Bradken, based in New South Wales, Australia, has announced plans to expand its foundry in Amite, La. The project represents a capital investment of $18.1 million. The company says it hopes to complete the expansion in 18 months.

Copart, a company that sells more than 1 million vehicles per year, has announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Dallas in 2012.

The equipment company Wastequip, Charlotte, N.C., has named Scott Schwietz environmental sales specialist. The position is part of an expanded sales and marketing effort within Wastequip’s environmental products group.

In his new role, Schwietz will handle quoting and will serve as a contact for Wastequip’s sales team and customers on technical questions related to environmental products. Additional responsibilities for Schwietz will include lead generation and coordinating direct marketing campaigns. He also will be involved in new product research and development. Previously he worked in Wastequip’s call center, focusing on environmental products.

“Scott has had great success as an inside sales specialist over the past six years. He has shown a passion for environmental products and has been very effective in working with environmental customers,” says Shawn King, vice president of marketing. “I’m excited to have Scott transition to this new role where he will be instrumental in growing Wastequip’s environmental products business.”

 

Qurius UK has signed an agreement to deliver its Enwis business management software solution to Palm Recycling. The software is based on Microsoft’s Dynamics NAV ERP solution. The software is specifically designed for the waste and recycling industry, especially the paper recycling industry.

Palm Recycling Ltd., based in the U.K., is a subsidiary of Palm Paper, a paper mill based in Norfolk, U.K.
Palm Paper established Palm Recycling Ltd. to provide the paper mill with recovered fiber to feed its newsprint machine in King’s Lynn, U.K., the first significant investment in the U.K. paper industry over the past decade, the company says. The newsprint mill has an annual capacity of 400,000 metric tons.

Ron Humphreys, a spokesman for Palm Recycling Ltd., says, “Having made a major investment in new machinery at our paper mill in King's Lynn, it is essential that we maximize its usage through increased collection of materials. To support this increase in throughput, we needed to significantly enhance our computer systems to enable greater visibility, integration and control of the business. Enwis is a clear market leader in the paper recycling industry and, having seen firsthand the depth of functionality within the product, we could certainly see why. We reviewed several possible options in great depth and we believe Enwis gives us the best solution to handle our current and future requirements.”

Mark Cockings, director at Qurius UK, says, “Palm Recycling was looking to increase efficiencies throughout its business in order to meet increased demand. We were able to demonstrate that Enwis has the functionality, power and scalability to meet their needs and that our consultants have the dedicated industry knowledge and technical expertise to support the implementation and ensure the overall success of the project.”