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MSS Welcomes Patrick Nicol as Director of Technology, Ushering in New Era of AI Initiatives
MSS is thrilled to announce Patrick Nicol as Director of Technology, ushering in a new era of AI initiatives. With a passion for waste management and a background in engineering, Nicol aims to revolutionize recycling systems through automation and AI integration. His focus on system design improvement and the use of NIR optical sorters and AI vision systems will make recycling more efficient and intelligent. Nicol’s appointment reflects CP Group’s dedication to innovation and their commitment to meeting evolving client needs. Together, they are shaping the future of recycling technology.
Sensor-Based Sorting Technologies for E-Waste Facilities
With the two main objectives being the recovery of as much value out of the mixed e-waste and the reduction in manual sorting stations, evolving technologies provide e-waste processors with all the tools at their disposal to achieve those goals...MSS MetalMiner...
CP Group welcomes Mark Henke as Director of Process Improvements
"My involvement in multiple recycling operations and witnessing the array of new and advanced technology, which has been challenged by the ever-changing inbound recycling materials, has been a great education," Henke says.San Diego, CA - CP Group, a leading Material...
Balcones Resources Partners with CP Group in San Antonio MRF Project
The Team is building a state-of-the-art facility to significantly increase the City’s recycling capacity. October 12, 2022- San Antonio, TX – Balcones Resources selected industry leader CP Group as the equipment provider of their state-of-the-art Materials Recovery...
CP Manufacturing, Inc.: 45 Years of Innovation
From owning and operating MRF to setting the industry standard for material recycling facility machinery, CP continues to innovate engineered solutions for customers.CP Manufacturing, Inc. (CP Group), an original equipment manufacturer specializing in Material...
CP Group Awarded NWRA’s Innovator of the Year
The company is recognized for the invention of the OCC Auger Screen which eliminates the need for a presort. CP Group, located in San Diego, CA, was named NWRA’s 2022 Innovator of the Year for the patented OCC Auger Screen. The award recognizes “recycling equipment...
Sustainable Future in Iowa – Metro Waste Authority
New multi-million-dollar facility improves recycling processing for the Des Moines metro area with technology from CP Group. Des Moines, IA – As the largest landfill owner and operator in Iowa, Metro Waste Authority was challenged by an uncertain future for recycling....
Introducing the New OCC Auger Screen
The non-wrapping patented machine screens OCC in commercial and single stream facilities. CP Group, headquartered in San Diego, CA, announces the new OCC Auger Screen, a patented machine to separate old corrugated cardboard (OCC) in material recovery facilities (MRF)....
Improved Fiber Quality
Fibermax™ retool in Republic Seattle MRF allows company to reduce headcount and improve fiber qualityRepublic Services recently retrofitted the fiber lines in their 45 TPH facility in Seattle, WA, also known as Rabanco Recycling. The retrofits include two single-eject...
Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District Opens MSW MRF
Wasatch Integrated Waste Management District partnered with CP Group to undergo a large upgrade at their municipal solid waste facility in Layton, Utah. The new facility serves Davis and Morgan Counties. The opening of the new facility marks three years of planning,...
Balcones Partners with CP Group on an extensive system retrofit
New equipment improves fiber purity and recovery, decreases maintenance, and increases throughput AUSTIN, TX – Balcones Resources, a nationally recognized recycling company, partnered with CP Group of San Diego, CA to upgrade their single stream residential and...
Iowa waste authority to build new MRF
from www.resourcerecycling.com, Oct 2, 2019 Michael McCoy and board members of Metro Waste Authority address region’s recycling need with innovation and partnerships. Listening to community needs and filling gaps are two of the main roles of Des Moines, Iowa’s Metro...
Facility Focus: Zero Waste Solutions
From www.resource-recycling.com, published June 13, 2019 The project to build a mixed-waste processing facility in Rochester, Mass. has experienced a number of setbacks, including tough market conditions and a 2016 fire in the building set to house it. But after years...
Zero Waste Solutions Opens Recycling Facility in Rochester, Mass.
The facility will accept residential and commercial waste streams as well as single stream, co-mingled and source separated recyclables. Zero Waste Solutions of Rochester, Mass., announced the opening of what it calls “one of the most advanced recycling facilities in...
