CP Mfg. Buys MSS Sorting Line

Recycling equipment maker CP Manufacturing Inc., National City, Calif., has acquired magnetic and optical sorting equipment maker MSS Inc. of Nashville, Tenn.

“We see fully automated sorting of plastic, glass and paper as the future in material recovery facilities (MRFs),” says John O. Willis, vice president of sales and marketing of CP Manufacturing. “And we believe the future is now.”

Says Robert M. Davis, president of CP Manufacturing, “By integrating MSS technology with existing CP technology, we can now offer our customers fully automated material recovery systems with a single source design and system operational responsibility.

“CP has been designing and manufacturing innovative recycling and separation systems for over 25 years and adding MSS’s Automated Sorting Modules to our product line is a natural progression,” adds Davis.

CP Manufacturing has been among the leaders in creating single-stream MRF systems for recyclers of curbside materials, specializing in the construction of disc screens and conveyors for such systems. The company acquired equipment maker Count Recycling Systems of Clive, Iowa, in 2000.

MSS has pioneered the design and installation of optical sorting equipment to identify and separate glass, plastic and paper based on the color of the material, including the PaperSort system for paper, the ColorSort system for glass and the Aladdin system for plastics.