Recycling Today articles from March 2006

Recycling Today archives from March 2006

As the nameplates turn.(united states economy)
March 1, 2006... Amazing changes have occurred in the North American automotive industry in the past three decades. These changes, as with most aspects of the current U.S. economy, have been brought about by behavior in the household spending or individual...

Quarterly sales lower for metal management.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Metal Management Inc., Chicago, has announced results for its third fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, 2005, that mark a decline from the figures the company reported in the third quarter of the previous year. The company reported net sales of...

Smorgon Steel acquires U.S. firm.(SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS)
March 1, 2006... Australia-based Smorgon Steel Group Ltd. has acquired the operating assets of the American company ITI Inc. and its Steelport of Florida Inc. yard. ITI operates a metal recycling business with collection and processing facilities in...

WTSA hiking rates for scrap metal.(Westbound Transpacific Stabilization Agreement)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Container shipping lines operating from the United States to Asia have announced plans to increase freight rates for metal scrap shipments and to limit the "free time" allowed for delivery of cargo and return of container equipment in China....

Cozzis re-enter scrap business.( Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Albert Cozzi, former CEO of Cozzi Iron & Metal and Metal Management Inc., and his brother Frank Cozzi, national chair-elect of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), have joined with four other members of the Cozzi family to...

ISRI sends out safety pledge.(Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... The chair and the president of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), Washington, have distributed a safety pledge to the group's membership, asking members to send a "single, unified message" committing to safety. An...

Washington sees growth in recycling rate.(waste recycling)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... The state of Washington's recycling rate rose to 42 percent in 2004, a 4 percent increase from 2003, according to figures compiled by the state's Department of Ecology (DOE). Gains were made in metals, paper and yard waste recycling, which...

Chicago pilot successful, but adds operating costs.(recycling program )(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... According to local press reports, a curbside recycling program in one Chicago neighborhood resulted in an 80 percent participation rate. But the program would cost an additional $35 million in operating expenses if the entire city converted to...

Kentucky recycling bill moves to house.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)
March 1, 2006... In January, the Kentucky Senate Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources unanimously passed a bill that would offer recycling grants to counties in the state. Senate Bill 50, sponsored by state Sen. Dan Kelly, was first introduced...

N.J. county joins curbside value partnership.(MUNICIPAL RECYCLING)(The Aluminum Can Council and Burlington County, N.J., on a joint venture for curbside recycling)
March 1, 2006... The Aluminum Can Council and Burlington County, N.J., officials hope to increase curbside recycling participation among county residents as the Aluminum Can Council's (ACC) Curbside Value Partnership (CVP) begins working with the county on a...

Half of Virginia falls to meet recycling goals.(Virginia Pilot reports)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... According to information released by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), more than half of the cities and counties in the state failed to meet the mandatory recycling rate of 25 percent during 2004, the Virginia Pilot...

Point of scale.(automotive trends)
March 1, 2006... Coaxing more scrap across scales and into processing facilities remains the biggest challenge for many recyclers, who are eager to take part in markets that remain profitable. The high pricing of the last two years has helped spur equipment...

SMI switches to CMC brand.(FERROUS)
March 1, 2006... The steelmaking and fabricating units that formerly operated under the Structural Metals Inc. (SMI) name are changing their identities to become the CMC Steel Group. A new name and logo will be in place for the former SMI operations...

Scaw affiliate completes deal for AltaSteel.(moly cop steel Inc acquisitions with AltaSteel Ltd)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Moly Cop Steel has completed its purchase of AltaSteel Ltd. AltaSteel's 360,000 ton-per-year mini-mili was a part of Canada-based Stelco. It is the only steel mili in Alberta. Moly Cop Steel Inc. is an affiliate of Scaw International, a...

Steel dynamics posts strong numbers.(FERROUS)
March 1, 2006... Steel Dynamics Inc. (SDI) has announced net sales of $2.2 billion for fiscal year 2005, a 2 percent increase over 2004 net sales of $2.1 billion. However, net income declined for the year to $222 million from $295 million in fiscal year 2004....

