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NEW NAME FOR SCHNITZER STEEL
Schnitzer Steel Industries, which began operations in Portland,
Oregon in the US in 1906 has re-branded itself as Radius
Recycling.

The company has operating facilities in 25 states as well as in
Puerto Rico and Canada. It has seven deep water export facilities.
‘As Radius Recycling, the company’s new identity will better align
with its role as one of the largest metal recyclers, more closely
reflect its position in the circular economy, and further its commit-
ment to advance the recovery, reuse, and recycling of the essential
metals required to support global carbon reduction,’ says a press
release.
Chairman and ceo Tamara Lundgren says the range of the compa-
ny’s business activities extends beyond that implied by the former
name Schnitzer Steel.
‘Our growth has been marked by expansion in both scope and
scale, and we now operate in over 100 communities across North
America. Our work and our purpose have never been more relevant
than they are today,’ she goes on.
‘Our new identity clearly affirms our vision for a sustainable future.
Radius Recycling is a name that represents our 3 500 employees,
thousands of stakeholders and a future in which recycled metals sit
at the centre of progress, seamlessly connecting all points within
the circular economy.’

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GÖRANSSON IS NEW LINDEMANN CEO
Lindemann Metal Recycling Solutions has announced that Carl Gustaf Göransson is the
company’s new ceo.
Lindemann, a Düsseldorf, Germany company producing shears, shredders and balers, was
acquired from Metso in 2022 by Swedish private equity company Mimir Group. Göransson
will be responsible for delivering Lindemann’s ‘ambitious market and service growth strate-
gy’.
Meanwhile, previous ceo Ioannis Giouvanitskas will become senior executive advisor for
both Mimir and Lindemann. The company says he will ‘support the development of strategic
accounts and drive the Lindemann and Mimir M&A agenda’.
Göransson has worked in the global capital goods industry, including senior executive posi-
tions at Volvo Construction Equipment and Cargotec. Before becoming ceo of Lindemann,
he was global president of CNH Industrial’s construction equipment division in Munich.
From 2021-23, he was the managing partner of Munich-based consultancy abcg AB in the
transportation industry.

AUSTRALIAN PULPER BOOSTS PAPER RECY-
CLING
Australian paper recycling major Visy has installed a drum
pulper at its Melbourne, Victoria, facility.
The company has invested AUD 42.5 million (EUR 39 million) in
the upgrade.

The drum pulper, said to be the first of its kind in the country,
will allow scrap paper collected from kerbside recycling in
Victoria to be processed into new packaging.
The installation will double Visy’s kerbside recycling capability
in the state, saving up to 180 000 tonnes of paper and card-
board per year from export or Victoria’s landfills.

Visy says it will process the collected paper
and cardboard into 100% recycled paper and
corrugated packaging for pizza boxes, the
agricultural sector and various food and bev-
erage brands.
The upgrade is part of a commitment from
Visy ceo Anthony Pratt in March 2021 to
invest US$ 2 billion (EUE 1.85) over the next
decade toward reducing landfilling, cutting
emissions and creating ‘well-paying green
collar jobs’ across Australia.
‘This is a very important day for our company
because we’re not only manufacturers,’ says
Pratt. ‘We’re actually in the landfill avoidance
business, which is good for greenhouse gas
reduction as well, because as things decay in
landfill they produce methane gas which is
84 times worse for climate change than car-
bon dioxide. So recycling is an important
weapon against climate change.’
Visy received funding from both the Victorian
and federal governments to get the project
off the ground.

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