Dem-Con Retrofits MRF with Four MSS CIRRUS® Optical Sorters
New equipment has resulted in increased recovery and quality while reducing operations costs Between summer 2017 and 2018, Dem-Con Materials Recovery, Shakopee, MN, retrofitted their single stream MRF with three new MSS CIRRUS® optical sorters from CP Group. Another...
MSS Receives Patent for PrecisionFlow™ Eject Hood Design
Patented hood for optical sorters works in combination with air-assist systems for precise material handling. MSS, Inc., the optical sorting division of CP Group, announced they received a patent for their PrecisionFlow™ eject hood for optical sorters. When processing...
Fiberight Coastal Resources of Maine Refinery
CP Group designed and installed the front end MSW recovery system for Fiberight’s innovative Coastal Resources of Maine refinery. This is the practical application of over a decade of work by Fiberight's scientists and engineers to design, build, test and deliver...
CP Group Introduces the CP Anti-Wrap Screen™
Accurate newsprint and large fiber separation designed to reduced maintenance October 2, 2018--CP Group announces the CP Anti-Wrap Screen™, the recycling manufacturer’s second new screen of 2018. The CP Anti-Wrap Screen™ accurately separates newsprint and large fiber...
CP Group Breaks Ground on Fiberight Facility
CP Providing Front-End Solution to State-of-the-art MSW Refinery Earlier this summer, CP Group broke ground on the installation of the advanced material recovery facility that will be the front-end system for Fiberight’s waste processing and refining facility....
Fiberight, CP Group CEOs: Why new Maine project is built for this market moment
Article published in Waste Dive, June 25, 2018 After years of debate, fundraising, competition and a winter construction delay, a unique new project is quickly taking shape in northern Maine that its creators say may be coming at just the right time. In the years...
Future-Proofing the MRF with FiberMax
MSS FiberMax™ optical sorter cuts costs while handling challenging materials and optimizing output quality (article published in Recycling Product News, April 2018) MSS, Inc., part of the CP Group and based in Nashville, Tennessee, is in the process of supplying a...
CP Group to Provide Advanced Recovery Facility for Fiberight
Fiberight to construct state-of-the-art MSW refinery April 18, 2018, HAMPDEN, MAINE -- CP Group, based in San Diego, CA, will install an advanced material recovery facility and front-end system for Fiberight’s state-of-the-art waste processing facility. The...
CP Group introduces Auger Screen
The first true anti-wrapping, non-blinding screen sizes waste for many applications CP Group announces its newest screening technology, the CP Auger Screen™. This marks the industry’s first true anti-wrapping, non-blinding screen for material recovery...
Krause Manufacturing to design AI-powered robotic waste sorting system
Plexus Recycling Technologies commissioned to install system for C&D sorting San Jose-based Zanker Recycling, a national leader in construction and demolition (C&D) materials processing systems and recycling, has announced that its awarding a contract...
MSS Announces the Next Generation of Metal Recovery Technology
New MapLine™ Algorithm Improves Material Targeting Nashville, TN (September 5, 2017) – MSS, Inc., the optical sorter division of CP Group, introduces MetalMiner™, the next generation of induction-based true all-metal detectors. MSS has designed and built...
Education and Contamination
From the article "Depending on the Variables," published in Recycling Today, July 3, 2017 While optical sorters commonly are used to sort paper in material recovery facilities (MRFs) that handle single-stream commercial material, their use on residential fiber sort...
Mid Valley Disposal Partners with CP Group to Open 35 TPH System
Technologically Advanced Single Stream and Commercial Recycling System FRESNO, CA (May 31, 2016) – Mid Valley Disposal, a family owned recycling and hauling company, announces the grand re-opening of its Mid Valley Disposal Elm MRF in Fresno, California....
City of Buenos Aires Partners with CP Group to Open Single Stream Recycling System
System is Most Modern Recycling Facility in the Country of Argentina The City of Buenos Aires, in partnership with San Diego-based CP Group, opened the most advanced recycling system in the country of Argentina. The new 10 TPH residential single stream...
