The way I try to explain robots is they are very helpful. And thats what we narrowed it down to. The [cart] body is 100% recyclable. Exterior of Waste Management's newest MRF in Chicago. Following rotation, molds are cooled, trimmed, marked and assembled. That volumetric scanner at the beginning, for example, would indicate to us, that were overfeeding it, underfeeding it or are just right. Connect with the definitive source for global and local news, http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/wastequip-to-acquire-waste-container-manufacturer-consolidated-fabricators-corporation-301010058.html. We had two facilities in the Chicago areaone on the south side and one on the north side. For my generation, and for me personally, designing a collection with anything but the highest sustainability credentials would just be wrong, says the brands founder and creative director Reuben Selby. So, most folks in the recycling facility are just doing quality control. Wastequip introduced its corporate responsibility program, CORE, in 2020. Toter trash and recycling bins start as raw material, typically created from burning natural gas or crude oil, and undergo the companys patented molding process, in which molds are filled with plastic micro-pellets. This complex recycling process of used post-consumer garments will streamline the garment recycling by offering turnkey retail to fiber solutions to select brand partners.. We have in Chicago whats called a volumetric scanner thats scanning to make sure we know we can tell what input that facility is getting. It was leased, and that landlord wanted to redevelop it into another shopping center.
ConFab has been one of our top acquisition targets for some time because of the synergies it brings, including the ability to process steel, expand our parts fabrication and add container repair services, said Bryant. Global retailer H&M is putting a garment recycling system developed by HKRITA on display at a Stockholm store.
This looks well in our lab. And were like, Yeah how would that work in a real environment with 15 percent residue rates?. With the new centers increased size and added capacity, the company says it is expecting more visitors. They then move to an oven that melts the plastic while the machine rotates. Infiniteds regenerated fibers were featured in early October in a Paris fashion show in clothing designed by London-based Reuben Selby. Its allowed for a lot more automation as well as making sure the quality of material not only can be changed but gets picked out with higher accuracy levels. But we also know that its gathering data on everything else that its not firing on. We hope systems like the G2G will inspire even more creative solutions to our environmental challenges.
Also, we typically have grand opening events where we might have local municipality customers and media come out and look at that opening. Founded in 1974 and based in Van Nuys, California, ConFab operates manufacturing, steel processing and equipment repair facilities in central and southern California, with additional California locations in Sun Valley, Fontana, Galt and Otay Mesa, and a manufacturing facility in Tijuana, Mexico. For example, we may have an optical sorter fire on plastics. In Salt Lake City, thats got the most recent automation as well as Raleighheavy optical sorting, which really helps out on making a higher, pure-quality material. It will be capable of doing 6,000 to 7,000 tons per month once its fully running, and were expecting that to ramp up to those volumes toward the end of the year. The Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles & Apparel (HKRITA), in that South China special administrative region, has had a Garment-to-Garment Recycle System (G2G) on display there for a couple of years. Research and investments are being made in several parts of the world to use mechanical recycling processes to turn discarded clothing and fabric into new products. The patented process involves grinding up discarded leather scraps and pressing them into sheets made from 100 percent leather fibers, says the company. Through its vertically integrated approach to manufacturing, ConFab has built a reputation for providing consistent, high-quality waste containers and related equipment backed by outstanding customer service to suit the unique needs of the California market.
Some monitor the molding process; others imprint and assemble finished products. These carts are created using the same patented molding process used for the companys traditional ones. Inside the warehouse is loud and warm, but staffers are hard at work, creating everyday products from small, plastic pellets. Weve been developing these behind-the-scenes ways to gather all the data to help us understand the quality, maintenance and operations and how we can make real-time decisions. Several more Wastequip WRX locations will be opening across the U.S. in the coming months, the company says. Wastequip has been owned by private equity companies for many years, including HIG Capital of Miami, which bought the business in 2018. But like Salt Lake City and Raleigh, those were all markets we were in currently and our existing facilities [in those locations] were older and were kind of maxed out in what they could process in terms of volumes. Steinert, headquartered in Cologne, Germany, says several hundred customers viewed the live broadcast of the inauguration of its test center Sept. 22. Why or why not?
