REDEMTECH OPENS OHIO PLANT
Redemtech has opened a new 158,000-square-foot plant in Grove City, a suburb of Columbus, Ohio. The new facility consolidates the company’s existing central Ohio operations, providing enhanced material handling capability and 20 percent greater capacity, according to the company.
Redemtech Technology Change Management (TCM) Centers deliver services that help large businesses increase computer use, remarket or recycle unneeded technology systems and ensure regulatory compliance for data privacy, electronic scrap and financial reporting.
"We are competing in a global economy and are continually striving to improve processes and enhance efficiency so we can deliver greater value to our clients," Robert Houghton, president and founder of Redemtech, says. "Our new Columbus TCM Center is state-of-the-art, providing for streamlined workflow and faster throughput. This will allow us to more efficiently process increasing volumes of equipment and satisfy growing customer demand."
The new plant features an automated pallet flow conveyor system, wireless batch picking and advanced picking machines to speed asset turnaround. Services include computer repair and refurbishment, data erasure, software imaging, deployment of new and used computer equipment, charitable donations and lease-return management, remarketing and recycling. The additional capacity and new capabilities enable Redemtech to respond to increased client demand for TCM services and to better support an expanded range of services, according to the company.
Redemtech also has TCM Centers in Richmond, Va.; Reno, Nev.; Montreal; Calgary, Alberta; and the United Kingdom. Together, these facilities process nearly 2 million IT assets yearly.
Redemtech is a wholly owned subsidiary of Micro Electronics, a large privately held technology company.
ILLINOIS PROGRAM AWARDS GRANTS
Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has awarded more than $550,000 in Opportunity Returns grants to help boost recycling goals in the Chicago area.
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity administers the grants.
The grant program focuses on developing and expanding of permanent collection and processing plants that handle end-of-life computers and other electronics.
Digital Workforce Education Society (DWES), Chicago, a nonprofit organization, has been awarded $73,900 to expand and enhance its electronic equipment refurbishing, de-manufacturing and recycling program. The organization will use the funds in part to purchase vehicles to collect and transport computer systems, an inventory database tracking system and a baler to consolidate recyclable commodities. DWES will also partner with the Illinois Department of Human Service’s "Team Illinois" initiative to bring significant technology improvement into areas of Illinois with high poverty, including Pembroke Township in Kankakee County. DWES says it expects to process an additional 1,000 tons of discarded electronic equipment.
Gallagher Businesses Inc., operator of the franchised business "Cartridge World" in Chicago, was awarded a $50,000 grant to expand its retail operations to include accepting obsolete electronic equipment for recycling. Grant funds will be used in part to purchase recycling collection containers and a collection vehicle.
PC Rebuilders, Chicago, has been awarded $62,200 to expand and enhance its computer de-manufacturing and refurbishing capabilities. Funds will be used in part to purchase a hard drive sanitizer, a disk duplicator, pallets, a scale, a tracking system and a truck.
River Shannon Recycling of Riverdale, Ill., a collector and recycler of universal waste, has been awarded two grants to expand its services to include the collection and processing of old electronics. The company will use its $48,180 grant to establish a permanent drop-off site at its facility and on-site collection of old, obsolete and end-of-life electronic equipment from businesses and other organizations. To help expand and enhance its ability to process and recycle electronic equipment captured by its increased collection efforts, River Shannon Recycling has been awarded $49,800 to buy material handling and processing equipment.
Supply-Chain Services Inc. of Lombard, Ill., has been awarded $75,000 to expand and enhance its electronic equipment de-manufacturing and recycling capabilities. The company will purchase a baler with a conveyor system and security fencing.
United Recycling Industries Inc. of West Chicago, Ill., has been awarded $64,800 to expand and enhance its processing capacity and capabilities. United currently processes more than 17,000 tons of electronics yearly, and the company estimates that enhancements will allow it to process at least 2,000 additional tons annually and to add two full-time employees.
Vintage Tech Recyclers Inc., Plainfield, Ill., was awarded $46,100 to advance its recycling collection capabilities. In addition to establishing a permanent drop-off site at its facility for area residents and businesses, the company will offer on-site collection of old, obsolete and end-of-life electronic equipment from businesses and other organizations. Funds will be used in part to purchase a recycling collection vehicle, a forklift and pallet racks.
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