[1] The German company Keller und Knappich, Augsburg (KUKA), founded in 1898, built its first rotary waste collection vehicle in 1927.
Subsequent models included the "Shark", introduced to the United States in the 1960s[3] and so-named due to the serrated loading auger which was designed to tear up garbage sacks and other large soft items as they were dragged into the drum.
[citation needed] The first model to carry the "Rotopress" name was the Type 215G, in 1977, and the name has been the company's subsequent rotary-drum designs including the 205.
[1] One of the key market niches which the Rotopress is aimed at is the collection of Green waste, as the continuous tumbling action of the rotary drum system mixes and homogonizes biodegradable material for composting.
FAUN have licensed the design to Fujicar Ltd (a division of Fuji Heavy Industries) who manufacture a smaller scale version of the rotary drum compactor specifically for the Japanese market (where the bodies are typically mounted on small truck or light van chassis).