Equipment Report

AMERICAN BALER PURCHASES LINDEMANN DIVISIONS

American Baler Co., Bellevue, Ohio, has purchased two baler divisions of Svedala Industries: Lindemann Recycling Equipment of Charlotte, N.C. and Lindemann Limited, Telford, England.

“This combined product offering will benefit our dealers and customers by offering them the security of two well-positioned baler manufacturers that can meet not only their present day needs, but the needs of the future,” says Joe Szany, general manager at American Baler.

The newly combined business will be named Lindemann American Baler Limited, and will be based in Telford, England, where the manufacturing operation and office will remain open. The operations in North Carolina will be transferred to Ohio.

Svedala Industries will retain a connection with the product line by having its Svedala Lindemann GmbH division, based in Dusseldorf, Germany, act as sales and service agents for Lindemann American Baler in Germany and other nations on the continent of Europe.

SYSTEMS ALTERNATIVES INTRODUCES NEW PRODUCTS

Two new products for in-motion crane weighing and scrap manufacturing control have been introduced by Systems Alternatives Inc., Maumee, Ohio.

The Motion Compensated Crane Scale (MCS) allows the user to weigh any commodity, up to 25,000 pounds per lift, on a crane. The scale is designed to deliver speed and accuracy. In real-world crane weighing operations, net in-motion weighing accuracy is a cumulative 1% or better on loaded conveyances of 40,000 pounds or more.

The MCS can operate for 32 hours on battery power and battery life can be extended using the “sleep mode” when the machine is idle. A one-year warranty is available for the MCS.

In conjunction with the MCS, MCS.PRO software combines MCS technology and integrates crane weighing, production costing, inventory and process control applications for closed-loop scrap manufacturing control.

EQUIPMENT SHOW SLATED FOR JUNE

The Equipment Demonstration Exposition (EDX) will be held in Louisville, Ky., June 1-3 at the Kentucky Fair and Exposition Center. The show will feature both indoor and outdoor exhibition space.

According to the show’s organizers, equipment exhibitors will have the option of letting attendees try out their equipment onsite in outdoor demonstration areas. More than 15 acres of outdoor space has been made available to equipment companies offering products to attendees from the recycling, construction, landscaping and other industries.

Another 60,000 square feet of indoor space will feature booth exhibits and demonstration areas for battery and electric-powered equipment.

The show is being billed as “the only place in America where buyers can demo products from all categories of light and medium-duty construction, industrial, hand-held, recycling and environmental equipment,” according to show manager Stephen Sellers of Sellers Expo, Louisville. More information on the show can be obtained from Sellers at (502) 562-1962.

RUBBERMAID ACQUIRES WASTE CONTAINER LINE

Rubbermaid Commercial Products LLC (RCP), Winchester, Va., has entered the metal and fiberglass waste container market by acquiring the product lines of All Around Receptacle from Intrex LLC, based in Danbury, Conn.

“RCP is now positioned to offer a complete line of commercial grade waste receptacles for virtually any indoor or outdoor application where a wide variety of materials and aesthetics are desired by our distribution partners and end users,” says RCP president Joe Ramos.

RCP is a division of Newell-Rubbermaid, Freeport, Ill.

PROCESS OFFERS END MARKET FOR MIXED WASTE

A processing plant by Hydromex Inc., Palm Springs, Calif., has been introduced and accepts a wide variety of waste products to be processed into materials such as bricks and lumber in about seven minutes, compared to months that traditional composting may take. The finished products have a wide range of uses, says Hydromex president Gene Pridemore. “Almost anything you can do with concrete, we can do.”

Materials such as household and construction waste, packaging material, textiles and tires are put through a shredder twice to produce ½ to ¾ inch pieces, to which liquid waste and a polymer is then added. The mixture is placed under pressure to create bricks and other materials. The pressure can be controlled and produce finished products ranging from concrete to wood.

The company, which started marketing the machines about a year and a half ago, has orders for a 2,000 ton per day unit, as well as other orders in Oklahoma. The machine was first marketed in Morocco, Egypt and parts of Africa because of the demand for housing that can be made from the end product the machine makes.

C&P ENTERPRISES ACQUIRED

Attachment Technologies Inc. (ATI), Delhi, Iowa, has acquired C&P Enterprises, which has a main facility in Ooltewah, Tenn. and a warehouse in City of Industry, Calif. C&P manufactures backhoe buckets, excavator buckets, quick couplers, buckets and thumb attachments.

“This represents an excellent opportunity for all parties,” says Robert Hartock, president and CEO of Attachment Technologies Inc. “This event allows us to combine the sales, marketing and distribution strengths and resources of four of the most reputable attachment manufacturers.”

ATI’s line of equipment also includes the Bradco, McMillen and Major brands of attachments for excavators, skid steers, forklifts, mini-excavators and other material handling equipment.

All C&P personnel will remain with the company and the company will be renamed C&P Attachments.

AWP INDUSTRIES OPENS NEW WAREHOUSE

AWP Industries Inc., Frankfort, Ky., has added a new warehousing facility in a suburb of Los Angeles. The new facility is capable of holding several thousand pieces of AWP (American Wire Products) inventory. AWP will be stocking five standard sizes of wire mesh rack decking and two standard sizes of folding wire mesh containers at the facility.

“We are very excited about what this new facility has to offer,” says Craig Chamberlin, president. “This new warehouse lets us maintain larger stock inventories of our wire mesh products."