Featuring two entirely new models, the Sept. 22 product launch expands on technology in existing machines and introduces new features.
CASE Construction Equipment plans to launch two entirely new excavator models, a new operator interface with new control customizations/configurations, improved engine performance and hydraulics all drive greater performance and operational gains.
CASE Construction Equipment will reveal its new E Series excavator models in North America Sept. 22 at CaseCE.com/ESeries.
The rollout features seven new models—including two entirely new excavators— and focuses on enhancing the operator experience, delivering greater productivity, operator satisfaction and operational efficiency.
New features (and models) that will help drive the more complete operator experience include:
Visit CaseCE.com/ESeries to find details about the excavator launch, including the new CASE E Series excavator model lineup, full machine information, spec sheets, videos and more.
CDE Group will highlight the role recovering construction, demolition and excavation materials can play in addressing costs and supply chain issues.
CDE, a global provider of sand and aggregate wet processing solutions for the natural processing and waste recycling sectors, will highlight the role of its technology in supporting the circular economy and zero waste agenda at Bauma 2022, a construction and mining machinery trade fair that runs from Oct. 24-30 in Munich.
As the construction sector continues to contend with the dearth and high cost of raw materials, CDE, based in the United Kingdom, will demonstrate the potential of construction, demolition and excavation (CD&E) waste to address the challenges facing the sector.
On Oct. 26 and 27, CDE customers will join the company personnel for a series of roundtable discussions on the future of recycling, and, as part of the Oct 24 Bauma exhibitor forum, CDE will deliver a lecture titled “Creating valuable in-spec products from CD&E waste.”
“In the current economic and social climate, with materials costs rising, resources depleting, and regulations calling for the adoption of sustainable solutions, we should look to the technology of today to produce the sustainable construction materials of tomorrow [and] how CDE’s waste recycling solutions in their trademark blue can support the industry to transform CD&E waste into certified, in-spec sand and aggregates,” CDE Head of Business Development for Northern Europe Eunan Kelly says.
Earlier this year, a package of European Green Deal proposals was presented with a view to make sustainable products the norm within the EU internal market. The revised Construction Products Regulation (CPR) emphasizes the value of construction to the EU as a key employer and economic contributor. It also highlights the adverse impacts the sector has on the environment, as one generating some 30 percent of the European Union’s annual waste and contributing significantly to its domestic carbon footprint and emissions.
The construction industry is a major economic driver; in the EU alone, 25 million people are employed across 5 million companies, according to data from the revised Construction Products Regulation fact sheet. So, when the COVID-19 pandemic gripped economies and construction output slowed dramatically, it was no surprise that robust recovery plans with clear focus on investments in infrastructure were announced by nations around the world to rebound and stimulate economic growth.
However, the cost of raw materials and their availability remains a deepening challenge for the sector.
A circular approach is the only answer to supply chain problems and the environmental, Kelly says.
“It can be the means to equip us with the resources needed to supply a sector charged with a key role in the economic recovery while addressing our collective environmental footprint by reducing waste-to-landfill volumes and extending the lifespan of precious natural materials, all the while, continuing to supply a resource-intense sector with the materials it requires, materials often trucked out of our urban centers where they are needed most.”
Building products firm will use tissue mill byproducts in its ceiling tiles.
Armstrong World Industries Inc. (AWI), a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based building products maker, has struck a partnership with Canada-based tissue papermaker Irving Consumer Products involving their respective Macon, Georgia, facilities they say will “improve both companies’ environmental footprints.”
Earlier this year, Irving Consumer Products began diverting its tissue fiber byproducts to Armstrong’s mineral fiber plant, reducing Armstrong’s need to source and purchase recycled old newspapers (ONP) as an input raw material for its ceilings. As newspaper circulation has declined nationally, ONP has become a scarce grade.
In Macon, AWI and Irving Consumer Products expect to divert more than 3,500 tons of fiber byproducts annually from landfill disposal, supporting each firm’s waste diversion sustainability goals.
AWI says it is committed to circular manufacturing as an element in its effort to grow profitably and sustainably. Since 1999, AWI has been using recycled paper as raw material and recycling old ceiling tiles back into its manufacturing process through the Armstrong Ceiling Recycling Program. The company estimates that more than 200 million square feet of used ceiling materials have been diverted from landfills through the program.
Irving Consumer Products’ manufacturing operations already divert ash and lime to local farmers to enrich their fields and use recycled-content cardboard to pack its products.
AWI Macon Plant Manager William Woolard says, “This partnership is a win-win, and a great example of companies working together at a local level to help solve a global problem while improving our own processes. We diversify our raw material stream and save in cost and energy related to shipping heavy material like paper. Irving Consumer Products saves on landfill costs and its fiber by-product can live another life as Armstrong ceiling tile.”
