Happy New Year and a Call to Material Handling Dealers

Another holiday season has passed and SP welcomes you to the new year!  We are starting this year as we always do, with a focus on customer satisfaction. 

Once again, we are looking for dealers who are as committed to customer satisfaction as us and also interested in working with a leading manufacturer in the material handling industry dedicated to selling premium products and systems. We have been producing product destruction, recycling, compaction, and cart dumping equipment for over 45 years. And most importantly, our sustainable systems attract customers by providing them the lowest overall operating costs in waste handling.

Lowering operating costs happens on many levels with SP equipment. Our equipment maximizes payloads and minimizes labor, transportation costs, equipment repairs, power usage, fuel emissions, resulting in a significant reduction in your carbon footprint.

Right now we serve a wide customer base in the food waste, metal recycling, pallet destruction, and waste compaction industries. Expanding our operation, however, does not happen without qualified dealers who are sales minded and can provide customers with support throughout the buying process. For dealers as well as direct customers, SP provides sales training, technical support, systems consultation, and the best warranty program in our industry for all of the equipment we manufacture.

If you are interested in becoming a dealer of high quality waste handling equipment, we would love to hear from you! Please contact Denny Pool at 800.592.5959 or denny@sp-industries.com for more information on pursuing a relationship with SP.

SP Introduces Our Newest Compactors & Says Happy Holidays!

The holiday season is here once again!  With all the hustle and bustle it’s a welcome break from our everyday pressures. There is the usual scramble around here as we work to get those last minute orders out the door before year’s end. No matter how bad or tough you think things are, it’s still a good time to count our blessings and be thankful we wake up everyday, take nourishment, and head out the door. And be thankful for our service men and women serving and fighting for our freedom. I’m most thankful for my health, family, and friends. I’m also thankful for the great partners and employees we have and the chance to serve you for 30 years. November is a great month. 1982 is when it all started so it’s SP’s 30th Birthday. Even though I started here in 1984, November is the same month in 2002 I became President; 10 years and going strong.  

The year has been good despite the political scene, economy, and unem- ployment. It’s turned out a little above average compared to the last few years. You, our customers, with your hard work have paid off for all of us. Thank you for the orders, your friendship, understanding, harassment in good times and bad, and most of all your loyalty.

This year has seen some of our research and development programs come and go. After many hours and many dollars we have scrapped the digester, solar, and wind projects. We found them to be most unrealistic in return on investment to just plain gimmicks. The mechanical compactor and dumper systems however, made us a believer in R & D. As I’ve said before, SP was "green" before "green" was cool. Now we’re a little greener with the EM Series Compactors and the EM-EHD Dumper. These systems work almost the same as the hydraulic cylinder systems less the reservoir and hoses. The same sizes, forces, cycle times, penetration, warranties, & payloads with no worry of an oil spill are available.

 

The niche markets have stayed strong through the year. Maximizing food waste loads, scrap steel loads, and general waste loads have helped cut carbon footprints. This reduces fuel, emissions, labor, and wear and tear on the roadways. Our de-watering and de-oiling systems are getting more popular as they help customers recover cutting oils and lubricants. And our product destruction systems are destroying many different products from glass baby food jars to automotive transmissions or motorcycle frames. This eliminates the possibility of them showing up in the local flee market and saving our customers millions of dollars in lawsuits.

 

Our suppliers have increased their prices from 4% to 7% so it’s inevitable that we will be increasing also. It’s difficult to figure out completely due to the fluctuations in all the components from copper, steel, oil, and insurance. The increase will be around 5% and I’m hoping this will take us through next year.

 

Once again, SP wants to express gratitude for your loyalty and support. As always, we are here as more than just a high quality manufacturer, but also to support you through the entire sales process. Feel free to contact us at any time.

How to Reduce Waste Costs

As a manufacturer of high quality waste handling equipment that maximizes compaction ratios, SP is familiar with the best ways reduce an organization’s carbon footprint. One of the rarely looked at ways to reduce carbon emissions in business and industry is by carefully evaluating the waste disposal process. Most operations leave disposal decisions up to their garbage hauler. The problem with this approach is that companies forget garbage haulers are in the trucking business, which means that the more they haul, the more they make. Even in recycling at the commercial or industrial levels, transportation is often overlooked.

Taking a closer look at how much waste and recyclable material fills the containers being hauled away from a business can make a huge difference. Densifying is the easiest way for industrial and commercial operations to reduce energy, reduce fuel, reduce emissions, and cut their waste handling expenses in half. In most cases this can be initiated with no additional expense or investment and puts money back into a budget immediately. Many companies overlook the option of simply putting a heavier load into their containers.

On the University section of our website, www.sp-industries.com you will find an explanation of how most industrial and commercial operations can accomplish these reductions and savings. Visit us to learn how to get the most from you waste handling dollar and how SP can provide you with waste handling systems that work!

Compactors in the Metal Recycling Process

Recycling scrap metal is an enormous business across the United States. From the 56 billion aluminum cans recycled last year, to the millions of tons of ferrous and non-ferrous metals sorted, sheared, shredded, torched and baled at processing plants, the metal recycling business is booming. Compactors play an important role in this recycling process. This is because achieving higher density during compaction equates to larger loads that can be transported from processing plants to steel mills, saving processers money.

SP makes long lasting, fast cycling pre-crushers and metal compactors designed to maximize efficiency and reliability. Our systems can include fluid collection systems designed to separate oil from metal turnings and chips. Also, our closed compaction containers eliminate the potential for ground water contamination in and around metal processing areas. Most importantly, our equipment is backed by the best warranty in the industry and our engineers can address any site-specific installation concerns.

You can visit SP online at www.sp-industries.com/ for more information about metal compaction and equipment specifications. Also, we would like to hear about your experience with metal recycling by replying to this post or contacting us on Facebook or Twitter.

Recycling Food Waste: The How and Why

Imagine cows and pigs eating semi trailers full of bread, muffins, and rolls! Believe it or not, this happens around the country on a daily basis as America’s livestock often feed on bakery leftovers. This recycling of bakery by-products is a story that largely goes untold. It is, however, an extremely important way to make use of the large amount of unused dough, cakes, rolls, and grains produced by America’s industrial bakeries. When bakeries have excess food product or products expire, these must be thrown out like many other items. However, removed bakery by-products can be processed and turned into high quality animal feed known as Dried Bakery Product. This product is then used as a supplement to traditional livestock feed. There is generally a high demand for this product and some bakeries produce four semi-trailer loads of bakery by-product per day.


Of course this process begins with bakeries using food waste processing machines that can meet the demands of continuous loading and heavy production. SP Industries offers several different options for handling wet or dry food waste. Systems are not only made to adhere to the safety requirements produced by OSHA, but can also be made of stainless steel to meet USDA requirements. Our food waste compactors also have short cycle times and large chamber sizes to maximize waste handling efficiency. You can see an entire food waste handling system in action in this video. For food waste that is very dense, auger style containers work best for distributing waste that cannot be usefully compacted.

For more information on the process of recycling bakery products visit: http://www.scopeproducts.com/index.php and for more information on the equipment that makes this possible visit: http://www.bestcompactors.com/Food_Waste.htm Also, we would like to hear about any creative ways that you recycle food waste at home, from feeding your animals leftovers to using coffee grounds as potting soil by replying to this blog, or contacting us on Facebook or Twitter.