Cover your ...(copper market)
March 1, 2006... Copper scrap continues its climb, blowing past all historic highs. With prices at record levels, the bullish mood continues. While confident of the underlying strength in the copper market, most recyclers acknowledge that prices have gone too...

Vista metals buys casting plant.(Vista Metals Corp)(Pechiney Cast Plate in Vernon)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Secondary aluminum producer Vista Metals Corp., Fontana, Calif., has purchased cast plate production equipment that was formerly used by Pechiney Cast Plate in Vernon, Calif. The company will use the equipment to produce cast plate products...

Alcan acquires Mexican facility.(NONFERROUS)
March 1, 2006... Alcan Inc. announced that Alcan Packaging Mexico has acquired the packaging assets and business of Recubrimientos y Laminaciones de Papel of Monterrey, Mexico. The asset purchase includes a plant in Monterrey. "Alcan Packaging is...

Study questions copper supply.(use of copper wiring and tubing)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... A scientific journal article is proposing that if undeveloped nations begin increasing their use of copper wiring and tubing, even the full extraction of the Earth's ores and increased recycling may not be enough to meet future demand. ...

Filipino aluminum sheet plant sold.(sales and earnings)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Reports published in news outlets in the Philippines have stated that Reynolds Philippines Corp., a foreclosed aluminum sheet plant, has been sold to a Shanghai-based scrap recycling company for around $7 million. The sale was made by the...

Alcoa inks deal to build smelter.(contracts)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Alcoa has signed an agreement in principle with the government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to build a 341,000 metric-tons-per-year aluminum smelter in Southwestern Trinidad. The agreement follows the signing of a Memorandum of...

Stable and steady.(PAPER)(Growth in paper industry)
March 1, 2006... Following several months of falling prices, the recovered paper market has evened out in early 2006, with old corrugated containers (COO) hovering around $45 per ton. Oversupply has kept the COO market depressed, sources say, with no signs...

Caraustar announces price increases.(price and rates of paperboard grades )(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Caraustar Industries Inc., Austell, Ga., has announced a price increase on all uncoated recycled paperboard grades and mili converted products. Prices will increase by $40 per ton, according to a press release from Caraustar. The...

Grossman group opens paper recovery plant.(PAPER)
March 1, 2006... The Grossman Group has opened a new paper recycling facility in the Columbus, Ohio, area. The facility will service solid waste handlers, as well as companies generating old corrugated containers. The announcement follows two years of planning...

Sonoco hiking prices.(prices of paper product industry)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Sonoco has increased prices for its paper-based, engineered carriers (tubes and cores) and related specialty products by 6 percent in the United States and Canada, effective with shipments made on or after Feb. 20, 2006. "Price increases...

Stable condition.(Midwest recycler)
March 1, 2006... "I'm cautiously optimistic," a thermoplastic recycler based in the Southeast says about the forecast for industrial grade thermoplastics as the first quarter of 2006 advances. Markets appear to be more stable than they were at this time last...

EcoResin expands in North Carolina.(Plastics recycler EcoResin)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Plastics recycler EcoResin, Randleman, NC., has announced that it is expanding its operations with the opening of a recycling facility in Rutherford County, N.C. A $150,000 grant from the state's One North Carolina Fund is assisting the...

Plastics recycler expands.(Mountain Valley Recycling)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Mountain Valley Recycling recently has announced that it has added a new processing line to its production facility in Morristown, Tenn. The company, which recycles plastic film wrap, also announced plans to open additional facilities in the...

U.K. Group to research scrap plastic exports.(PLASTICS)
March 1, 2006... England-based Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) has commissioned a study that will look at scrap plastic export trends. GHK Consulting Ltd. is conducting the study, which is supported by Recoup and is expected to be completed this...

Washington state focuses on tires.(Washington state legislature)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... The Washington state legislature is considering implementing recommendations made by the state's Department of Ecology (DOE) to solve the scrap tire pile problem in the state. To solve the growing problem of discarded tires, the state...

Starr tire pile cleanup continues in Pa.(Department of Environmental Protection)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has reported that more than 158,000 tires have been removed from a tire pile in Greenwood Township, Pa. The Pennsylvania DEP is directing the tire removal, which is being...

