AER Worldwide's World-Class Recycling Facility Opens to Meet Silicon Valley's Increased Recycling Requirements: Electronic component and asset recovery company gears up to support high tech industry's growing environmental responsibility.FREMONT, Calif. -- AER Worldwide has moved its corporate headquarters to Fremont, Calif. to expand opportunities for customers to leverage the company's electronic component and asset recovery services. AER Worldwide is a leader in protecting the environment through proper teardown tear·down n. 1. The act or process of taking apart or demolishing. 2. also tear-down A building that is to be torn down and replaced with another, often larger building. , recycling and reuse of excess electronic waste stream materials. Its electronic component redistribution and electronic waste stream recycling services help companies maximize asset recovery from electronic components and assemblies and eliminate downstream environmental liabilities. AER Worldwide's new Fremont headquarters is a 75,000 square foot facility and has about 70 employees. Its electronic waste stream recycling business provides close-to-source material sorting and destruction services, eliminating unnecessary shipping costs of low value, highly recyclable materials such as steel, base metals, paper and cardboard. AER provides certified destruction and online viewing and reporting. This enables companies to track their waste and monitor their excess inventory. AER tracks, audits and reports the customer's downstream material flows. They ensure that lead, battery and copper bearing materials, such as printed circuit board assemblies, AC adapters and power supplies, are only shipped to pre-audited ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14001 compliant facilities, eliminating the risk of corporate liabilities that can occur through non-certified operations. As part of the component recovery and redistribution business, the new Fremont, CA warehouse now stocks more than 120 million electronic parts, or about 85,000 line items from all major manufacturers every day. "AER Worldwide's customers in the Silicon Valley are some of the most advanced and innovative in the area of environmental compliance," AER's president Andre' Weiglein remarked. "As many companies and a growing number of the legislators across the globe - and the general public -- are concluding, the electronic industry must take responsibility for serious environmental impacts that negatively affect the quality of life for us all. Under many of these laws, environmental responsibility does not end when the material is destroyed. With California's pending legislation and environmental compliance requirements Compliance requirements are a series of directives established by United States Federal government agencies that summarize hundreds of Federal laws and regulations applicable to Federal assistance (also known as Federal aid or Federal funds). being driven by the European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community , the circle of companies that are being forced to deal responsibly with their excess electronic components and equipment is growing. We provide services to support e-waste end-of-life processes - and document those processes -- to maximize economic return and prove compliance. Moving to this location puts us closer to these leading edge customers, making it easier for them to witness destruction of their proprietary materials and/or equipment." AER Worldwide's new address is 42744 Boscell Road, Fremont, CA 94538. For more information contact AER Worldwide by phone: 510.933.0500, e-mail: sales@aerworldwide.com, or visit the website at www.aerworldwide.com. About AER Worldwide AER Worldwide comprises two global operations Global Operations is a first-person shooter computer game developed by Barking Dog Studios and published by both Crave Entertainment and Electronic Arts. It was released in March of 2002, following its public multiplayer beta version which contained only the Quebec map. . AER Recycling provides close-to-source material sorting, destruction and tracking services, thereby eliminating unnecessary shipping costs of low value, highly recyclable materials such as steel, base metals, paper and cardboard for electronic original equipment manufacturer (OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ), contract manufacturer (CM), and original design manufacturer (ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) A contract manufacturer that uses its own designs and intellectual property (IP). See contract manufacturer. ) customers worldwide. AER Components is a leading independent electronic component distributor and a member of the Electronics Resellers Association International. AER sources and sells electronic components from all major manufacturers and stocks over 85,000 line items and 120 million parts. AER Worldwide employs just under 100 employees and operates worldwide through its new corporate headquarters in Fremont, California For the unincorporated community in Yolo County, California, see . Fremont (IPA: /ˈfriːmɒnt/) is a city in California that was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: and its locations across North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , in South America South America, fourth largest continent (1991 est. pop. 299,150,000), c.6,880,000 sq mi (17,819,000 sq km), the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. It is an ISO 14001:1996 certified company. AER Worldwide is a member of RENE (Recycling Network Europe) and specializes in assisting European and global electronics companies to meet WEEE WEEE Waste from Electric and Electronic Equipment (directive) WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronics Equipment WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive requirements. AER Worldwide - the Electronics Lifecycle Resource(TM) |
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