Press release content from PR Newswire. After testing to push the limit, Toter exceeded its goal and created the EVR-Green Cart, which has a cart body made entirely without virgin resin. But it will be open this year. Marty Bryant has been CEO since 2012 and is a former president of Dana Corp.s Light Vehicle Products division, where he led 15,000 employees at 82 locations. Brent Bell (BB): We normally try to [upgrade] two or three facilities every year. That [mantra] drove our Project25 and CORE initiatives. . RT: What kind of technology did the company add to these three MRFs? Under the terms of the agreement, ConFab will continue to operate as its own entity, with the existing leadership team remaining in place and reporting directly to Wastequip Chief Executive Officer Marty Bryant. The one thing that we see is if youre investing in a facility that you hope to last the next 10 years plus, we know that 10 years from now the commodity stream will most likely look much different than it does today. So, theres a lot of technology out there thats been upgraded and refined. Copyright 2022 Business North Carolina.
They interacted with viewers and responded to questions. Its fine to monitor all this stuff, but we show on the screens in there is what operators will take action on and if they see something indicating a problemwhether its maintenance, quality or operational. The twist: the bins made with less virgin resin should not compromise longevity and durability. RT: Were there any additional obstacles that Waste Management faced with starting three new MRFs during the pandemic? According to Sustainable Composites, one of the first adopters has been New Hampshire-based Timberland Shoes. Fox and Tymon drew upon their experience in textile engineering to develop a process that could recycle some of the 25 to 60 percent of the leather that typically is discarded as scrap during clothing and accessory manufacturing. Those types of things are something that before, it would just be a plant manager or supervisor on the tip floor looking at how much material the loader is putting in the drum feeder. Waste Today's 2020 Corporate Growth Conference will cover the economic impact of COVID-19, tips for selling your business and more during its State of Mergers & Acquisitions session. Brent Bell, vice president of recycling at Waste Management and president of Waste Management Recycle America, says the company traditionally retrofits, constructs or upgrades at least two to three of its MRFs every year, he notes that these three facilities were larger in size and processing capacity than some of the companys other MRFs.
But robots really replace people. Existing Wastequip customers will benefit from access to a suite of products suited to their geographic market, along with additional production facilities to meet demand quickly. In older plants, a motor would have burned up, and wed have to go down for a couple of hours to replace a bearing. Despite having a robust dealer networkwhich we will continue to maintainWastequip sought to provide current and new customers with additional and convenient options.. Recycling Today followed up with Bell to learn more about these three investments. The acquisition of ConFab adds the most respected West Coast container manufacturer to Wastequips portfolio of brands. The sites 30-plus staff members have the benefit of practical application tests and a highly developed laboratory environment, according to the company, allowing them to bridge the gap between forming an idea and implementing it. About Wastequip Wastequip is the leading North American manufacturer of waste handling equipment, with an international network of manufacturing facilities and the most extensive dealer network in the industry. Photo provided by the Hong Kong Research Institute of Textiles & Apparel (HKRITA). Houlihan Lokey Managing Director Scott Sergeant will lead the session, which features speakers Charles Appleby, founder and chairman of Integrated Waste Solutions Group; Joe Cassin, vice president of business development for Waste Management; Michael Castellarin, managing director for Clairvest Group Inc.; and Scott Foster, partner with KPMG.