Colorado companies, city launch glass recycling pilot.(Nonmetallics)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Fort Collins, Colo., Coors Brewing Co. and Rocky Mountain Bottle Co. have introduced a voluntary glass recycling program that asks Fort Collins residents to separate glass from their other recyclables and to bring it to the city's recycling...

Ohio EPA signs tire abatement contract.(NONMETALLICS)
March 1, 2006... The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency has announced that it has contracted with a vendor that has removed close to 100,000 tires from an illegal tire disposal site in St. Johns, Ohio. Wapakoneta resident Robert G. Keller, the property...

GreenMan Technologies receives filing extension.(Nonmetallics)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Tire recycler GreenMan Technologies Inc., based in Lynnfield, Mass., has announced that the American Stock Exchange (Amex) has granted the company an extension to regain compliance with Amex listing standards. GreenMan Technologies...

Maser expands Ontario plant.(Material seperation and recovery)
March 1, 2006... When MaSeR Corp., Marblehead, Mass., started up its Barrie, Ontario, Canada, facility in March of 2005, the concept was to provide service te its key client, co-located in Barrie, along with other electronic scrap recyclers throughout Canada....

NCER, CEA join efforts.(National center for electronics recycling, consumer electronics association)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... The National Center for Electronics Recycling (NCER), Wood Park, W.Va., and the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), Arlington, have joined together to form the National Electronics Recycling Infrastructure Clearinghouse (NERIC) initiative....

Maine enacts producer-pays program for electronics.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
March 1, 2006... The state of Maine has launched the first manufacturer-funded electronics recycling program in the United States. Under the law, which went into effect in mid-January, municipalities send discarded computer and television monitors to...

Metech renews ISO certifications.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING)
March 1, 2006... Metech International, based in Worcester, Mass., reports that it has renewed its ISO 9001:2000 certification and updated its ISO 14001:1996 certification to ISO 14001:2004 at both of its North American facilities following a recent audit. ...

CMRA honors recyclers.(Construction materials recycling association)
March 1, 2006... At its recent Annual Meeting in Miami, the Construction Materials Recycling Association (CMRA) handed out its 2006 awards for excellence in construction and demolition recycling. Byron Lord of the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) was...

A world of solutions.(SPOTLIGHT ON SOFTWARE)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... For almost a decade, 21st Century Programming has offered software packages with flexible features for all different recycling environments. Whether recyclers handle metals, paper or a variety of materials, or whether they handle industrial...

ROM: the recycler's best friend.(SPOTLIGHT ON SOFTWARE)
March 1, 2006... There is nothing easy about the recycling business. Managers have to understand the complexities involved with every aspect of their business-from purchasing, scaling, processing, inventory control, sales and ultimately shipping out loads--all...

An enterprising solution.(SPOTLIGHT ON SOFTWARE)
March 1, 2006... Just as ROM has been developed to maximize efficiency at smaller recycling companies, 21st Century Programming now offers ROM Enterprise to bring a higher level of efficiency to multiple-location scrap and recycling firms. ROM Enterprise...

Training: basic and beyond.(SPOTLIGHT ON SOFTWARE)(21st Century Programming)
March 1, 2006... Even software that is easy to use requires upfront training and ongoing support. 21st Century Programming has separated itself from others in the industry by recognizing this need and by offering training and support that wins over customers...

A complete: support system.(SPOTLIGHT ON SOFTWARE)(21st Century Programming)
March 1, 2006... When recyclers purchase a software package that touches every aspect of their enterprise, those recyclers do not want to be in the position of waiting for an answer when a question arises. This is a critical aspect of buying software. ...

The verdict is in.(SPOTLIGHT ON SOFTWARE)(21st Century Programming)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... "21st Century Programming's system has provided us with a wealth of information to help manage the company. I have seen the results of the system they set up and I must tell you--it is great!" SANDY SHADROW, Vice President, SOS Metals...

Budget waste signs LOI for acquisition.(C & D NEWS)(Budget Waste Inc)(letter of intent )(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Budget Waste Inc. has signed a letter of intent to acquire AllWaste Systems Ltd. Both companies are headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Budget's plan is to purchase AllWaste with a combination of stock, cash and the assumption of...

