Redemtech to open second U.S. facility.

Hilliard, Ohio-based electronics recycler Redemtech has announced that it will open a West Coast processing facility in January 2004 to serve its Fortune 500 corporate customer base.

Located in Reno, Nev., the 65,000-square-foot facility will be able to process more than 250,000 units yearly, according to a news release from Redemtech, bringing the company's total processing capacity to more than 1 million pieces of equipment yearly.

Redemtech expects the Reno facility to significantly benefit businesses with West Coast operations, as shipping costs and the freight costs associated with final disposition will be greatly reduced.

"We're committed to continuously expanding and improving our operations and constantly driving enterprise-wide value to the Fortune 500 business community," Redemtech President Bob Houghton says. "We have already launched international operations in Canada, Europe and the United Kingdom. The Reno plant is a vital next step in realizing that vision."

Redemtech facilities use RedemTRAC, which the company describes as a "comprehensive, Internet-based asset optimization solution" to process unsorted technology streams. According to the company, RedemTRAC "uses an automated decision-making process to appropriate the necessary services and facilitate the most opportunistic disposition path, which helps companies maximize asset values, reduce costs and minimize regulatory liability." The RedemTRAC system also enables customers to establish logistics requirements on-line and to perform comprehensive Web reporting and certified auditing throughout a company's multiple locations.