Personnel notes

Greenland (America) adds to staff

The metals recycling company Greenland (America) Inc., headquartered in Atlanta, has announced that scrap metal veteran Randy Goodman will join its executive team.

The company says Goodman will be an integral part of the reorganization of its executive team. Goodman’s addition also will allow Greenland (America) to grow its footprint within North America while allowing Vishal Jaitia, president of Greenland (America), to concentrate on the company’s European and Indian trading operations.

“Randy’s reputation and long-term commitment to the industry make him a perfect match for Greenland (America),” says company CEO Suresh Jaitia.

Goodman’s responsibilities will include new business development along with transitioning into overseeing all trading efforts in the Americas. He also is expected to help the company pursue nonferrous materials that were previously not regularly traded, including zorba, zurik and shredded wire, the company says.

Greenland (America) Inc., established in 1980, specializes in buying and selling ferrous and nonferrous metals. In addition to its Atlanta headquarters, the company operates offices in Guangzhou, China, and Mumbai, India.

Consolidated Container restructures plastics recycling division

Plastic packaging company Consolidated Container Co. (CCC), which acquired Envision Plastics LLC and Ecoplast Corp. in June 2014, has reorganized the two companies to ensure current and future growth expectations. Under the new structure, Ecoplast, a Fontana, California-based supplier of recycled and custom compounded resins, will be repositioned under the Envision Plastics name.

Along with placing Ecoplast under the Envision name, CCC reports that Jose Perez, a long-time Ecoplast sales and procurement executive, and Scott Booth, who led Envision and Ecoplast since the acquisition, have left the company.

Meanwhile, Mark Shafer, who recently joined CCC, has been named vice president and general manager for the newly combined Envision Plastics business.

Additionally, Tamsin Ettefagh, who previously served as Envision’s vice president of sales, has expanded her responsibilities to include the role of vice president of sales for Ecoplast’s product line.

Mylinda Jacobsen is now responsible for supplying and trading raw materials for Envision and Ecoplast products.

Envision Plastics, with plants in Reidsville, North Carolina, and Chino, California, recycles postconsumer HDPE (high-density polyethylene) containers into recycled-content resins, including EcoPrime, a food-contact-grade recycled HDPE resin approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

CCC, headquartered in Atlanta, develops and manufactures rigid plastic packaging solutions.