Cozzi O’Brien Recycling has acquired a 10-acre tract of land adjacent to its Bellwood, Ill., headquarters.

“After searching for over three years we have found what we were looking for, literally in our own back yard,” says Frank Cozzi, CEO of Cozzi O’Brien.

“This expansion will give Cozzi O’Brien an opportunity to consolidate into this new property several storage and operational facilities that we are currently renting,” adds Cozzi. “While giving us a much more logistically friendly location for our truck fleet, it will also give us the space to expand our processing capability at this facility as well as our Franklin Park, Ill., location. The new property is directly across the street from our Melrose Park, Ill., retail buying facility.”

The new property also will be home to a new Bonfiglioli shredder, according to Cozzi. The smaller-sized shredder was purchased primarily to shred aluminum and also upgrade some ferrous scrap. “Any notion that this operation is designed to compete with the big shredders in town is simply wrong,” says Cozzi. “It’s not likely this shredder will ever even see an auto body.”

Company president George O’Brien comments, “ The location of the new facility, which will also house our truck fleet, puts us just minutes from the interstate system and will allow us to service our customers much more efficiently.”

Remarks Cozzi, “The new facility is all hard surfaced with most of it being concrete, providing ease of access for our customers and allowing for better clean up and dust control. Much of the finished product will be stored under roof, allowing for better quality control and minimizing stormwater runoff issues.”

The China Nonferrous Metals Industry Association’s Recycling Metal Branch (CMRA) has released the schedule for the spring event it is holding in Shanghai May 27-29.

The group says that after the event closes it is offering a tour to international delegates to visit scrap recycling and metals production facilities in the Zhejiang, China, area, from May 29 to June 1. The tour itinerary is being supported by the Bureau of International Recycling (BIR), according to the CMRA.

Companies to be visited include those in the Taizhou Metal Reproduction Base (34 tenants), the Ningbo Recycling Resources Processing Park (73 tenants), Yuyao China Nonferrous Metals City plus Ningbo Shimao Copper Co. (a 230,000 tons per year copper producer).

“The objectives of the tour are further increasing the scale of international trade and investment in the recycling metals industry, and conducting an all-round, multi-level cooperation platform in trade and technology for Chinese and overseas recycling and nonferrous metals industry enterprises,” says the CMRA in a news release announcing the tour.

According to the CMRA’s Joanne Liu, the four-day tour will cost $1,500 per person and guests will stay at five-star hotels. Liu urges potential participants to book early, as space is limited.

The tour will be preceded by the Spring Conference in Shanghai, which begins with onsite registration on May 27. The program starts May 28 with topics including “Customs Policy and Procedure Interpretation,” 2013 Chinese Economy Analysis,” “How to Use Hedging” and “Recycling Metals Market Analysis and Price Trend Forecast in Second Half of 2013.”

Topics for Wednesday, May 29, include a focus on new products, end-of-life vehicle recycling and electronic scrap recycling.

Those seeking more information about the Spring Conference or the post-conference tour can contact Joanne Liu or Anna Yu at cmra@chinacmra.org or +86-10-8229-8684 or +86-137-0115-7181.
 

Doug Kramer, president of Kramer Metals Inc., Los Angeles, and chair-elect of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries Inc. (ISRI), will be honored at a June 2013 banquet by the American Diabetes Association.

The American Diabetes Association’s Father’s Day Council of Los Angeles has selected Kramer as a 2013 Father of the Year. Kramer will be honored at a dinner at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, Calif., on Thursday, June 13.

The Father’s Day Council is a group of volunteers who annually select and honor “individuals who are exemplary businessmen, community leaders and, most importantly, dads.”

“Being honored for accomplishments as a model father is sought by many but attained by few,” says
Doug’s father Stanley Kramer, chairman of Kramer Metals Inc. “We know among all the recognitions Doug has received during the years, this award will give him the utmost pride. Anyone who knows Doug is aware how much he loves his sons, Noah and Jonah, and how deeply committed he is to them in every way.”

The June 13 banquet is open to up to 400 friends, family and business associates of Kramer’s, as is space in a commemorative “2013 Father of the Year Tribute Journal.”

Those seeking more information about the event or the journal can visit www.diabetes.org/losangelesfoty.

More information about the history and operations of Kramer Metals Inc. can be found in a March 2010 Recycling Today article found here.

 

Safetech, a maker of automatic personnel protection based in the United Kingdom, has moved into new premises in Sunderland, England. The company manufactures the Guardian system designed to protect people working near conveyors and other potentially hazardous machinery.

“We decided to continue being based at Sunderland, in the north east of England”, says Managing Director Robert Smith. “This central position in the U.K. has excellent transport links to Europe and America, which enable us to offer a rapid response to our many clients in those continents.”

The company says over the last year the success of its latest product, Guardian, has led to a demand for additional manufacturing and office space.

The new location not only provides more room for the expanding company but also offers energy cost savings, Safetech says.

Safetech was established in 1986. The company makes products and systems designed to protect people working near conveyors and other hazardous machinery. The company’s Guardian system uses technology to distinguish human beings from other objects, the company says. If anyone comes into the danger zone, for example by falling onto a conveyor or entering a hazardous area, Guardian switches off the machinery. According to Safetech, the system works even if the worker is unconscious or buried in material.

The latest Guardian system features a smaller control panel and what the company calls “extra fail-safes.” According to Safetech, one Guardian system can offer protection for several conveyors or other machinery, offering cost savings for customers. Guardian also can also be configured to detect and protect workers in a wide range of circumstances, the company says, such as creating no-go zones: The Guardian system can tell the control hub where an operator is working and stop the machine before it arrives in that area.

Safetech systems are designed to safeguard workers in a wide range of processes, including applications in recycling facilities, paper and board mills and many manufacturing and engineering functions.