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Jake, Connor & Crew opens West Coast distribution center

Jake, Connor & Crew, the Kitchener, Ontario-based manufacture of containers and consoles for the document destruction industry, has opened a distribution center in central California. The company says the new center will be stocked with its full line of products for the document protection and waste and recycling industries.

“Due to our higher volumes and demand on the West Coast, this was the natural progression for our distribution network,” says Gayle Nummelin, vice president of Jake, Connor & Crew. “In conjunction with our East Coast manufacturing and distribution center and our European distribution center, we are confident that with this new, convenient facility will benefit more of our rapidly growing customer base on the West Coast, who will have the opportunity to experience our quality of products and our unparalleled customer service,” she adds.

Jake, Connor & Crew was established in 1995 as a manufacturer of containers for the document destruction sector. The company expanded its business in 2010 to include containers for the waste and recycling industries.

American Baler adds to dealer network

Tade Mahoney, director of sales and marketing for American Baler Co., Bellevue, Ohio, has announced Craft Equipment Co., Tampa, Fla., as a dealer for American Baler in the Southeast U.S.

Mahoney says Craft Equipment has an extensive sales, parts and service network and is poised to become a strong presence in the Southeast U.S. baler market.

Craft Equipment, established in 1971, provides equipment for the material handling industry throughout the Southeast, including in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and Tennessee.

The company also provides preventive maintenance programs for vertical and horizontal balers, compactors, dock levelers, scissor docks, commercial and industrial scrubbers and automated storage and retrieval solutions.

Craft Equipment can be contacted through www.craftequip.com.

Regenersis acquires Blancco

Blancco Oy Ltd. has announced that it has been purchased by U.K.-based Regenersis Plc, a strategic outsourcing partner to many of the world’s leading consumer technology companies. Regenersis purchased the data erasure software specialist’s entire share capital for the purchase price of approximately 60 million euro ($83 million), Blancco reports.

Blancco, which will remain headquartered in Finland, will operate as an independent subsidiary of Regenersis. The Blancco brand will be retained and its acquisition will have no impact on Blancco’s existing customer relationships, according to the company.

Regenersis’ portfolio includes products that will be integrated into Blancco’s portfolio, the companies say.

“This transaction should have no effect on Blancco’s growth, which should continue at its current impressive rate,” Kim Väisänen, managing director of Blancco, says.

Väisänen will continue as managing director of Blancco. In addition, he will be the head of software services for Regenersis.

Regenersis says its strategy is to grow Blancco's operations organically and through other mergers and acquisitions.

Matthew Peacock, executive chairman of Regenersis, says, “I am delighted with this acquisition. Blancco is a great business with an excellent fit and at a price that works for our shareholders. Most importantly it moves the center of gravity of the group clearly into advanced solutions, with a majority of our profits in this segment, and opens up a variety of possibilities for future development.”

product spotlight

Shred-Tech stationary single-rotor shredders

Shred-Tech, based in Cambridge, Ontario, has introduced a new STS line of single-rotor shredders that are designed to control shred size at high levels of throughput and are reinforced with all welded construction to maximize durability, according to the company. Shred-Tech says additional features of the STS line of single-rotor shredders include:

• available in several sizes ranging from 24 inches to 118 inches in width;
• numerous drive options available from 25 to 600 horsepower;
• all bearings and seals have been mounted outboard of the cutting chamber to avoid contamination and to improve reliability;
• a two-speed ram maximizes processing efficiency; and
• each machine can be designed into a complete system or used as a standalone shredder.

More information is available at www.shred-tech.com.