Nucor to pay 154th consecutive cash dividend

The board of directors of Nucor Corporation declared the regular quarterly cash dividend of $0.3625 per share on Nucor’s common stock.

This cash dividend is payable on November 11, 2011 to stockholders of record on September 30, 2011, and is Nucor’s 154th consecutive quarterly cash dividend.

Richard Kent named buyer for Upstate Shredding

Scrap industry veteran Richard Kent has been hired as senior buyer of Scrap for Upstate Shredding – Ben Weitsman & Son. In addition to buying scrap metal, Kent will also broker scrap for the export market.

Kent joins a team of people who buy scrap metal for Upstate Shredding. Kent began working as the general manager for R. Freedman and Son of Green Island, New York. His career next took him to Rensselaer Iron & Steel, where he served as buyer. He then left to found his own company, Albany Metal Recycling. He will be based in Albany.

Waste Connections to acquire Alaska Waste

Waste Connections, Inc. has entered into agreements to acquire the operations of Alaska Pacific Environmental Services Anchorage, LLC and Alaska Green Waste Solutions, LLC. Closing is expected to occur in the first quarter of 2012.

Shoemaker named as Morbark’s new president

Morbark, Inc. announced the appointment of James W. Shoemaker Jr. as president. Shoemaker replaces Lon Morey who will remain as the chairman of Morbark’s board of directors.

Prior to his appointment as president, Shoemaker served as Morbark’s vice president of operations and board member. He joined Morbark in 2003 as the manager of operations and has held numerous positions in the company. Prior to joining Morbark, Shoemaker spent 25 years with the Jervis B. Webb Co. managing operations, accounting and supply chain.

Young joins Vecoplan’s engineering department

Vecoplan LLC has added Kevin Young to their engineering department. Young graduated from North Carolina A&T State University in May of 2011 earning a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering. While at A&T, Young was the team captain and project manager of Aggie Racing’s Baja SAE entry.

After a three-month apprenticeship with Vecoplan he has been appointed to the position of product engineer. Young’s position includes coordinating the design and development of turnkey shredding systems for the recycling sector. In order to ensure continuous quality control, he will also oversee the manufacture and implementation of his projects once the engineering phase has been completed.

Eriez plans expansions in various countries

Eriez will expand its operations in the United States, Canada, China and India to address the growing global demand for Eriez products.

In the United States, Eriez has purchased a 114,000 sq. ft. building that is approximately 15 miles from its Asbury Road World Headquarters facility in Erie, Pennsylvania. The new building will house the company’s 5-Star Service™ Center and handle manufacturing of Eriez’ equipment.

Eriez plans to finish some renovations to the space and move operations in by the end of 2011.

Eriez Minerals Flotation Group, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, will be moving from its current location to a larger building nearby. Construction of the new building in Vancouver is currently underway.

Eriez-China will add another manufacturing operation in Tianjin to supplement their current Qinhuangdao plant.

Eriez-India is moving to a new factory facility located near Ambattur industrial estate in Chennai.

Atlas Copco opens Florida store for Dynapac line

Atlas Copco has opened the doors on its thirteenth store in Pompano Beach, Florida. The store was opened to support the large customer base already in southern Florida, especially for the Dynapac line.

Magnet Applications adds general manager

Magnet Applications, a subsidiary of Bunting Magnetics Company, has added Pete Lipetzky, PhD as the new general manager for their DuBois, Pennsylvania facility. Lipetzky will oversee the total manufacturing and sales operations for the DuBois plant and will report to Robert J. Bunting, the owner and chief executive officer for Bunting.

Dr. Lipetzky has a deep background within the industrial and educational sectors for metallurgy and other material science-based applications. He holds academic degrees which include a PhD in materials science and engineering-applied physics from Brown University. He also holds Master of Science degrees in both mechanical engineering and applied mathematics, also from Brown University. He also holds a master of business administration degree from the Katz Business Program at the University of Pittsburgh.

Previously, Dr. Lipetzky served as a Professor of Mechanical and Materials Engineering at Pennsylvania State University, Rensselear Polytechnic Institute and the Technical University of Vienna. Prior to joining Magnet Applications, he served as the director of technology and interim general manager for ATI Powder Metals.

Automotive Lift Institute chooses new engineer

Dale W. Soos has joined the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) as a senior project engineer in the company’s Cortland, New York headquarters.

In his position, Soos will be responsible for completing the development of the Lift Inspector Certification Program and assuring its successful implementation.

Soos holds a degree in mechanical engineering from Buffalo State College, is a member of the American Society of Safety Engineers and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and has been active in the field of commercial, industrial, and consumer product safety for more than 20 years.

Prior to joining ALI, key product safety positions held within Intertek Testing Services included the role of lead engineer for ALI’s Lift Safety Certification Program, ETL’s commercial garage equipment listing service, and paint spray booths. Most recently he served as staff engineer for large wind turbine generator evaluations, approvals, and certification.