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Mauro Panizzolo: looking for a US dealer.
ILG’s Rolf Schaffrath.
WANTED: US DEALER
For Italy’s Panizzolo Recycling
Systems, North America is a relatively
new but interesting and promising
market. The company has recently
sold a refining plant to a recycler in
Quebec, Canada and the machine will
be installed by September. ‘The prob-
lem is’, says Mauro Panizzolo over cof-
fee, ‘we haven’t yet found a good
dealer who can take care of after sales
and maintenance. We simply cannot
organise all that from Italy, you need a
local company. In Mexico we have a
dealer but to date we haven’t found
one that fits our wishes for the US and
Canada. So if anyone knows one,
please get in touch.’
AUSTRIAN CONNECTION
Definitely one of the most eye-catch-
ing booths at the expo is the team of
Georgia-based Redwave Solutions
wearing Tiroler outfits to mark their
Austrian mother company. ‘With the
hats and lederhose we’re kind of an
attraction, certainly,’ says Redwave’s
Jason Silvey.
Besides the fun, it is serious business
for the people of Redwave. ‘Today,
here at the stand, one customer has
said ‘yes’ to an offer for a feed hopper
and a conveyor and we’ve got several
other serious projects on the way.’
JOB CHANGE FOR VOYATZIS
At the Vegas show, Recycling
International bumps into many familiar
faces. Among them George Voyatzis,
who has recently started a new job.
The former director of Anamet in
Greece has joined Greenland America
in the role of vice-president. ‘It’s my
first week and it feels very good,’ he
says.
REMA HONOURS ‘LAST DENBO IN RECYCLING’
In 2018, Joel Denbo
sold his company,
Tennessee Valley
Recycling to SA
Recycling. But he kept
working for the firm.
‘Because it was fun and
he no longer had the
responsibility of run-
ning the business,’
explains wife Sara.
Finally, in 2023 Denbo
retired.
At the Vegas show, the
past ISRI chair
received the associa-
tion’s Lifetime
Achievement Award for his efforts to make the industry better and, above
all, safer.
‘My dad taught us the importance of hard work’, says his daughter Ariel
Zion. ‘He inspired us to do our best to become successful.’
Ariel and sisters Rachel and Jessica did become successful but not in scrap.
They are in healthcare, law and marketing. ‘After 120 years, there is no lon-
ger a Denbo in the recycling business,’ said Joel in his word of thanks.
Greenland America is a non-ferrous
scrap trading firm led by Vishal Jatia.
From Mumbai in India he leads the
firm which is headquartered in the US,
where Jatia and his family have lived a
big part of their lives. ‘I may now live
in India but I work US office hours
which means my working day starts at
The Denbo family. From left to right: Ariel Zion, Joel
Denbo, Rachel Labovitz, Jessica Smith, Sara Denbo.
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