California county develops C&D recycling ordinance.(C & D NEWS)(Construction and Demolition)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Following the lead of several other cities and counties in California, officials of Butte County, Calif., have drafted a construction and demolition recycling ordinance, according to a report in the Mercury-Register (Oroville, Calif.). The...

Asian flavor.(BIR REPORT)(Conference news)
March 1, 2006... The Bureau of International Recycling (BIR) will hold its spring World Recycling Convention May 29-31 in Beijing, giving its members the opportunity to explore China's dynamic economy, its storied past and ancient culture. The China World...

Riverside engineering announces new business structure.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Riverside Engineering Inc., San Antonio, Texas, has announced a new business structure that involves spinning off Riverside Products, Moline, Ill. According to a jointly issued press release, the companies "will work collectively to...

American baler intros new hydraulic valve.(screw-in cartridge control valves)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... American Baler, Bellevue, Ohio, has a new high-flow hydraulic logic valve available for its 20- and 30-hp balers. According to the company, when used in conjunction with a manifold block and screw-in cartridge control valves, the new logic...

Redesigned Granutech logger debuts.(logger's benefits)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Granutech-Saturn Systems, Grand Prairie, Texas, has re-introduced its MAC L3600 Logger with some major design enhancements, according to the company. "If ever there was a time a scrap recycler could benefit from a logger, this is it," says...

Stanley LaBounty sharpens its edge.(automated blade lubrication system)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Stanley LaBounty, Two Harbors, Minn., has introduced an automated blade lubrication system designed to significantly reduce maintenance and to enhance shearing performance. The new line of shears, called the MSD Saber-Lube Series, will be...

IXL machine to make, service LSI separators.(IXL Machine Shop Inc)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Holland, Mich.-based IXL Machine Shop Inc., a division of Louis Padnos Iron & Metal Co., will manufacture and service LSI Air-Less Metal Separators. Henry A. Wiltschek Inc., Stoney Creek, Ontario, is the North American distributor of the...

STM to unveil new equipment lines.(Schuler Technologies and Machinery)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Schuler Technologies & Machinery (STM), Ueberlingen, Germany, plans to unveil a line of scrap shears, balers, pre-shredders and shredders to the North American market, according to a press release from the company STM touts a combination...

Wendt announces shredder sales.(Heavy line of shredders)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Wendt Corp. of Tonawanda, N.Y., has sold the first machines from its Heavy line of shredders. Camden Iron & Metal and Sturgis Iron & Metal both purchased a 130 Heavy shredder--the largest mill available offering the greatest throughput...

Vecoplan announces service center network.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
March 1, 2006... Archdale, N.C.-based Vecoplan LLC, a maker of recycling and waste shredding and grinding equipment, has announced its establishment Of a North American network of factory-trained and certified service representatives. "This network, along...

NexGen changes conveyor line name.(EQUIPMENT REPORT)
March 1, 2006... NexGen Baling Systems has changed the name of its conveyor line to EZ-Trax Conveyors from NexGen Conveyor Systems. The company decided to change the name of its conveyor line to help differentiate it from its baling line, according to a...

Due south: scrap recyclers follow the shifting geographic center of the U.S. manufacturing economy.(Cover story)
March 1, 2006... There are doomsayers concerning the future of manufacturing in America and there are also optimists. In between are those who see changes that are creating good news for some sectors and regions and difficult times for others. Scrap...

Bolstering a strong reputation.(HARRIS SHREDDER)(Company overview)
March 1, 2006... Dear Scrap Recycler: There is no equipment brand more widely known to scrap processors than Harris. For decades, scrap recyclers have come to rely on the rugged shearing and baling equipment made by Harris because it offers the utmost in...

Still solid: the last two years have been mostly enjoyable ones for the nation's largest ferrous scrap recyclers.(20 LARGEST LIST)
March 1, 2006... The problems experienced by ferrous scrap processors in the past two years have mostly been of the sort caused by business conditions that are so good that there is not enough time to pay attention to details. When Recycling Today last...

