INDUSTRY FACES
Resource Recovery’s New President Promotes Beneficial Reuse Bill Crabtree joined Resource
Recovery Corp. (RRC), Coopersville, Mich., a consortium of metalcasters dedicated to reducing disposal costs by finding beneficial reuses for byproducts, when the group began processing spent foundry sand slag in 1996. Since then, RRC has cut the cost of managing foundry residuals by two-thirds. But when it comes to the group’s most significant contribution, Crabtree looks past the bottom line. “In my 19 years here, we have
diverted over a million tons of foundry byproduct from disposal at local landfills. Has that had an im- pact?” he said. “Without RRC or something similar in its place, that sand, slag and metal would have ended up in a landfill.” Te operations manager at RRC for nearly two decades,
Crabtree recently was named president of the group, which now counts about 30 non-shareholding metalcasting facili- ties in Western Michigan as members. Currently RRC sells sand to customers in a variety of industries for uses such as aggregate in road materials, non-residential construction fill, permeable drainage layer and media for agricultural and horticultural mixes. Te potential uses for processed sand and slag continue to grow, both because of technological advancements and a politi-
PERSONALS Amanda Meshanki has joined
Richmond Industries, Dayton, N.J., as its quality and process engineer. Rick Armstrong has been promoted
to president of Sioux City Foundry Co., Sioux City, Iowa. He will suc- ceed Andy Galinsky, who will remain CEO and board chairman. Sioux City Foundry also announced the promo- tion of Mark Vestweber to division manager of the contract manufactur- ing department, Doug DeStigter to division manager of the structural fabrication department, Dan Plesher to division manager of the casting de- partment and Brad Loux to core room night foreman. Non-Ferrous Cast Alloys Inc.,
Norton Shores, Mich., announced Seth Adkins will join its management staff, handling project management. Simpson Technol-
ogies Corp., Aurora, Ill., announced Carlos
Carlos Quintella
Quintella has joined the company as vice- president of sales. Hunter Foundry
Machinery Corp., Schaumburg, Ill., announced Paolo Nazari as managing director, interna-
OBITUARIES Warren Grossmann died May 8,
2014. He was 75. A member of the AFS Wisconsin Chapter from 1962-2007, he was the foundry superintendent at Fairbanks Morse, Beloit, Wis. He then started Supreme Cores Inc., Janesville, Wis., in 1978 and Supreme Cores of the Carolinas, Lancaster, S.C., in 1998. Samuel Craig died July 11, 2014. He
was 87 years old. Craig was an engineer for several companies in York, Pa., and started Letvin-Craig Inc. and Metal- working Products. Craig was the director of the AFS-Chesapeake Chapter from
1998 to 2004. Maurice Dean Neptune died July
26, 2014. He was 96. Neptune earned a degree in chemical engineering from Purdue Univ. He was an AFS member for 45 years and served as a past presi- dent. Neptune spent 40 years at Clow Corp., and later joined Hill and Griffith Co., Birmingham, Ala., as sales manager. L. Robert Snyder died July 31, 2014. He was 90. Snyder was the chairman of the board at Littlestown Foundry Inc., Littlestown, Pa., where he was employed and part owner for 67 years.
September 2014 MODERN CASTING | 17 Paolo Nazari
tional, and Eng Gustavo Debona as director, South America. Brokk Inc., Monroe, Wash., an- nounced the hiring of Randy Rich and Paul Flood to its sales team. Rich will be the new mid-Atlantic regional sales manager, while Flood will be the sales manager for the south-central region.
cal climate that is becoming more recep- tive to recycling. Recently, for example, Michigan Governor Rich Snyder signed House Bill 5400, which reduces ana- lytical requirements for certain foundry byproducts and exempts some materials from classification as “solid waste.” “Te bill represents a big stride for-
ward for us,” Crabtree said. “Still, the biggest challenge we face is education. Some people will be against beneficial reuse no matter what, but we need to show others that this is something that can benefit everyone.”
Crabtree believes that many skeptics can be convinced, or at least opened to the possibility of recycling and reuse by visiting well maintained, efficient metalcasting facilities that maintain tight process controls. RRC remains dedicated to delivering a clean, usable prod- uct that is exactly what customers expect. After all, Crabtree knows that every potential scenario for a byproduct’s second- ary use needs to be considered lest something prove to be a problem in the future. “We don’t have issues with the end-users,” he said. “We have people who want to use it, but we’re hesitant because we want to be sure everything is as safe as possible. We want to be 100% sure we’ve considered everything involved in a specific project.”
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