INDUSTRIAL SERVICES OF AMERICA
Industrial Services of America Inc. (ISA), Louisville, Ky., has promoted Steve Singer to chief operating officer of the company’s recycling division.
Singer has been with ISA since 1998, starting as marketing director of recycling. In 2001, he was promoted to vice president of that same division. As chief operating officer of the division, Singer will oversee the ferrous and nonferrous operations for ISA facilities in Louisville and in Seymour, Ind.
ISA also has named Steve Brown as general manager of operations for the recycling division. Brown will oversee the recycling and maintenance operations at the main facility in Louisville.
ISA is a waste management consulting and recycling services company with scrap metal operations and divisions that provide solid waste and recycling management services and equipment to retailers and other large generators of recyclable materials.
| IN MEMORIAM |
| Charles N. Ruth, a 40-year veteran of the scrap recycling industry, passed away of a sudden heart attack in late November at age 73. In 1960, Ruth began his career in the recycling industry working for Luria Brothers. He moved dozens of times during his working years, ending his career at Texas Shredder Inc., San Antonio. Ruth was also an avid aviator who enjoyed telling the stories of how he survived two crashes. He held degrees in mechanical and petroleum engineering and is responsible for two patents related to the recycling industry. |
LBX CO.
LBX Co., Lexington, Ky., has added two people to its excavator product line team. Scott Sutherland has been named manager of product planning and development for excavators, and Larry McAdoo has been named product specialist for hydraulic excavators. LBX makes Link-Belt brand material handling equipment.
Sutherland previously worked for Ingersoll-Rand as a Dallas regional manager for that company. "Scott brings a successful track record in the construction equipment industry to the company," says Mike Davis, LBX director of marketing and sales.
McAdoo previously worked with Link-Belt distributor Performance Machinery, Bozeman, Mont. "Larry brings a strong knowledge of the construction market from a dealer’s perspective and understands that customer satisfaction is our key to success," says LBX senior excavator product manager Loren Heaney.
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