OmniSource Corp., wholly owned by Steel Dynamics Inc., has made a number of changes to its executive ranks.

Rich Brady, most recently executive vice president, Ferrous Commercial for OmniSource, has been named executive vice president – Southeast. He will be in charge of leading the company’s ferrous and nonferrous operations in the region. Brady joined Steel Dynamics in 2004 and transitioned to OmniSource in 2008.

Starting Dec. 1, 2012, Jason Redden will assume the role of executive vice president – Commercial. He will be responsible for ferrous and nonferrous sales and will assume national accounts sales management responsibilities. Redden most recently served as the executive vice president – Nonferrous Group, where he directed all nonferrous procurement, sales and operational activities. Prior to that, Redden was the vice president of national accounts and foundry sales at OmniSource.

Also effective Dec. 1, Scott Gibble, currently executive vice president – Midwest at OmniSource, will expand his responsibilities to include nonferrous operations, procurement, and non-sales related support functions. Gibble has been with OmniSource since 1999.

"We are pleased to make these promotions," says Russ Rinn, executive vice president of metals recycling and president and COO of OmniSource Corp. "Rich, Jason and Scott have consistently contributed to the company's ability to grow its footprint. Their insightful leadership and valuable experience in the steel and scrap businesses have also contributed and will continue to contribute to our ability to weather the ebbs and flows within the scrap industry. We appreciate their commitment to OmniSource's success and I am delighted to announce their respective appointments.”

Mervis Industries Inc., a scrap metal recycling company based in Danville, Ill., has opened what it calls a full-service recycling facility in Crawfordsville, Ind., under the name Advantage Recycling Crawfordsville. The new recycling plant, a division of Mervis, is situated on 25 acres with an additional 10 acres available for future development, says the company’s Michael Mervis.

Michael Mervis says an ideal feature of the new location is Advantage Recycling’s proximity to Nucor Corp.’s Crawfordsville steel mill. The new metal recycling facility also sits adjacent to a major highway.

The company executive also says the new facility includes some of the most updated equipment available on the market and ample concrete paving designed to ensure that it is easily accessible for both commercial and residential customers. The plant has 10-foot berms on the perimeter and an 8-foot screen to ensure that the operations are not visible from the highway.

In addition to offering full-service metals recycling operations, the new location will be the headquarters of Mervis’s transportation division.

Michael Mervis also notes that the move to open the Advantage Recycling facility is part of the company’s strategy to upgrade and convert its older peddler yards into locations that make them readily accessible, not only for large industrial accounts but also “soccer moms” and the retail business.

Along with both ferrous and nonferrous metals, the Advantage Recycling Crawfordville facility will accept obsolete electronics.

“It is a good fit because it expands our footprint,” says Michael Mervis regarding the location in Crawfordsville. “The location also is ideal because previously we were picking up material in Indiana and having to truck it to our facility in Illinois. Now we can do the processing here, saving time, money and making the operation more environmentally friendly.”

Mervis Industries now operates three facilities under the Advantage name, with more expected. Michael Mervis says that by the end of 2013 the company hopes to have all its consumer recycling facilities operating under the Advantage name.

The company also is working on opening a new scrap metal processing facility at an as-yet undisclosed location and to have the new plant operational by the first half of 2013.

The U.S. Shredder and Castings Group, headquartered in Trussville, Ala., has entered into a supplier partnership with the Italian firm BBM S.p.A. Under the partnership agreement U.S. Shredder will support BBM’s marketing and engineering team to supply equipment and castings to Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, Turkey and India. The new venture will manufacture the company’s line of shredder systems as well as provide support to other brands of shredders.

Established in 1965 as a heavy fabricator, BBM has extended is manufacturing portfolio into the railways sector and markets its equipment throughout the world. The company also operates a fabrication facility in India, which will support that local market.

“Our growth has always been based on being able to provide the best equipment and service in the areas we cover. After being completely established in North America, we have successfully ventured into Mexico and South America with local support partners. The resources that BBM have in place will allow us to provide the best system and support in these new markets. It’s one thing to sell a system, it’s quite another to support it properly,” says Bill Tigner, U.S. Shredder president

The US Shredder and Castings Group offers scrap shredders, control systems, downstream systems, nonferrous recovery, air systems, scrap shears, balers, and loggers; as well as shredder castings, service, engineering and consulting to the worldwide scrap industry.

For more information, please contact Bill Tigner at 205-999-7670.

John Warne

Bulk Handling Systems (BHS), headquartered in Eugene, Ore., has named John Warne its director of sales and marketing. Warne will be based at the company’s headquarters and report directly to CEO Steve Miller. He will oversee BHS’ global sales and marketing initiatives.

“The ability to add someone of John Warne’s background is a testament to BHS’ success,” says Miller. “We are fortunate to bring aboard an experienced and accomplished senior executive to continue to expand our market size and competitive posture. John will be responsible for providing strategic sales oversight to our complete product offering in multiple geographic markets and industries."

Warne brings more than 20 years of leadership experience in a manufacturing environment. During the previous 15 years he has developed sales teams with consistent and sustainable growth and profitability in diverse economic climates. Most recently Warne was president of Townley Engineering and Manufacturing Co., based in Candler, Fla.

“BHS is very forward-thinking and offers solutions unique to the industry. I am extremely excited to hit the ground running and join a leading company in a rapidly expanding market,” Warne says.

BHS provides design, engineering, manufacturing and installation of sorting systems and components for the solid waste, recycling, waste-to-energy and construction and demolition industries.