Established in 1967, Security Engineered Machinery Co., Inc. (SEM), is the largest direct supplier of document destruction equipment in the United States for commercial and government end users.  Primary products include Paper Shredders, Disintegrators, Degaussers, CD-Rom Declassifiers, Product Size Reduction Destroyers and Security Waste Containers.  In addition, SEM offers a national shredding service with a particular focus on the destruction of hard drives, personal computers, data-tapes and other related electronic media.

SEM is positioned to serve customers throughout the world.  In the United States, direct sales offices are located in Massachusetts, Maryland, Virginia, Ohio, Georgia and California.  Internationally, we have selected representatives in most countries.  Over 100 Authorized Service Centers are available worldwide.

SEM has established a reputation for quality, reliability and customer service.  Our customer service department is always accessible.  National organizations seek manufacturers who are responsible for their products.  This is why SEM is the first choice of many Fortune 500 Corporate National Accounts and the US Government for over 38 years.

SEM not only offers production off-the-shelf units, but a full service Engineering Department that can design systems to meet the most demanding standards.  The Federal Reserve Bank and central world banks use over 200 currency destruction systems, making SEM the largest supplier of currency destruction equipment in the world.  A full line of recycling compactors such as Briquetters and Balers, are also available.

Other areas of our expertise include high security devices, which meet the updated NSA standards for secrecy.  We also produce customized equipment for size reduction systems and for destroying off-spec or returned product for the pharmaceutical, medical device, gaming and food industries.  Heavy-duty, high capacity shredders are also offered for on-site recycling.

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