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Al-jon featured in purchase announcements in InfraStructures Magazine

Al-jon Manufacturing — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 22:10:25 +0000

Another piece of Al-jon equipment is saving its owners money in Canada. InfraStructures is a Canadian trade magazine focusing on construction, public works & natural resources.

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Al-jon has exciting interactive CompAction game

Al-jon Manufacturing — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:08:17 +0000

Order your CompAction game today while supplies last.

Al-jon featured in equipment spotlight in American Recycler Magazine

Al-jon Manufacturing — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:11:54 +0000

The following is an excerpt from the article:

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. …

Al-jon article in Recycling Today Magazine

Al-jon Manufacturing — Fri, 18 May 2007 22:13:28 +0000

Visitors to the News section of the Web site of Al-jon Inc. in early 2007 found only one event publicized — a photo essay of the company’s nine-month-long plant expansion project. The series of photos tells customers almost all they need to know about where the company’s focus has been this decade. Al-jon CEO Kendig Kneen has made strategic moves in terms of financing, market position and physical expansion to ensure that Al-jon has been ready to supply the booming global scrap industry with the equipment it needs to get the job done.

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.”

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