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Schnitzer Steel acquires advanced recycling.


Schnitzer Steel Industries has announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to acquire the assets of Max Cohen cohen
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 and Sons, dba Advanced Recycling, a metals recycler with four processing facilities located in New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). .

Advanced Recycling handles about 250,000 tons of ferrous scrap metal and 25 million pounds of nonferrous scrap metal annually.

"This acquisition is consistent with our strategy of expanding our presence in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt.  and leveraging the infrastructure investments we have been making at our facilities in the area," John Carter John Carter may refer to:
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, Schnitzer's president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , says. "The Cohen family and Schnitzer together have a long history of experience in the recycling business, and this acquisition furthers Schnitzer's dedication to customer satisfaction, protection of the environment and the promotion of recycling throughout the New England region."

Upon completion of the acquisition, Steven Cohen, president of Advanced Recycling, will become the director of Schnitzer's Northern New England operations.

The acquisition is expected to close before the end of the calendar year.
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Title Annotation:SCRAP INDUSTRY NEWS
Publication:Recycling Today
Date:Oct 1, 2006
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