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6pm until late at night.’
Greenland America covers the global
market and does business in North
and South America, Europe, Australia
and Asia, trading an average 20 000
tonnes of scrap per month.
BUSINESS CASE: HURRICANE
IRMA
Nearly 7 000 recycling professional
(second record year on a row) from 70
countries worldwide have gathered in
Vegas and among them, as before, are
many from Central America and the
Caribbean. Manuel Amador and
IN MEMORIAM: STANLEY KRAMER
‘If you want to know who
my father really was, the
answers are not to be found
in his success in the scrap
metal recycling industry nor
as a successful entrepreneur
nor in the things or wealth
he amassed. It is in a suc-
cessful marriage of 61 years.
It is the success of my broth-
ers and me and it is to be
found in the love and admi-
ration of his six grandchil-
dren.’
So wrote Doug Kramer of
Kramer Metals in an email to Recycling International, a couple of days after
the sudden passing of his father Stanley Kramer, a well-known figure in the
US metal scrap recycling scene. He had died on his way home from the Las
Vegas event.
Stanley Kramer was second generation in the Kramer Metals family busi-
ness, which was founded and is still based in Los Angeles. He was an
important figure in many ways in the scrap metal industry within both ISIS
and ISRI, serving on and chairing committees. He was a chapter president
and he well-earned the ISRI lifetime achievement award.
He was a busy man until the end, says his family. He spent his last days at
the ISRI convention with his son Doug and grandson Jonah. ‘They were
very good days, very happy, surrounded by old friends and learning what
was coming in the future in the industry,’ added Doug.
Three Kramer generations at ReMA 2024. From
left to right: Stanley, Doug and Jonah.
Great fun at the Redwave booth. Greenland America’s George Voyatzis (left) and Vishal Jatia.
Krystal Martinez are from Sky
Recycling in Puerto Rico. They’ve
come to Vegas with business partner
Carlos Robledo who runs a scrap trad-
ing office in Jacksonville, Florida.
Sky Recycling is based in Quebradillas,
Puerto Rico’s Manuel Amador (left) and Krystal Martinez. On
the right Carlos Robledo.
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