Personnel Notes

eFactor3 adds general sales manager

Charlotte, North Carolina-based equipment and technology firm eFactor3 LLC has named Bradley Donnelly general sales manager.

According to the company, Donnelly has 17 years of experience in the heavy equipment industry and most recently was a regional sales manager at Fort Wayne, Indiana-based Terex Advance, a ready-mix concrete truck maker. Previously, Donnelly served in sales and marketing roles at global equipment maker Caterpillar Inc. and was an area business manager with lift truck maker Hyster Yale Group.

EFactor3 says Donnelly has an impressive list of accolades that includes being part of a Caterpillar Minneapolis District team that won the company’s Chairman Sales Award and the top international sales award and “exceeding all sales goals while maintaining dealerships that were top tier in market share” during his time at Hyster Yale. Additionally, eFactor3 says Donnelly helped increase new customer growth by 25 percent during a 12-month span at Terex Advance.

“What excites me most about working at eFactor3 are the people, culture and opportunities for growth,” Donnelly says. “E3 represents top-quality products and manufacturers. We focus on partnering with our clients to add value to their business and recycling process through our innovative solutions.

“I am also passionate to be working in an industry that contributes to sustainable solutions for our environment. We must continue to work to protect and take care of our environment, so our children and grandchildren have a place to grow and thrive.”

EFactor3 offers equipment and systems for companies handling plastic scrap and other secondary commodities. The company has equipment brand partners based in Europe, including shredder producer M&J Recycling, conveyor and handling equipment maker Westeria Fördertechnik GmbH, sorting and separation technology provider Hamos GmbH and drying line provider Kreyenborg.

Joel Litman to receive ISRI’s Proler Award

Texas Recycling Inc. co-owner and President Joel Litman has been selected to receive the 2023 Israel Proler award from the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI) Gulf Coast Region.

The award is named in memory of Israel Proler, who served as Gulf Coast chapter president of ISRI predecessor the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel from 1955 to 1956. It is given to individuals for their leadership, achievements and contributions to the recycling industry.

“Joel Litman exemplifies what it means to be a leader in the recycling industry,” ISRI Gulf Coast Region President Nidhi Turakhia says. “Not only has he built a successful recycling company with his family members over the past four decades, but every day he sets an example of what it means to operate with integrity and dedication to his family, team members, community and industry.”

Litman entered the recycling industry in 1984 when he joined his father, Stan, at his paper and rag recycling company, Daltex Waste Material Co., before eventually founding Texas Recycling, headquartered in Dallas, with his father and brother, Craig, in 1992.

“We did not have 1 pound of paper when we started Sept. 1, 1992,” Joel Litman told Recycling Today in 2021. “We were like, ‘Now what?’ But we just started moving. We were confident we could get this going.”

Since its inception, Texas Recycling has grown to nearly 70 employees and expanded into metals and plastics recycling, while the Litmans also established Action Shred of Texas in 2003 to provide document destruction services as well as hard drive and product destruction services.

Litman has been an active member within ISRI nationally as well as in the Gulf Coast Region and Paper Stock Industries (PSI) chapter, serving as a board member for all three and as PSI president from 2012 to 2014. He also has been a board member of the Global Recycling Standards Organization (which oversees the Recycling Industry Operating Standard, or RIOS).

“I am humbled and honored to be recognized by my peers,” Litman says. “I’ve looked up to the current and past Gulf Coast Region officers as leaders in ISRI and the industry, and it is gratifying to have them honor me in this way.”

Litman will receive the Israel Proler Award at the ISRI Gulf Coast Region’s summer convention in Dallas June 22.

ISS appoints president, CFO

Industrial Service Solutions (ISS), Houston, has appointed Kyle O’Neill to president and chief financial officer (CFO).

O’Neill, who will report to CEO Wade Stockstill, brings more than 20 years of business and financial leadership expertise to the industrial service and equipment provider.

“As a proven financial leader, Kyle brings extensive experience supporting both privately held and publicly traded businesses on a global scale,” Stockstill says. “Additionally, Kyle’s oil and gas industry expertise will play a key role in the success of our strategic growth initiatives.”

O’Neill joined ISS from US Well Services, Houston, where he served as CFO before being named president and CEO until the company’s sale to ProFrac Holdings of Willow Park, Texas. Previously, O’Neill was a managing director of California-based TCW LLC’s direct lending group.

ISS manufactures, supplies, installs, integrates and services critical process equipment for a broad set of industrial markets, including the scrap industry. The firm has more than 2,500 employees in 50-plus strategic locations nationwide.

American Baler president to retire

The Recycling and Waste Equipment Division of Upland, Indiana-based Avis Industrial Corp. has announced the retirement of Dave Kowaleski, president and general manager of American Baler Co., effective this month.

“While it’s bittersweet to have Dave move on to a very well-deserved retirement, I am excited to have the team in place across our operating locations to ensure our customers benefit from the breadth of solutions that we have to offer and our ability to expand our capacity for reduced cycle times,” says DJ VanDeusen, president of Harris and Avis’ Recycling and Waste Equipment Division.

The retirement announcement comes as Avis continues the integration of Harris, International Baler and American Baler that was announced earlier this year.