In memoriam: Arthur A. Borin Jr.

AMSCO Wear Parts CEO and President Arthur A. Borin Jr. passed away suddenly Dec. 15, 2014, at the age of 51 while on a mountain bike ride. He is survived by his wife of 22 years, Karen; two children, Timothy and Katherine; his mother, Carol Borin, of Hulett’s Landing, New York; mother-in-law, Carol Davis, of Hyde Park, New York; five siblings and their spouses; three in-laws and their spouses; and 19 nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his father, Art Borin Sr., and father-in-law, Duane Davis, in 2013.

Art began his career as an accountant for Abex Corp. in 1989 after graduating from Drexel University. Abex was a conglomeration of several businesses run by his father, located first in Mahwah, New Jersey, and finally Goshen, New York. One of the businesses was The American Manganese Steel Company (AMSCO), which was formed in 1907.

With his father set to retire, Art Jr. and Dan Gladding (now retired) had the opportunity to purchase AMSCO. In 1992, AMSCO Wear Products Inc., as it became known, came under their direction. AMSCO’s first warehouse was in New Castle, Delaware. The AMSCO brand of customer service coupled with off-the-shelf deliveries helped it to quickly make an impression in the Northeast U.S. market. AMSCO continued to grow and added a second distribution center in San Francisco in 2011.

Art was not alone in building AMSCO and was surrounded by a team made up of long-term employees, according to his wife. In the Goshen office, Sharon Morris, CFO, joined AMSCO 12 years ago. She not only manages the company’s financials, she now calls on customers and handles day-to-day operations. Myrilda Slocum joined the team in 2011 and manages AMSCO’s product traffic and warehouse scheduling as logistics coordinator/analyst.

In the New Castle location, Frank Polster currently serves as a mining salesman and celebrated 50 years of service in December 2014. He has served in a variety of capacities since his career with AMSCO began. Polster is staying on rather than retire to assist with the transition.

Scott Raile, who has been with AMSCO 16 years, serves as warehouse manager in New Castle, while Rocky Caldiera, also at the warehouse, has been employed by the company since 2007.

Collectively, the AMSCO sales staff has a working knowledge of the shredding and mining industries that totals more than 200 years. Armond Groves, based in Tennessee, serves both mining and shredding customers while Denny Lawrence and Jim Sprowl round out the sales force.