Released on: June 14, 2008, 12:29 am

Press Release Author: H Phillips

Industry: Marketing

Press Release Summary: Turner Machine Company has long recognized the value in
stripping older machines of their components and selling or donating the leftover
steel and aluminum as scrap.


Press Release Body:

Smyrna, TN, June 14, 2008, 2008 -- Turner Machine Co., Inc., located in Smyrna, TN,
has combined its longtime practice of salvaging machine components from obsolete
machines with a scrap metal recycling program. The company has long recognized the
value in stripping older machines of their components and selling or donating the
leftover steel and aluminum as scrap. The company has taken the initiative one step
further by recycling all leftover metal produced by its machine shop. Traditionally,
any large pieces have been donated to a local technical school, and small pieces, or
chips, were thrown away. Now all scrap will be recycled.

According to Jeff Turner, company president, more and more plant owners are
recognizing the value of scrapping their machines. "For us, it's an environmentally
and a financially responsible thing to do." He explains that not only does Turner
Machine benefit from machine recycling, the customer also benefits, sometimes
directly. In one case, Turner Machine helped reduce a customer's new machine
investment by nearly 40% by re-using a pair of staking heads the customer had in
storage. He says the company's next salvage project is a pair of leak testing
machines.

Generally speaking, when equipment becomes obsolete due to age or production
changes, the it ends up in plant storage, or in a "bone yard" as it's often referred
to. In the worst case scenario, it goes to a landfill. Once in the landfill,
materials from the machine such as paint, oil, grease, or battery acid could pose an
environmental threat.

According to Wikipedia, scrap metal recycling keeps 145 million tons of potentially
hazardous raw materials out of landfills. In addition, scrap metal accounts for 60%
of the raw material used for metal and alloy production in the U.S., and is also a
major U.S. export.
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Contact:
H Phillips
Turner Machine Co., Inc
Smyrna, TN
44 222 656
hphillips@turnermc.com
http://www.turnermc.com/

Web Site: http://www.turnermc.com/

Contact Details: H Phillips
Turner Machine Co., Inc
Smyrna, TN
44 222 656
hphillips@turnermc.com
http://www.turnermc.com/