Equipment Report

Varsek Trading Group Inc., Richmond, B.C., Canada, has been named an authorized distributor for NexGen Baling Systems, a division on Marathon Equipment Co., Vernon, Ala.

The company will serve customers in British Columbia.

Peter Varsek, owner of Varsek Trading Equipment, has been selling and servicing recycling equipment since 1993.

Varsek Trading now offers a full line of NexGen products, including the Galaxy2R two-ram and TIEger Series auto-tie balers, the side-eject Stealth horizontal baler, the Gemini and Atlas multi-material balers, EZ-Trax conveyors and the V6030 vertical baler.

More information on Varsek Trading and NexGen Baling Systems is available at www.VarsekTrading.com and www.NexGenBalers.com, respectively.

Vecoplan Launches New Web Site

Vecoplan LLC, a leading manufacturer of industrial shredding and size reduction equipment, has launched its revamped Web site at www.vecoplanllc.com.

The site is designed with existing and prospective customers in mind, according to the company. The goal of the redesign is to give users a more convenient and user-friendly experience.

"We feel a visit to our Web site should not only be informative, but an enjoyable experience as well," Len Beusse, COO of Vecoplan LLC, says. "We’ve had many compliments on our old site over the years. Many of the same interactive features remain with the new site and new ones have been added."

The new site provides updated specifications for all of Vecoplan’s equipment models and includes the detailed data customers and prospective customers want and need.

The site includes extensive video clip archives of Vecoplan shredders processing a variety of materials, a virtual tour of the company’s Archdale, N.C. facility, digital animations and an interactive design tool for use in plant layout. VecoScan is a tool available on the site that allows visitors to view "X-ray" illustrations of equipment. There is also a page for ordering parts and service.

Vecoplan chose Beacon Technologies (www.beacontec.com), a local and well- known IT solutions firm, as its partner for the creative design and architecture of the new site.

Harris Adds Distributor

Harris Waste Management Group, Peachtree City, Ga., has named Norton Equipment Co., Byhalia, Miss., as its new distributor serving Mississippi, Louisiana and western Tennessee.

The distributorship includes sales and service for all Harris/Selco vertical, horizontal and two-ram balers, including the Centurion/HRB brand balers.

Norton Equipment’s J.W. Norton and George Hirtz each have 20-plus years of experience in the waste handling and recycling service industry. The company can perform sales, service, repair and rebuilds on site or at its shop using technicians trained for the Harris product line.

Harris Waste Management Group designs, makes and sells scrap processing, recycling, waste handling and material reduction equipment. More information is available at www.harriswaste.com.

Additional information on Norton Equipment is available by phoning the company at (662) 838-7900.

O’Neil Tweaks RSWeb.net

Irvine, Calif.-based O’Neil Software has announced that it has increased the flexibility and power of its RSWeb.NET interface, using the "power of the Internet and Microsoft’s latest .NET technology" to provide more access and control to records center customers.

According to O’Neil, records center clients will have "convenient and enhanced" access to their record center’s RS-SQL database and can perform many tasks themselves, eliminating the need for record center customer service reps to have to re-key an order or look up information.

"RSWeb.NET significantly enhances our customers’ ability to serve their clients more efficiently through the Internet, freeing up internal staff to attend to other important tasks," O’Neil VP of Business Development Ian Thomas says. "Instead of waiting for answers from your staff, your clients have customizable data entry screens, instant reporting and even more powerful queries at their fingertips." He adds, "They can quickly and easily query your record center’s database, order supplies, add new or edit existing inventory information, generate reports, request services and even monitor the status of orders—all from their desks, saving time and eliminating costly errors."

The flexible Microsoft.NET architecture enables records centers to customize language, access, queries, add/edit dialogues and reports to the needs of their clients.

More information on O’Neil’s RSWeb.NET is available at www.oneilsoft.com.