Acme Refining Adds to Staff

Acme Refining Co., Chicago, has named Les Bury as president of the Acme Electronics Recycling division. According to a news release from Acme, Bury will be responsible for all electronics operations, including the newly acquired CTRER, an Ohio corporation that has provided disposition of end-of-life electronics for more than 25 years.

Bury is described by Acme Refining as having “extensive experience and a highly successful track record within the electronics, logistics and recycling industries. “

Says Acme Refining chief financial officer Roger Gusloff, “Les Bury’s background in business development, logistics, operations, certifications and sales along with more than 30 years of experience in the electronics industry is a perfect fit for Acme Electronics Recycling and all of our business units.”

Acme Electronics Recycling, a new business unit, provides services including the destruction of electronic products and equipment to sales of salvaged equipment, harvesting of components and the creation of secondary commodities.

The new business unit is ISO 14001 certified and will provide logistics, de-manufacturing and shredding services for all types of electronics, telecommunications equipment, medical equipment and other obsolete electronic items.

Acme Refining, founded in 1973 by Lou Baron, bills itself as the largest privately owned scrap metal company in the Midwest. It has grown from a one-person/one-truck company to eight locations, a fleet of more than 200 trucks, a team of 25 salespeople and more than 400 employees. The company recycles scrap metal, paper and cardboard, plastics, demolition scrap, wood, and runs a document destruction and business recycling division, serving the region from Southern Wisconsin, Western and Southern Illinois and all of Indiana and Michigan.