Counter intelligence: the domestic steel industry has a new facility in the works as SeverCorr begins building in Mississippi.(FERROUS CONSUMER FOCUS)(SeverCorr Corporation)
March 1, 2006... Who would have guessed a few years ago that the moribund steel industry would come to outshine many of the more vibrant industries of that time? In the eyes of the investment community at the time, the steel industry was no longer an icon of...

Marking time: the steel industry has found strength through consolidation.(STEEL ACQUISITIONS TIMELINE)
March 1, 2006... In the throes of the steel industry depression, the Section 201 tariff on imported steel was put in place to give the domestic steel industry a chance to survive the horrific slump, which sent more than two dozen steel companies into Chapter...

Rev your engines: platinum group metals continue to enjoy robust markets thanks to a number of factors around the globe.(INTERNATIONAL MARKET REPORT)
March 1, 2006... The secular rally in the commodities markets appears to continue unfettered: a 25-year high for gold. a 22-year high in silver, a 17-year high in alminum and record level prices reached in copper, lead, nickel, zinc and oil in recent months....

Proven metal: the Federal Metal Co. seeks to meet its customers' unique needs in a shifting market.(manufactures brass, bronze)(Company overview)
March 1, 2006... Before Peter Nagusky became the fourth Nagusky to enter the family business in 1997, he told his father he was especially qualified to run a brass ingot maker someday. "After all, I have experience in nonprofit management," he jokes,...

Viva conventions: the ISRI Annual Convention and WasteExpo head to Vegas the first week of April.(CONVENTION PREVIEW)(Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc)
March 1, 2006... Vegas is never quiet, but the first week of April is going to be particularly bus), for Sin City as two of the largest trade shows in the recycling and solid waste industries converge on the strip practically simultaneously. First up is...

The wired MRF: MRFs are not just for bottles and cans anymore, as obsolete electronics enter recovery facilities of their own.(MRF SERIES)
March 1, 2006... The business models associated with collecting and processing end-of-life electronics appear very different at first glance, but in fact they share the same fundamental goal. That goal is to maximize the value of intact items for resale,...

Getting tied down: officials and recyclers continue to wrangle over cargo securement regulations.(CARGO SECUREMENT REPORT)
March 1, 2006... Geraldine Kizielewicz owes her life to an unknown driver who cut in front of her. It was October 5, 1992, and Kizielewicz, an assistant principal at a Buffalo, N.Y., elementary school, was driving to work. As she was about to merge onto the...

Image conscious: Bay Bridge Enterprises LLC looks to overcome the misperceptions anbout ship dismantling operations.(COMPANY PROFILE)
March 1, 2006... As Recycling Today readers know, there has been a steep jump in the demand for ferrous scrap to feed steel mills throughout the world within the last few years. This has created greater demand for auto hulks, white goods and other sourpces of...

Seller's market: American demand may be flat, but global buyers remain intensely interested in scrap paper.(COMMODITY FOCUS)(Industry overview)
March 1, 2006... The demand for recovered fiber is generally considered flat in North America, but it remains strong in most of Europe. And any scrap paper that is not used in Europe is being snapped up by the Asian market. Speakers on the keynote panel of...

Cutting a new schedule: an Idaho scrap recycler uses mobile shears to increase its off-site opportunities.(CASE STUDY)
March 1, 2006... The term "mobile shear" is most often used to describe a shear that--unlike a stationary shear--moves from place to place within the confines of a yard. Many enterprising scrap recyclers, however, take their shears on the road, tackling...

One year later: a California electronics recycler looks at the experience of implementing SB20.(ELECTRONICS RECYCLING REGULATIONS)
March 1, 2006... It's been a year now since SB20 got under way. It seems like a long time since the first stakeholder meeting and the celebration at, the Capitol to honor Sen. Byron Sher, the bill s sponsor, for his persistence in getting such an important bill...

Heating things up: the C&D world show touched on everything from processing mixed C&D to the cleanup efforts following hurricane Katrina.(CMRA-WRAP UP)(construction & demolition)
March 1, 2006... Construction and demolition recycling professionals converged on Miami in mid-January for the C&D World Exhibition & Conference at the Hyatt Regency Miami. C&D World, which is the official show of the Construction Materials Recycling...

