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Korea Zinc defends e-scrap acquisition amid buyout feud

Published: September 30, 2024
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A private equity firm, MBK Partners, and shareholder Young Poong submitted a bid to purchase a majority stake in Korea Zinc, a move the smelting company called a “hostile takeover.” | Pavel Kapysh/Shutterstock

Top executives at South Korean smelting giant Korea Zinc are locked in a battle with a private equity firm that wants to seize control of the company. As the fight has spilled into the public arena, the equity firm has attacked the company’s recent business decisions, including its purchase of U.S.-based processor Igneo Holdings. Continue Reading

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Iron Mountain acquires ITAD firm Wisetek

Published: September 25, 2024
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Boston-headquartered Iron Mountain acquired Cork, Ireland-based Wisetek, continuing its growth. | Sundry Photography / Shutterstock

Major publicly-traded IT asset disposition firm Iron Mountain has continued its recent string of acquisitions, with Wisetek joining the ranks of Regency Technologies and ITRenew as Iron Mountain assets.

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Major contract drives ITAD firm’s expansion

Published: September 19, 2024
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Boston-headquartered ITAD firm Illumynt is opening three new facilities globally, thanks to a large contract. | Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock

Illumynt, a Boston-headquartered ITAD firm, has brought founder Paul Knight back to lead the company as CEO and shuffled other leadership positions. The changes come as the company is opening three new facilities globally due to a large contract. Continue Reading

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Sage to open fourth US ITAD facility

Published: September 12, 2024
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The Pennsylvania location joins three existing Sage facilities in Columbus, Ohio, and, pictured here, Reno, Nevada. | Photo courtesy Sage

Sage Sustainable Electronics is preparing to start up an ITAD processing center in Pennsylvania, increasing the reuse-centered company’s processing capacity by 25%. Continue Reading

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Investment firm acquires Phoenix-based recycler

Published: August 14, 2024
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Global Electronics Recycling brings experience handling solar panels to Tide Rock’s existing portfolio company, Full Circle Electronics. | lccarvalho/Shutterstock

Private equity firm Tide Rock Holdings has acquired Phoenix-based Global Electronics Recycling. The acquisition will help add customers in the aerospace and defense sectors as GER integrates with previous acquisition Full Circle Electronics, the latter company’s CEO said in an interview. 

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Iron Mountain: Component prices continue to rebound

Published: August 8, 2024
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Iron Mountain reported data center decommissioning activities are increasing in demand, largely attributed to the rise of AI services requiring refreshes to bring in state-of-the-art equipment. | Bandersnatch/Shutterstock

Major ITAD provider Iron Mountain reported second-quarter revenue growth of 30% over the prior year, which company leaders attributed to higher business volume and improved used component pricing. Continue Reading

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Colt Recycling expands with new Texas site

Published: August 8, 2024
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The June 2023 acquisition by global metals company Elemental paved the way for Colt Recycling’s fourth U.S. site, and CEO Jim Maher expects the affiliation to help gain share in the large Texas market. | Courtesy of Colt Recycling

New Hampshire-headquartered Colt Recycling is in the process of starting up its fourth electronics processing facility, located in San Marcos, Texas. Continue Reading

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ERI adds alkaline battery recycling to service offerings

Published: August 8, 2024
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The battery recycling plant has a capacity of millions of pounds of alkaline batteries per year. | Kinek00/Shutterstock

E-scrap processor ERI is getting into the alkaline battery recycling business, opening a new space to process these materials at its 315,000-square-foot electronics recycling and ITAD facility in Plainfield, Indiana.  Continue Reading

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