CP Group Unveils Virtual MRF at Waste Expo
Allows users to walk through full recycling systems using virtual reality SAN DIEGO, CA (May 9, 2017) – CP Group, recycling solutions provider and equipment manufacturer based in San Diego, CA, unveil the Virtual MRF today at Waste Expo in New Orleans, LA. The...
CP Manufacturing celebrates 40 years of excellence in the recycling industry
CP Manufacturing, headquartered in San Diego, CA is proud to celebrate 40 years of supplying equipment and processing solutions to the recycling industry. “At CP Manufacturing, we’ve always been driven by the simple goal of providing high-performance recycling...
Republic Services Celebrates Earth Day in Sonoma County with Enhancements to Recycling Capabilities
New Advanced Sorting System Brings Increased Recycling Capability to Region SONOMA COUNTY, Calif. (April 19, 2017) – Republic Services celebrated its enhanced recycling facility today that will enable Sonoma County to achieve their sustainability goals for years to...
Waste Pro Opens New MRF in Manatee County, Fla.
The facility originally opened in 2008 after a major renovation. Waste Pro opened a new 14,000-sq.-ft. material recovery facility at its regional operations center in Sarasota, Fla. “Waste Pro’s expansion is a wonderful addition to the southern end of Manatee County,”...
CP Group Teams Up with RMG, a Local San Diego MRF Operator
High-tech, High-efficiency 15 TPH Commercial Single Stream Recycling System SAN DIEGO, CA (January 30, 2017) – Resource Management Group (RMG), a San Diego-based materials management and recycling services provider, recently opened a new material recovery facility...
MSS Optical Sorters Updates Wire and Color Sorting Technologies
L-VIS® Optical Sorter Receives Upgrade with ColorMask™ and WireHawk™ Technologies Nashville, TN (September 20, 2016) – MSS, Inc., the optical sorter division of the CP Group, is introducing two technology updates for its L-VIS® high-resolution color and shape...
CP Group supplies system to award-winning MRF
For the third consecutive year, a facility with a CP Group system has received a SWANA Gold Award. SAN DIEGO, CA (August 3, 2016) – For the third year in a row, the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) has awarded the Gold Excellence Award in the Recycling...
Scott County, IA partners with CP Group to Install Single Stream MRF
Facility was redesigned to process single-stream recyclables. The Scott Area Recycling Center, Davenport, Iowa, recently hosted a grand reopening of its material recovery facility (MRF), which was updated earlier this year to process singe-stream recyclables. The MRF,...
Right Away Disposal partners with CP Group, Opens Single Stream Recycling System
10 TPH Single Stream Curbside Residential System APACHE JUNCTION, AZ (July 27, 2016) – Right Away Disposal, an Arizona-based, locally owned and operated waste and recycling provider, recently opened a new McMRF®, a small material recovery facility (MRF) provided CP...
CP Group director of sales and marketing receives 40 Under 40 award
Ashley Davis, director of sales and marketing for CP Group, San Diego, has been recognized with a place on Waste360’s first annual 40 Under 40 awards list, which the publication says showcases the next generation of leaders in the waste and recycling space who are...
CP Group Exhibits First-Ever “MRF Booth” at Waste Expo
Exhibit built by CP to introduce new disc, showcase live screen demo and full size CPScreen™ San Diego, CA—CP Group of Companies will exhibit an innovative booth made entirely of MRF equipment at Waste Expo, booth #2247, in Las Vegas, Nevada. The booth is a two-story...
Equipment Innovations Give a Big Boost to Plastics Recycling
(This article originally appeared in the April 2016 edition of Plastics Engineering. Click here to read the original article.) EQUIPMENT INNOVATIONS GIVE A BIG BOOST TO PLASTICS RECYCLING From technology upgrades to equipment that deals with mounting problems with...
Lessons Learned Operating Las Vegas’ New Massive MRF
"Lessons Learned Operating Las Vegas’ New Massive MRF" was published as a feature article on April 15, 2016 on Waste360.com. Read the original article here: http://waste360.com/mrfs/lessons-learned-operating-las-vegas-new-massive-mrf It’s been five months since the...