We need to invest in new facilities, better technology that can handle more volumes than our existing facilities did. Customers will also benefit from container repair services in the Los Angeles area, as well as local parts fabrication. Thats what makes Chicago really exciting, as well as the equipment in there is great. By the end of this year, Waste Management will have completed construction on three new MRFsone in Chicago, one in Salt Lake City and one in Raleigh, North Carolina. What were trying to do is create a control room for these facilities where you can tell it, Hey, I want, for example, a temperature bearing measure on a conveyor. If that exceedsIm making a number up here220 F, then I want this light in the control room to turn red so that I am notified as an operator that Ive got an issue. The gas and crude oil used to create Toter cans cant be replaced, and the process to obtain it can disrupt ecosystems, explains Kristen Kinder, vice president of research and waste stream sustainability for Wastequip. Its located next to a Waste Management transfer station. It had intelligent sorting. And in Chicago, we opened that earlier this year as well. To register or for more information on this years Corporate Growth Conference, click here. It is made from post-industrial resin, Daddabbo says. He has worked in product management and development leadership for more than 20 years. According to Sustainable Composites, that would put a dent in the 1.75 million tons of leather waste sent to landfills or incinerators every year and provide a quality, sustainable alternative for makers of leather goods., The company says it took more than five years and $3 million in R&D, but their result is enspire leather, which Sustainable Composites calls a recycled leather product that not only replicates the look, feel, smell and performance of tanned hide at half the cost, but also dramatically reduces the amount of material that winds up on the cutting room floor, because it is supplied in 54-inch rolls free of holes and other defects.. BB: Definitely. These situations were a little unique where we said wed open up new facilities in another part of town so that we can have more capacity, perhaps larger MRFs.
BB: So, Salt Lake City is a 50,000-square-foot facility. BB: So, Chicago is probably the one [of these three] that were the most secretive about if you will because thats the largest one. Wastequips broad range of waste and recycling equipment, trucks and systems is used to collect, process and transport recyclables, solid waste, liquid waste and organics. So thats where this technology and behind-the-scenes control room is really interesting.
A lot of equipment does get manufactured overseas, so they had some export shipping issues that were a little bit slower than normal. A lot of times in a MRFif you think about the way a MRF is designedoutside of the presort, the only reason why people are needed is for quality control because a piece of equipment didnt do what it was supposed to do. Now, its not completely AI (artificial intelligence)--there is human interaction involved to navigate through that--but that kind of is the concept now. RT: What are some unique features of the three new MRFs? As you can imagine, we get a lot of equipment manufacturers that say, Oh, look at this. The company invested roughly 7 million euros ($8.3 million) to build a test and development center the size of a football field in Pulheim, Germany, near Cologne. In Raleigh, we had an older facility. Taking place on Oct. 14 at 1:28 p.m. EST, the panel discussion will include insights from top executives in the capital markets sector on evaluating valuations, pipelines, the state of capital markets and overall industry activity.
Recycling Today (RT): Why did Waste Management decide to construct new MRFs in Chicago, Raleigh and Salt Lake City this year? Here [with data] its more on the preventive maintenance side. For more information, please visit www.con-fab.com. Working with Hannah Sheridan as head of design, Reuben Selbys collection is based in part on an ideology [with] a desire to highlight the radical shifts required to bring the fashion industry into a new era of sustainability, says Infinited. When it was soft launched in September 2018, Novetex billed it as Hong Kongs first new local spinning mill in half a century.. Live music and sketch artists were part of the show, which also included drone flights across the entire plant and video clips that described the technology that has been installed. He continues, I believe it is my duty to do everything the right way when it comes to my brand, and to also encourage other brands to follow suit.
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As Wastequip began to formulate expansion plans for its Amrep brand, the company knew that service and support would be key to its hauler and municipal customers, Wastequip CEO Marty Bryant says. A family-owned business started by Al Melideo and now under the leadership of son Mike Melideo, ConFab has established itself as a leading provider of custom waste containers and related equipment specifically designed to suit the unique needs of the California market. Wastequip is a manufacturer of waste-handling equipment. Textile recycling has gone beyond the pilot stage for HKRITA, which helped create a larger-scale textile recycling system in cooperation with Hong Kong-based Novetex Textiles Ltd., a commercial-scale yarn spinner. About Consolidated Fabricators Consolidated Fabricators (ConFab), a family-owned business employing over 250 people, was founded in 1974 and quickly established itself as the leading manufacturer of waste containers in the California market. So, we expanded capacity and moved to a newer facility. In the control room, its essentially some of our best operators and technology experts in the country sitting down and saying, What do we want this control room to operate and how are we going to make action on it? That was a big, one of the big takeaways. It just so happens that these ones are larger [than some of our MRFs], especially the Chicago one.
