AMERICAN ELECTRONICS RECYCLING TO ADD NEW PLANT
The Board of Directors for American Electronics Recycling LLC (AER), an electronics recycling company with locations in Jacksonville and Bradenton, Fla., has authorized the installation of processing equipment at a new 60,000-square-foot facility in Sarasota, Fla.
AER has purchased two large shredding units from SSI Shredding Systems, Wilsonville, Ore., along with various separation units from other suppliers. The equipment is slated to be installed by the end of July 2006.
The equipment will give AER the potential to process 8 to12 tons per hour of electronics and assorted nonferrous materials.
"AER is committed to proper handling and destruction of electronics materials," the company says in a press release. The new facility and processing equipment will enable AER "to achieve optimal recycling and reuse of these materials," the company says.
INTERCON SOLUTIONS TO UPDATE FACILITY
Chicago Heights, Ill.-based Intercon Solutions has received $325,000 in grant funds from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.
The company received a $250,000 Recycling Expansion and Modernization (REM) Grant to finance the implementation of a new processing system that will increase productivity and operating efficiencies while also improving safety, according to a press release from Intercon Solutions.
An additional $75,000 Illinois Recycling Grant will fund a security and safety equipment upgrade. A portion of the funds will be used to produce educational material to promote secure and safe recycling practices in the state, according to Intercon.
"The best part about this opportunity is that our system will go automated…without replacing our men with machines," Timothy Osgood, Intercon Solutions director of corporate recycling, says. "In addition, enhancing our security will add another level of assurance to the recycling process."
Osgood says that eventually Intercon Solutions customers will be able to view the recycling of their electronics from the comfort of their own offices from their computer monitors.
The company says it hopes the processing improvements will allow it to increase profit margins and cut costs, while the surveillance system, security monitoring and safety training will improve security at the 25,000-square-foot facility. The plant will have key-card access for employees and continual video surveillance monitored by a security guard.
By enhancing its security, Intercon hopes to attract a broader variety of potential customers, including government agencies, financial institutions and business entities concerned about losing proprietary information.
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