Irving Consumer Products Macon Finance Manager Greg Kinsman says, “The partnership demonstrates our commitment to reducing our environmental footprint. Continuous improvement and innovation are important parts of our company’s values. We are always looking for new ways to become more efficient, and this partnership will help us move toward even more sustainable practices.”
AWI describes its Macon ceiling tile plant as one of its largest mineral fiber facilities, with more than 400 employees. Irving Consumer Products’ Scotties brand and private-label household tissue products manufacturing plant in Macon employs more than 320 people.
Live equipment exhibition also offers discussions on scrap preparation techniques.
Final preparations are being put in place for the 2022 edition of Scrap Expo, which is hosted by the Recycling Today Media Group and will take place Sept. 13-14 at the Kentucky Exhibition Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
Billed as a live equipment demonstration event, Scrap Expo also will feature programming offering updates and information on processing techniques and panel discussions on preparing ferrous and nonferrous scrap for the evolving market of the 2020s.
Expo attendees are being drawn from the scrap metal recycling, demolition, auto salvage and other industry sectors that generate, prepare and sell scrap metal commodities.
The nearly 50 exhibiting companies at Scrap Expo will include makers of scrap handling, shearing, baling, shredding and sorting equipment and firms that offer recycling-specific services and software.
“It’s been gratifying to see the support we’ve received from exhibitors and sponsors,” Recycling Today Media Group Publisher Jim Keefe says. “Every company involved is eager to connect with the people who shop for and purchase their services. We really want the two days to offer plenty of those kinds of connections.”
Six levels of sponsorships are tied to the event, with two companies committed to the top Titanium Sponsor tier: Saint Louis-based scrap processing and trading firm Alter Trading Corp. and Stanley, North Carolina-based material handling equipment provider Sennebogen LLC.
Serving as the event’s Platinum Sponsor is Charlotte, North Carolina-based material handling equipment distributor Republic, while Scrap Expo’s Gold Sponsor is multiline and multilocation equipment dealership Company Wrench, which is based in Ohio.
When attendees are not actively shopping for equipment, they can choose to attend sessions and scrap-related podcast recordings.
Scrap Expo programming includes two sessions devoted to the preparation and marketing of scrap—one on ferrous materials and the other on nonferrous. Panelists for these sessions have been drawn from Alter Trading, Coremet Trading, Davis Index, GLE Scrap Metal, SA Recycling, Smart Recycling Management and United Metals Recycling.
Each day at lunchtime will offer a live podcast recording. Tuesday, Sept. 13, it’s Brett Ekart of Idaho-based United Metals Recycling recording an episode of his popular “A Scrap Life” podcast with guest Norman Wright of Colorado-based Stadium Auto Parts. The following day at noon, John Sacco of California-based Sierra International Machinery takes the stage to interview Alter Trading CEO Jay Robinovitz for a recording of his “Pile of Scrap” podcast.
The remaining Scrap Expo sessions will add to the equipment shopping and research experience. A series of technicians from the following companies will offer insight into developments tied to several types of processing equipment or services: Company Wrench, Genesis Attachments, GreenSpark Software, Sennebogen LLC and Sierra International Machinery.
Although on-site registrations will be accepted, those who preregistered did so at discounted rates.
The Houston-based waste management firm has acquired businesses in Indiana and Virginia.
Houston-based WM has made two acquisitions in recent weeks. The company acquired Clayton, Indiana-based Ray’s Trash Service and Harrisonburg, Virginia-based Green Earth LLC.
According to a report from Indianapolis-based WRTV, WM acquired key assets of Ray’s Trash Service, which is a large family-owned recycling and waste collection operation.
Ray’s Trash Service was founded in 1965 and provides recycling and waste disposal services for 17 counties in central Indiana, according to information on the company’s website. It operates eight facilities across the region and offers construction site services, including LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design)-compliant ones.
"We look forward to the integration and value that this acquisition will bring to expand and advance WM's environmental services in central Indiana," WM says in a statement it has shared with Recycling Today regarding this acquisition. "We are excited to welcome our new employees into the WM family and for the opportunity to provide exceptional service to our customers in the Indianapolis market. WM remains committed to providing the Indianapolis area with quality recycling and waste disposal services for years to come, with an emphasis on supporting the cultivation of community vitality and sustainable growth in the region."
According to a letter Green Earth sent to its customers, WM completed the acquisition of that business Sept. 1. Green Earth has provided residential and commercial collection services to residents in Rockingham County, Virginia, as well as a material recovery facility and container rental services. The Facebook page of Green Earth indicates it focused in part on collecting construction and demolition (C&D) materials.
Green Earth’s letter to its customers states that WM has been a waste services provider in Virginia’s Rockingham County for more than 20 years. Green Earth says it chose WM as a buyer since it is “confident that they are the company most capable of providing the same safe and superior service” to its customers.
WM did not share how much it paid for these two acquisitions; however, according to the company's second-quarter earnings report, WM intends to spend $300 to $400 million on acquisitions in its 2022 fiscal year.