FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

John Portwood
VP of Sales
Al-jon Manufacturing, LLC
15075 Al-jon Ave.
Ottumwa, Iowa 52501
Phone: 641-455-5606
Fax: 641-682-6294
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Al-jon Introduces Industry’s Largest Landfill Compactor

The New Generation LC960-4 is purpose built only for landfill use

OTTUMWA, Iowa (August 4, 2011) – Al-jon Manufacturing, LLC, a manufacturer of products for the solid waste and scrap metal industries, today introduced its new 127,500 pound landfill compactor, the LC960-4.

The new LC960-4, Al-jon’s latest entry in the landfill compaction equipment market, is the industry’s largest machine. It offers customers unmatched production and uptime, better landfill compaction, lower fuel consumption, lower maintenance costs, more precise operator control, more push power and better safety than any previous compactor in the market.

This heavyweight new model uses a Tier IV power system designed with an environmentally friendly engine that meets or exceeds federal guidelines for industrial engine emissions.

In an innovative new twist, the LC960-4 comes standard with a removable power skid designed for ease of maintenance and service. Today, it’s the only compactor in the world that incorporates this unique feature that allows rebuilds to be completed in days not weeks.

True to the Al-jon tradition, the LC960-4 compactor is purpose built, designed for landfill use only making it truly the “Right Tool for the Right Job.”

See the Al-jon LC960-4 compactor at the Wastecon Trade Show, Aug. 23-25 in Nashville, TN.

For more information on the Al-jon LC960-4 compactor visit www.aljon.com/LC960-4 or contact John Portwood at 800-255-6620 or Click here to view email address.

About Al-jon Manufacturing, LLC

Located in Ottumwa, Iowa, Al-jon Manufacturing, LLC is a leading manufacturer in the scrap recycling and waste markets and builds car crushers, landfill compactors, scrap metal balers, car recycling systems and car loggers. For more information about Al-jon products and services, call 800-255-6620 or visit www.aljon.com.

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Keeping It Simple……Building It Strong

Paul Grigaitis

Brooks Bulletin

It’s black and blue, has teeth twice the size of a man’s fist, weighs over 80,000 pounds and it eats garbage for breakfast.

The Al-jon Advantage 500 is a brand new landfill compactor purchased by the Newell Regional Solid Waste Authority.

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EQUIPMENT SPOTLIGHT

Portable Balers
by Mark Henricks

Most recyclers facing the task of baling recyclable material move the material to the baler, but for some scrap yards, landfills, factories and recycling services, it makes more sense to use portable equipment and move the baler to the recyclables.

… At Al-jon Manufacturing LLC in Ottumwa, Iowa, scrap sales manager Curt Spry says the company’s most popular model is the Al-jon 580 Car/Logger. “This portable one-man machine can process up to 25 car bodies per hour as well as miscellaneous loose sheet tin at a rate of 15 to 20 tons per hour,” Spry says.

The company also manufactures a 400XL portable baler/logger. “This machine is highly mobile, weighing in at 61,000 lbs.,” Spry says. “The machine can travel from site to site baling or logging miscellaneous loose sheet tin, appliances and is also used in many non-ferrous applications baling aluminum.”
Al-jon’s machines are distinguished by its “L” box design, which allows operators an extra large loading area measuring 10 feet by 19 feet on the 580 and 8 feet by 12 feet on the 400XL. This increases the speed of loading. “After final compression the bales or logs remain in the middle of the box for easy pickup and are ready to load into a trailer,” Spry adds.

“Al-jon is using a Plus One System on all of our units,” he continues. “This system allows the operator to adjust the density of the bales or logs from the seat of the cab. Additional Plus One features are bale count and hydraulic system checks. Both Al-jon balers are equipped with joy stick controls, heat, air conditioning and stereo.”

Al-jon supplies baler/loggers all over the world. “We are seeing shredder owners purchase multiple machines and placing them in strategic locations in order to keep their shredders full of feed stock,” Spry says. …

The moves made this decade supply the latest chapter of a story that dates back to 1963, when Jon Kneen and Allen Sharp were asked to build a “car masher” by a prospective customer. The product revolutionized the family business known as Al-jon, which had previously built steel conveyors and containers. Since that time, Al-jon has focused on meeting customer expectations and has boiled its manufacturing philosophy down to the phrase, “Keeping It Simple…Building It Strong.”

Click the link below for the entire article as seen in Recycling Today Magazine.

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