HKRITA is excited to collaborate with our Swedish partners to bring our research project to life, says Edwin Keh, CEO of HKRITA. Though the newer machine is automated and could run 24/7, a skilled technician oversees the process to ensure it is working properly. Its second facility is located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Now, we can precisely measure that out. They all have electronic data that they can provide and that you can tap into. Salt Lake City opened up a few months ago.
The AP news staff was not involved in its creation. In Salt Lake City, we had an older [MRF] that wasnt very automated. In retirement, the duo says they found themselves wondering how they could use their chemistry, engineering and new product development backgrounds to help improve the health of the planet.
This acquisition, along with Wastequips acquisition of Amrep in early 2019, rounds out Wastequips ability to offer complete nationwide product coverage for waste containers and related equipment. Regarding the inauguration of the facility, CEO Peter Funke said, I must admit that I am delighted about our customers positive feedback and relieved that we had the courage to step in front of the cameras.. So, it turned into an R&D facility and was good timing because it became one of our latest technologies, heavy automation. Its inaugural Wastequip WRX facility was opened in Pompano Beach, Florida, in July.
The event attracted several hundred customers, according to the company. That got deferred. So, Waste Management was on board with doing an investment in an R&D type facility, and we really werent going to make it very publicly known that we had it just because it would just be for testing and internal purposes. The business specializes in the companys Mountain Tarp and Pioneer tarping systems, Galbreath hoists and Amrep refuse trucks, and Go To Parts OEM and aftermarket parts. There is magic in motion, so to speak, says Nick Daddabbo, director of product management for Wastequip. So, then we said, OK, we have to make a decision: Do you rebuild the south Chicago MRF or do you just say, Lets accelerate this one so it can be a recycling facility that will hit on the volumes? We made that decision in 2019. An online seminar followed that provided additional information on the nonferrous metal separation and heavy metal sorting solutions the company offers. This can be done over and over again while retaining the high quality of the fibers.. The company still uses its older machines, though the newer model is safer for employees, puts out more product over time, runs all the time, and is just as good in quality, Daddabbo says. RT: Do any of the three new MRFs incorporate robotics? On the newer MRFs, with newer equipment, newer technologyyou have more accurate optical scanners, magnets are stronger than beforeyour need for people and robots diminishes. The corporate office led by CEO Marty Bryant is in Charlottes SouthPark neighborhood, while its two plants in the state include the Statesville Toter site and Amrep, which makes garbage-truck bodies, in Salisbury.
Overall, the company says it sees potential applications ranging from footwear and clothing to small leather goods, furniture and automotive seats.. We have about 10 of them today in a handful of different facilities. With the installation crews, sometimes the installation crews come from Europe. Customers in the metal, waste and mining industries have several options to experience the wide range of available products and applications, from magnetic separators to sensor-based sorting systems, such as X-ray transmission, X-ray fluorescence and near-infrared, the company adds. A recording of the event is available at www.steinert.de. When I say, new optical sorters, they are a lot better than the older ones were in the past. The facility in Hong Kongs New Territories is known as both the Novetex Upcycling Factory and The Billie System. In 2020, Toter started using a robotic machine for mass production. According to the company, Wastequip WRX is a turnkey service center offering parts, service and installation for most types of waste-handling equipment. That one will be about 5,000 to 6,000 tons per month. Thats what these facilities are seeing. I am proud to work with and support Infinited Fiber Co.s cutting-edge technology, which can help me and the industry as a whole find solutions for some of the biggest problems of our time, and move toward zero waste and circularity., InLancaster, Pennsylvania, recycling leather is the focus of Frank Fox and Tom Tymon and their recently formed company Sustainable Composites LLC. We own that building. BB: [Were making sure that] anything we invest in can easily adapt and accept other commodities. The addition of ConFab to the Wastequip family will help us strengthen our presence in one of the most densely populated markets in the country., Becoming part of the Wastequip family aligns the company weve proudly built over the past four decades with the most respected waste equipment provider in the industry, said Mike Melideo, chief executive officer at ConFab.
The story of Chicago is interesting. The G2G system allows customers to take charge of the reuse of their own wardrobe.
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