MSS CIRRUS optical sorter achieves high score in independent study of shrink-sleeved PET bottles
MSS Inc., a world leading manufacturer of optical sorting equipment, recently achieved the highest average sorting performance against five competitors, in an independent study. The results of this study were presented at the APR Technical Forum in New Orleans,...
CP Group featured as MRF of the Month in Industry Publication
CP Group's "largest and smartest recycling system in North America" is featured in the March 2016 issue of Resource Recycling. Click here to view the PDF. Read full text below. Full Text from Resource Recycling, March 2016: In a region built on gambling, Republic...
Scott County, IA partners with CP Group to Install Single Stream MRF
Replaces dual stream system to increase recovery of recyclables & reduce waste to landfill Davenport, Iowa—Waste Commission of Scott County, Iowa (WCSC) partners with CP Group to decommission its existing dual stream recycling system and install a new single...
Largest and Smartest Residential Recycling Center in North America
CP Group Technology Featured in Republic Services’ new Largest and Smartest Residential Recycling Center in North America A look at the sophisticated technology inside the facility Las Vegas, NV, (January 5, 2016) – CP Group, in partnership with Republic Services,...
IMS Recycling MRF featured on NBC 7 news in San Diego
CP Group's sister company, IMS Recycling, featured on San Diego local news. NBC 7's Dagmar Midcap investigates this single stream recovery facility.
Bay Counties Retrofits Sunnyvale, CA, Mixed Waste MRF
New Equipment Improves Recovery of Aluminum, PET, and Organics Sunnyvale, CA—Bay Counties Waste Services (BCWS) of Sunnyvale, CA, retrofitted the Sunnyvale Materials Recovery and Transfer (SMaRT) Station’s MSW system. The MRF was...
Dem-Con MRF wins Gold Excellence Award in Recycling
CP Group is pleased to announce that our Dem-Con MRF has been awarded the gold medal in the 2015 SWANA (Solid Waste Association of North America)Excellence Awards in Recycling Systems. DemCon’s single stream MRF in Shakopee, MN, is one of the largest systems of its...
PVT Land, Co system wins Silver Excellence Award in Recycling
CP Group is pleased to announce that the CP-built system owned by PVT Land, Co system has been awarded the silver medal in the 2015 SWANA (Solid Waste Association of North America) Excellence Awards in Recycling Systems. The C&D waste to-energy facility in...
Burlington County celebrates grand opening of new single-stream recycling system
At a rate of 35 tons per hour, the system provides a more efficient recycling process for 162,000 households in Burlington County while employing individuals with disabilities MOUNT HOLLY, N.J. (April 28, 2015) –The Occupational Training Center (OTC) and Burlington...
PVT Land Co. to turn C&D debris into renewable fuel
PVT Land Co., a landfill based in Nanakuli, Hawaii, has dedicated a new reclamation and recycling system for demolition debris. The system, designed and installed by San Diego-based CP Group, was introduced to state and city dignitaries and community leaders at...
Republic Services to Build the Nation’s Largest Residential Recycling Complex
The Southern Nevada Recycling Complex will Feature an Interactive Learning Center LAS VEGAS (Nov. 6, 2014) - Republic Services, Inc. (NYSE: RSG) announced today that its subsidiary Republic Silver State Disposal, Inc. has started construction on a new recycling...
Terry Schneider named Chief Executive Officer of CP Global
Former CEO Bob Davis named Chairman of the Board San Diego, CA (Oct. 28, 2014) – CP Global, the umbrella brand and parent company for CP Group (CP Manufacturing, Krause Manufacturing, MSS, and Advanced MRF), IMS Electronics, IMS Recycling, and Handy Metal Mart, has...
CP’s parent brand identity changes
IMS Group rebrands as CP Global CP Group’s parent company announces new name and logo SAN DIEGO, CA (Sept. 9, 2014) – CP Global, the umbrella brand for CP Group (CP Manufacturing, Krause Manufacturing, MSS, and Advanced MRF), IMS Electronics, IMS Recycling, and...
