Wendt Corp., based in Tonawanda, N.Y. has acquired an additional facility near Buffalo, N.Y. The 149,000-square-foot facility will house all of Wendt’s manufacturing functions that are used in building its automobile shredders and nonferrous separation plants.

With the rapid growth that the company has experienced during the past several years, Wendt says additional floor space and increased overhead crane capacity are required to support the volume and scale its manufacturing activities. Wendt adds that the increased capacity will allow it to handle all of its current manufacturing and provide additional internal capacity for manufacturing functions that are currently subcontracted outside of Western New York.

“Due to the performance of our automobile shredding and non ferrous separation plants, we have experienced significant growth,” says company President Tom Wendt. “As a result of our success, we needed a new building that could handle all of our manufacturing. Our existing building will be used for a complete test center for our customers, as well as house our expanding engineering and sales departments.”

Improvements and renovations have already begun, and Wendt expects to begin moving into the new facility by the end of the year.
 

Peña’s Disposal, a recycling firm based in Cutler, Calif., has announced plans to start accepting cartons for recycling at its MRF in Cutler. Pena’s initiative is part of a national initiative by the Carton Council to increase the recycling of cartons throughout the country.

According to Peña’s, the company is the first recycler in the area to accept juice, milk, soy, broth and other beverage and food cartons. The company will place a roll-off container at its MRF where it will hold the cartons. The baled cartons will be sold to the Carton Council.

“Peña’s Disposal is on the constant search for viable markets for recycled material,” says Carlos Garcia, Peña’s Disposal’s recycling coordinator. “The Carton Council‘s initiative has guaranteed an outlet for cartons, and we are excited for the new opportunity to add them to our stream.”

“We are excited that Peña’s Disposal is on board with carton recycling, providing an enhanced recycling opportunities for the valley,” says Jeff Fielkow, vice president of recycling for the Carton Council. “Peña’s Disposal is demonstrating its commitment and leadership by offering this new standard for recycling programs.”

Peña’s Disposal’s MRF takes in curbside collected recyclables, containers through California’s CRV (California Redemption Value) program, household hazardous waste, green waste, electronic scrap and construction and demolition waste. The family-owned company also provides curbside waste pickup in unincorporated areas of Tulare and Fresno counties.

The company operates three lines at its MRF: one for single-stream, one for construction and demolition material and one for composting.

 

Rapid Recovery, a nationwide refrigerant abatement company based in Peoria, Ariz., has announced the opening of its Jacksonville, Fla. territory. Chan Ritchie and Hank Taylor will own and operate the business. The Jacksonville location is the first for Rapid Recovery in Florida and will serve all cities in Florida and the Gulf Coast area.

The Jacksonville location is Rapid Recovery’s 28th location. Rapid Recovery operates in more than 42 states across the United States and continues to expand to meet the need for EPA (Environmental Protection Agency)-compliant refrigerant recovery.

"Industry leading EPA documentation and superior service are just two of the things that set Rapid Recovery apart,” says Adam Dykstra, president of Rapid Recovery. Another aspect is the company’s franchise model, which Dykstra explains is "great service backed by local ownership that provides a huge plus for local contractors.”

“I like to say that we are really in the man-hours-savings business,” says Richie. “We can recover as much as 500 pounds of refrigerant in an hour, 10 times faster than your average recovery machine. This saves contractors a ton of costly time that can be repurposed to more productive activities than waiting around on recoveries.” Richie adds, Rapid Recovery assumes all EPA liability for every pound of refrigerant it recovers.

 

Deister Machine Co., a manufacturer of vibrating feeding, scalping and screening equipment, has introduced the Deister Portable Heavy-Duty Horizontal Screening Plant with Feed Conveyor.

According to Deister, headquartered in Fort Wayne, Ind., the equipment is the latest addition to its line of portable screening plants. The plant is available in 6-foot by 20-foot; and 8-foot by 20-foot models; and offered in a number of custom configurations. The Deister Portable Heavy-Duty Horizontal Screening Plant with Feed Conveyor is a mobile and versatile solution that is ideal for in-pit portability or ease of transport from site to site in crushed stone and sand and gravel; or in concrete and asphalt recycle applications.

The screening plant incorporates numerous features that include an optional 42-inch screen feed conveyor (48-inch on the 8-foot-wide unit); walking beam tandem-axle suspension; access ladders and walkways on both sides and front of the screen with hydraulic folding on one side; centralized grease points; chutes and hoppers lined or made from AR 400 plate; a 60-inch undersize conveyor below the 6-foot by  20-foot screen (or an 84-inch undersize conveyor on the 8-foot by 20-foot screen); 30-inch motorized head pulley cross conveyors (or 36-inch on the 8-foot by 20-foot screen); and self-cleaning, wing-type tail pulleys.

Optional features of the plant include a receiving hopper for crusher return; an optional four leg hydraulic leveling package with 12 VDC power pack and filtration; optional hydraulic cylinders to fold conveyor and additional cylinders to adjust discharge height; optional six or eight hydraulic leveling/Run-On cylinders powered by a Honda engine; and optional spring loaded belt scrapers.

More information is available at www.deistermachine.com.