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Massachusetts-based VALIS Insights aims to leverage its data collection software to close gaps in the recycling value chain. | Richie Sullivan/Shutterstock
With help from Closed Loop Partners, metal sorting technology company VALIS Insights exceeded its goal in seed round investment, putting it on track to begin implementing its data sharing systems.
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Public relations veteran Toni Sottak says growing your company’s presence is all about telling your story. | FrankHH/Shutterstock
“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller. The storyteller sets the vision, values, and agenda of an entire generation that is to come.” – Steve Jobs (1994) Continue Reading
Workers at Toyoshima Green Technology hold up chips. | Courtesy of Toyoshima Green Technology
A Texas company is using robotic technology to remove chips from circuit boards, recovering the chips for resale while leaving the boards with valuable metals for shipment to a smelter. Continue Reading
Ingram Micro’s Fairfield, N.J. location. | Google Streetview
Ingram Micro has eliminated 73 positions at its New Jersey ITAD facility and converted that facility to a cross dock/hub facility, according to a company spokesperson. Continue Reading
Tide Rock’s acquisition of Sipi Metals’ ITAD segment is intended to reduce shipping costs through improved logistics, among other goals. | Courtesy of Full Circle Electronics
Private equity firm Tide Rock has acquired the ITAD arm of Sipi Metals, a move that roughly doubles the size of Tide Rock’s existing electronics reuse and recycling company. Continue Reading
The director analyst of Gartner says the latest decline in shipments means the PC market has reached its floor. | ECLIPSE PRODUCTION/Shutterstock
Gartner estimates worldwide PC shipments declined in the third quarter, but the research firm anticipates sales will begin to pick up in the fourth quarter of this year. Continue Reading
In addition to starting a business relationship with Greenbacker, SOLARCYCLE has received a Department of Energy grant to explore reducing the cost of solar panel processing. | Courtesy of Greenbacker Capital
Greenbacker Renewable Energy has formed a long-term partnership with SOLARCYCLE to recycle decommissioned solar panels cost effectively. Continue Reading
The Brussels-based Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Forum estimates about 9 billion kilograms of e-waste is misidentified as regular waste every year. | gmstockstudio/Shutterstock
For its 6th annual International E-Waste Day, a global association of producer responsibility groups is highlighting products that consumers often dispose of improperly because they don’t recognize them as e-scrap. Continue Reading