Advance Disposal Co. opens 50tph MSW MRF in California
CP Group upgrades existing MSW MRF HESPERIA, CA, August 27, 2014 – Advance Disposal Company, Inc., a privately owned hauler and MRF operator in Southern California, reopened their newly upgraded MSW MRF featuring equipment and design by CP Group .The grand opening...
North Texas Recycling Complex Earns Top Industry Award for Recycling Excellence
Winner of Solid Waste Association of North America’s Gold Award GRAPEVINE, Texas (Aug. 26, 2014) - Republic Services’ North Texas Recycling Complex was named winner today of the Solid Waste Association of North America’s Gold Award for Recycling Excellence. The Award...
Dem-Con featured in Recycling Today, August 2014
The forward-thinking approach of Dem-Con Cos.’ management has allowed it to incorporate single-stream recycling into an already extensive integrated waste management campus in Minnesota. Dem-Con selected the CP because the U.S.-based company rated...
Avis Industrial Acquires IPS Balers from CP Manufacturing
Avis and CP Group form strategic international distributorship UPLAND, Ind., August 4, 2014 -- Avis Industrial Corporation, a privately-held company with ten subsidiaries throughout the United States, Canada and Mexico, announces the acquisition of IPS Balers,...
Dem-Con starts up New 20TPH Single Stream Facility in Shakopee, MN
Dem-Con Companies teamed up with San Diego-based CP Group to custom design and install a new 20 tons per hour single stream material recovery facility in Shakopee, MN. The new material recovery facility began operating in November of 2013 and serves the Twin...
Lorain Recycling Complex Hosts Open House
Source: Recycling Today Republic Services Inc., based in Phoenix, hosted an open house Sept. 17, 2013 at its Lorain County Resource Recovery Complex in Oberlin to showcase its recent investment in upgraded processing technology at the facility. The company says the...
Republic Services Opens MRF in Texas
Source: Recycling Today Republic Services Inc., a Phoenix-based waste management and recycling company, has officially dedicated its newest material recovery facility in Fort Worth, Tex. The 90,000-square foot facility will service customers in Dallas, Denton, Parker...
Recycling Capacity Tripled at Northeast Ohio Materials Recovery Facility
The CP Group technology upgrades at the Lorain County Resource Recovery Complex have contributed to an increased recovery rate of recycled materials since March. OBERLIN, Ohio. – August 6, 2013 /PRNEWSWIRE/ - The CP Group technology upgrades at the Lorain County...
CP Group Earns MRF of the Month with ReCommunity Memphis
Source: Resource Recycling The City of Memphis, known as the final resting place of the King of Rock and Roll, the home of Sun Studios and Stax Records, as well as savory southern cooking, is also the home to Resource Recycling’s July 2013 MRF of the month....
CP Group Earns MRF of the Month with Burrtec Victor Valley
Source: Resource Recycling Located in southwestern San Bernadino County at the southwestern edge of the Mojave Desert, Victorville, California is known as the “Key City of High Desert.” During the Gold Rush, the town provided shelter and supplies for travelers making...
ReCommunity Memphis Reopens MRF – Converted to Single Stream
ReCommunity and CP Group retrofitted Memphis MRF to single stream May 31, 2013 ReCommunity, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., converted its dual stream MRF in Memphis, TN, to a single-stream recycling facility. The largest pure-play recycler in the United States,...
CP Earns MRF of the Month with ReCommunity Tucson
Source: Resource Recycling Just 60 miles north of the Mexico-U.S. border, the metropolitan area of Tuscon, Arizona is home to just under 1 million residents. And, located just outside of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, south of downtown, is also the city’s newest...
CP Group Earns MRF of the Month with Casella Rutland
Source: Resource Recycling Located roughly in the middle of the Green Mountain State, 45 miles west of New Hampshire and 20 miles east of New York state, Rutland, Vermont is also home not only to the Casella Zero-Sort Recycling Facility upgraded just over a year ago,...
The CP Group Re-Introduces the McMRF™
The McMRF™ has been redesigned to process single stream materials at 10TPH January 16, 2013 The CP Group, headquartered in San Diego, CA, is reintroducing the McMRF™. The McMRF™ is designed to handle, process, and separate single stream materials at approximately...
