The U.S. Shredder and Castings Group, Trussville, Ala., and U.S. Conveyor Technologies Inc. have expanded the U.S. Conveyor plant in Mackinaw, Ill., that prepares equipment for both companies by 10,000 square feet. The addition boosts the facility’s capacity to 40,000 square feet.
In a news release, U.S. Shredder says the added space will house a new paint shop and will include two 10-ton cranes and a 60-foot-long enclosed paint booth. The paint shop is being designed “to enhance paint quality and the throughput of fabricated equipment,” according to the companies.
The remainder of the expansion will be used to stage equipment for pre-assembly and final testing. The facility is part of a planned $750,000 upgrade to the Mackinaw plant. U.S. Shredder says the upgrade in
Mackinaw will allow it to “increase its overall quality and help keep up with the company’s increasing market share of recycling systems and parts fabrication.”
The U.S. Shredder and Castings Group offers scrap shredders, control systems, downstream systems, nonferrous recovery, air systems, scrap shears, balers, and loggers. The company also provides shredder castings, service, engineering and consulting services to the scrap industry.
U.S. Conveyor Technologies Mfg. Inc. specializes in the production of heavy- and light-duty conveyors for the recycling and scrap industries, including infeed conveyors, magnetic separation systems, picking stations, oscillating conveyors and complete downstream systems.