IFP Names Burton VP

International Forest Products (IFP), Foxborough, Mass., has named Larry Burton its new vice president of business development.

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CellMark Acquires Alcan International Network

CellMark , a marketer of pulp and paper based in Gothenburg, Sweden, has acquired Alcan International Network (AIN) from Constellium. AIN is a global supply chain services company that provides links between manufacturers and customers in chemicals, minerals and raw materials and equipment for the foundry industry

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Chicago Reduces Recycling Costs with Competitive Bidding

Chicago has reduced its recycling costs by $1 million during the first quarter of competitive bidding, according to an annoucement by Mayor Rahm Emanuel. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has announced that Chicago has reduced its recycling costs by $1 million during the first quarter of competitive bidding.

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WM Names New President of WM Recycle America

Waste Management , Houston, has named William Caesar the new president of WM Recycle America. Caesar, formerly WM’s chief strategy officer, replaces Pat DeRueda, who returned to the West Group as area vice president for the Arizona/New Mexico area. In announcing the appointment, Steven Preston, WM’s executive vice president of finance, energy and recycling services, says, “Although we are already the industry leader in recycling, WMRA will only grow in importance as we continue to extract greater value from the waste stream

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Scholz Group Anticipates Active 2012

Germany-based scrap recycling firm Scholz Group AG has issued a news release forecasting solid demand for scrap metals in 2012.

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Acme Electronics Recycling Partners with California Business

Acme Electronics Recycling , a Chicago-based electronics recycling company and business unit of Acme Refining, has merged with James Mejia Company in Los Angeles, Calif., to create Acme Resource Recovery (ARR). According to a company statement, ARR will utilize advanced processing techniques and innovative equipment to consistently convert a lower-grade product (export packages) into premium U.S. mill and smelter-ready raw materials.

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Alcoa Cutting Smelter Capacity

Ford Motor Boosts Use of Recycled PET

Ford Motors says it plans to significantly increase its use of post-consumer plastics in its vehicles through the use of Repreve plastic. The company expects to divert around 2 million post-consumer plastic bottles in its automobiles, starting with its 2012 Focus Electric, the first vehicle to feature branded Repreve’s seat fabric made from a hybrid blend of recycled plastic bottles and post-consumer waste.

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Mavrix Redesigns Dual Torch Shredder Disc Rebuild System

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Empire Recycling To Open Indoor Metals Facility

Empire Recycling , a recycling company headquartered in Utica, N.Y., has received approval to open a metals recycling facility in an idled Watertown, N.Y., building. The facility, expected to open this spring, will service both peddler and industrial accounts. Executive vice president Ed Kowalsky says the purchase of the “vintage World War II 75,000-square-foot building” will allow the company to process both ferrous and nonferrous metals indoors.

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