Equipment Report

Avis creates Recycling & Waste Equipment Division

Avis Industrial Corp., based in Upland, Indiana, has announced the formation of its Recycling & Waste Equipment Division, which brings together its three wholly owned subsidiaries: American Baler Co., Harris Waste Management Group and International Baler Corp.

The three companies offer the largest breadth of recycled materials baling solutions, operate four manufacturing locations and support the largest global installed base of balers for recyclables, according to Avis.

While each company will continue to operate individually, the new structure will bring what Avis calls “unmatched recycling and waste compaction solutions” to the market. As a result of the divisional focus, the individual businesses will realize benefits through best practices sharing, process standardization, organizational optimization and consolidated corporate reporting.

The combined product offering of the Recycling & Waste Equipment Division includes single-ram, horizontal, two-ram, ferrous and specialty balers, scrap metal and automobile shear/baler/loggers, heavy-duty shredders and high-volume waste and scrap compactors.

“We began building our ownership position in these companies back in 1979,” Avis President and CEO Greg King says. “As an industrial holding company focused on long-term investment and growth, Avis is committed to optimizing the value and solutions these companies offer to their customers and team members. Our capital base allows us to support their business operations, which ensures unmatched support for their customers.”

D.J. VanDeusen will serve as the president of the new division in addition to his current role as president and general manager of Harris.

Dave Kowaleski, president and general manager of American Baler, and Roger Griffin, president and general manager of International Baler, will continue in their leadership roles and provide support for the integration activities associated with the new division, according to Avis.

“Bringing these three renowned businesses and their teams more closely together will provide unprecedented solution capabilities to our recycling and waste industry customers,” VanDeusen says. “It will allow us to deliver new units and parts support on shorter cycle times, provide optimized field service coverage and generate broader advancement opportunities for our team members.”