Provincial attitudes: Canadian provinces adjust their levels of support for the tire recycling industry.(TIRE RECYCLING UPDATE)
March 1, 2006... The province of Manitoba is getting out of the tire recycling business. Last July, Stan Struthers, the minister in charge of Conservation, announced that he was launching an investigation into complaints about the province's 11-year-old tire...

The price is wrong: that's the complaint often heard regarding published scrap prices. Is the new RMDAS methodology an improvement?(PRICING INDEXES REPORT)(Raw Material Data Aggregation Service)
March 1, 2006... Establishing average pricing for recent scrap metal transactions is an often thankless task that has traditionally been tackled by trade publications such as American Metal Market, New York, or other metals industry publications. The...

Advancing quickly: California's Advanced Steel Recovery pushes process improvements and Web-based Transactions.(COMPANY PROFILE)
March 1, 2006... By the late 1990s, the ferrous scrap world had a pretty good grip on arranging rail and truck shipments within the United States. Seaborne scrap, though, remained the domain of bulk brokers. Nathan Frankel, president of Advanced Steel...

Common ground: paper and plastics recyclers will find conference opportunities with co-located shows this summer.(PAPER & PLASTICS CONFERENCE PREVIEW)
March 1, 2006... The Windy City will welcome a unique conference opportunity for both paper and plastics recyclers this June as it plays host to both the seventh annual Paper Recycling Conference & Trade Show and the inaugural Recycling Today's Plastics...

Barging through: Marline Terminals builds on its niche as an inland waterway shipper.(CASE STUDY)(Marine Terminals of Arkansas Inc)
March 1, 2006... Like the expansive farms that surround it, Marine Terminals of Arkansas Inc., headquartered in Armorel, Ark., depends on the Mississippi River for its livelihood. The same currents that bring water and rich soil to these riverside...

Book 'em: scrap dealers are taking steps to combat theft brought on by soaring secondary metals prices.(THEFT REPORT)
March 1, 2006... The surge in prices for many scrap metals, especially historic high prices for copper and aluminum, has had an unsavory side effect that is plaguing the scrap industry: theft. Throughout the past several months, a number of metals thefts have...

Storm ready: a metal recycler's renovated location enhances its downtown image.(ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE SERIES)(American Compressed Steel Corp.)
March 1, 2006... More than 20 years of expansive downtown growth in St. Joseph, Mo., eventually engulfed the 100 year-old scrap metal site operated by American Compressed Steel and other industrial properties. The city found itself with an island of industrial...

Fluid motion: nothing is wasted at fluid recycling firm Thermo Fluids Inc.(FLUIDS RECYCLER PROFILE)
March 1, 2006... Waste fluids are generated at thousands of locations across the country. Dirty oil can be found at lube shops, car dealerships and industrial settings. Spent antifreeze and coolant is removed from vehicles daily. There is no shortage of...

In memoriam: Marvin Fink.(People)(Obituary)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Marvin Fink, who worked his way up through Allied Metal Co. to eventually own and run the Chicago-based secondary aluminum producer, has died at age 77. Marvin, the son-in-law of Allied Metal Co. founder Irving Dubofsky, began his career...

Korney joins IPS Balers.(People)(Appointment)(Kenneth J. Korney)(Brief article)
March 1, 2006... Kenneth J, Korney has joined IPS Balers Inc., Baxley, Ga., as the company's director of regional sales. Korney is responsible for baler sales and applications assessment in support of IPS dealers, customers and OEM system integrators. He...

City Carton adds executive management team positions.(Appointments)
March 1, 2006... City Carton Recycling, Iowa City, Iowa, has announced appointments to the company's first "Executive Management Team," which will report directly to City Carton Recycling President Andy Ockenfels. Brian Holtz will serve as Eastern division...

Calendar.(Recycling conference)(Brief article)(Calendar)
March 1, 2006... March 21- 22 NERO Spring Conference, Northampton, Mass., Northeast Recycling Coalition, (802) 254-3636 March 23-25 The 13th Annual European Conference on Tyre Recycling, Brussels, European Tyre Recycling Association,...