ISRI2022 turned out to be valuable to the design and marketing of a new metal baler that involved ISRI members on the seller and buyer sides. Allen Mercer, vice president of sales and marketing at heavy steel custom design and fabrication company Columbia Industries, says more than 70 people expressed interest in the company’s new…
Success for Recycling Industry Requires a Team Effort This week’s Industry Voices is an excerpt from ISRI Chair Brian Henesey’s State of the Industry address March 23 at ISRI2022 in Las Vegas. When it comes to challenges facing the recycling industry, our companies are rarely alone. That’s particularly true as we deal with headwinds like…
ISRI2022 drew to a close March 24 in Las Vegas with calls to build on the lessons learned from a difficult period in history. “It has been great to get back together, back to business, back to networking with friends and colleagues,” says Stephen Moss of Stanton A. Moss Inc., convention chair. “We saw one…
On March 24 in Las Vegas, ISRI’s board of directors elected Brian Henesey of Rocky Mountain Recycling in Commerce City, Colo., chair of ISRI for the 2022-24 term. Gary Champlin of Champlin Tire Recycling in Concordia, Kan., is the immediate past chair, having served in the position from 2020 to 2022. The other national officers…
“Even in the best of times, understanding demand is like playing wheel of fortune,” says Trent Poland, commodity manager at metal powders maker Kymera International. “You hope you don’t go bust and you’re trying to outguess the puzzle.” At the Spotlight on Copper: Red Metal Market Global Outlook session on March 23 at ISRI2022, Poland…
Salim Bhabhrawala, critical minerals sector lead at the Commerce Department’s Office of Materials Industries (OMI), opened the Spotlight on Nickel/Stainless: Focus on Future Demand session March 22 at ISRI2022 with a joke. “If I had a nickel for every time someone mentioned nickel [markets] recently, I’d probably be a millionaire.” Chuckling at his comment, the…
“We’ve had to cope with a world that’s broken down from classic perimeter-based security,” explains Evan Schwartz, chief enterprise architect at AMCS Group, at the ISRI2022 session Cybersecurity: Pitfalls, Risks, and Solutions on Thursday, March 24. “Remote work has brought in a litany of headless communication and data. We’re in a landscape that has evolved…
Speaker Greg Wittbecker, adviser at CRU Group, launched Spotlight on Aluminum: How Long Can the Light Metal Outperform? March 23 at ISRI2022 by highlighting some potential questions on attendees’ minds. These questions included how recycled metals play into the balance in primary metals outlook, how demand may hold up amidst inflationary pressures, whether the market…
ISRI Immediate Past Chair Gary Champlin Reflects on Tenure This week’s Industry Voices is an excerpt from ISRI Immediate Past Chair Gary Champlin’s State of the Association address, delivered on March 22 during ISRI2022. I believe strongly that no industry is stronger than its trade association. Having witnessed our trade association up close and at…
Registered nurse and case manager Debra Champlin tells a poignant story about the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic at the Kansas hospice where she works. Families were not allowed to visit directly with loved ones, so she would put on a protective gown, goggles, and mask, and hold a cell phone up to the…
Sustainability and environment, social, and governance (ESG) are not just about preserving materials and being “green,” they’re components of successful business, according to several speakers at ISRI2022. At the Path to Sustainability: What Is It and Why You Should Care? educational session on March 22, Andrew Coffey, ISRI’s director of member success, moderated. The discussion…
International standards for electronics recycling enable recyclers around the globe to buy and sell products for reuse or for recycling while providing assurances and confidence for their customers. Those standards are more relevant than they’ve ever been, and they’re not going anywhere any time soon, attendees learned during The Role and Rollout of International Standards…