupted the market with groundbreaking innovative technology. Since Matt took over Hoverdale, the company has filed four patents for innovation; one was granted in 2023 for a design to improve bulk handling. The success had been driven by delivering tailored solutions to the waste recycling sectors that keep material flowing out and money flowing in.

Awards Include

  • 2024 – Shapa company of the Year
  • 2024- Shapa Innovation in Technology
  • 2024- MHEA Engineer of the year
  • 2021 – MHEA Innovation of the year
  • 2021- IMechE Innovation award

Current Positions Include.

  • Group Chairman Hoverdale UK Ltd
  • President (MHEA) Material Handling Engineers Association
  • Vice Chairman: IMechE Bulk Material Handling Committee
  • Council Member: (SHAPA) Solids Handling & Particle Association
  • Member: Chartered Management Institute

Matt has been happily married to Julie for 22 years and has 4 children, 3 of which are involved within the Hoverdale group of companies. He is an RFU level 2 qualified coach and referee having been in several head coaching roles at various age groups from under 6’s to adults for his local team Nuneaton RFC. He believes in the core values that rugby teaches of Teamwork, Respect, Enjoyment, Discipline, Sportsmanship and try’s to carry this through in his day to day business activities. He is passionate at brining the next generation of young, diverse engineers into the sector through promotion of apprenticeship scheme and further education routes.