Welcome addition to a new edition.(EDITOR'S FOCUS)

The business information industry has as both its greatest blessing and its greatest concern that the world is changing rapidly in numerous ways.

The blessing is that as the recycling and scrap industries change, the audience for a steady stream of news and information is eager and growing. It's not just commodities prices that are changing minute by minute, but the ownership and tactics of key trading partners.

The concern facing publishers and information providers is very similar to the one facing their readers in this circumstance: Is the company acting and reacting properly in the face of all the rapid changes?

At the Recycling Today Media Group, actions and reactions in the past 10 years have included moving beyond a monthly print product to offering additional publications in the demolition and secure destruction sectors as well as creating Web sites, e-newsletters and digital magazines and offering conferences.

In all of these endeavors, a consistent message from recyclers and industry suppliers is that the world has become a smaller place. Offshore demand for secondary commodities combined with a ramped up ocean-freight infrastructure has resulted in a more globalized industry.

For those reasons, the Recycling Today Global Edition is going to be launched in 2008 as a digital ...