ECS Refining Purchases New Building

ECS Refining, based in Santa Clara, Calif., has completed the purchase of a 263,000-square-foot facility in Stockton, Calif., to house its electronics recycling division and a new recycling plant. The company will move its primary California electronics recycling operation to the new facility, which will serve as the company's western regional processing plant. The plant will handle more than 25 million pounds of materials per month, according to ECS.

The company says the plant will ramp up to full operation throughout the next few months. The company's current facilities in Santa Clara will continue as its corporate headquarters and the western region's base location for the processing of solar panels, resale operations and precious metals recovery, with the possible expansion of these operations.

Jim Taggart, CEO and founder of ECS Refining, says the new Stockton plant, which is four times the size of the company's Santa Clara operations, provides the ability to deploy new processes and technologies that provide for more and cleaner and recyclable commodities from the electronic scrap it currently processes. "This marks a major milestone in the evolution of ECS Refining and positions us well for future growth and expansion into new markets," he says. "Once we've completed installation of equipment and process lines, this will be the largest and most advanced electronics recycling facility in the United States. With our Stockton electronics division under one roof we will be able to efficiently handle the significant growth we're projecting over the next few years."