CP Group appoints Jarshire to represent in UK and European Market
December 19, 2012 The CP Group, San Diego, CA, and Jarshire, UK, announce their partnership with Jarshire, who will represent the CP Group in the United Kingdom and Europe, along with CPME, CP’s UK branch. “As what has been seen as huge vote of confidence in our...
CP Manufacturing Relocates to a Newer and Larger Facility
CP plant expanding from a 50,000 sq. ft. facility to a 120,000 sq. ft. facility October 11, 2012 CP Manufacturing, San Diego, CA is proud to announce they are moving their offices and manufacturing plant to a new location and will begin operating at the new facility...
CP Group Appoints New President and COO
Terry Schneider Assumes Position as President and COO of the CP Group’s 5 Companies October 2, 2012 The CP Group, headquartered in San Diego, CA is proud to announce that Terry Schneider, former Director of Post Collections at Republic Services, is the company’s new...
ReCommunity and CP Group Tucson MRF now in Full Operation
New 25TPH Facility to Serve the Greater Tucson Area August 1, 2012 ReCommunity, headquartered in Charlotte, N.C., has started up its Tucson, AZ, 25 tons-per-hour residential recycling system. The new recycling facility was designed, manufactured and installed by the...
The CP Group Introduces and Releases a New Logo
New Logo Released to Represent the CP Group’s Growth and Strength as a Team June 19, 2012 The CP Group, headquartered in San Diego, CA, is proud to introduce the release of their new logo. The CP Group entity was formed in 2003 when CP Manufacturing acquired MSS....
Recycling Systems are Getting Smarter, the CP Group is Pioneering the Intelligence
The CP Group announces the release of the i-MRF™ May 15, 2012 The CP Group, San Diego, CA, is proud to announce the release of their newest software intelligence that is making material recovery facilities (MRF) “smarter”. The CP Group designs, manufactures and...
CP Group Installs 25TPH MRF for ReCommunity
CP Group Built and Installed 25tph MRF for ReCommunity in Beacon, NY May 11, 2012 The CP Group, headquartered in San Diego, CA, has designed, manufactured and installed a new single stream recycling facility in Beacon, NY. The facility, built for ReCommunity, began...
CP Group Earns MRF of the Month with ReCommunity Beacon
ReCommunity Beacon Source: Resource Recycling Located just 90 miles south Albany, Beacon, New York was once known as the “Hat-Making Capital of the U.S.,” with nearly 500 hat factories operating inside the city’s borders at one time. While those hat factories are...
CP Group Earns MRF of the Month with ReCommunity Beacon
ReCommunity Beacon Source: Resource Recycling Located just 90 miles south Albany, Beacon, New York was once known as the “Hat-Making Capital of the U.S.,” with nearly 500 hat factories operating inside the city’s borders at one time. While those hat factories are...
CP Manufacturing Celebrates 35 Years of Excellence in the Recycling Industry
Manufacturing Recycling Equipment Since 1977 April 6, 2012 CP Manufacturing, headquartered in San Diego, CA is proud to announce the celebration of their 35 year anniversary this year. CP has been supplying equipment to the recycling industry since 1977. CP’s...
CP Group Earns MRF of the Month with Advanced Disposal GA
Advanced Disposal Recycling Services Source: Resource Recycling Serving metro Atlanta and located in Forsyth County, Georgia, one of the fastest growing areas in the U.S., the brand-new materials recovery facility in Alphretta is the 10th for Advanced Disposal, which...
CP Group Earns MRF of the Month with Advanced Disposal GA
Advanced Disposal Recycling Services Source: Resource Recycling Serving metro Atlanta and located in Forsyth County, Georgia, one of the fastest growing areas in the U.S., the brand-new materials recovery facility in Alphretta is the 10th for Advanced Disposal, which...
CP Group Grand Opening of Wilco Recycling Single Stream System
CP Group installs 20TPH System in Taylor, TX November 18, 2011 The CP Group, based in San Diego, CA, designed, manufactured and installed the highly automated 20 TPH single stream system for Wilco Recycling in Taylor, Texas. Wilco Recycling is locally owned and...
