BANO’S STALLION A THOROUGHBRED FOR SCRAP METAL Since installing the preshredder at its Pennsylvania facility, Mazza Iron & Steel has increased throughput for its high-speed shredder while saving time and money on maintenance, electricity and more. airless Hills, Pennsylvania-based metals recycler and exporter Mazza Iron & Steel is a family-owned business that began operations 35 years ago, but only recently made a key addition to its shredding facility. In June, it turned on a Bano Recycling Stallion 2500 preshredder for the first time. “It’s the first one in our history of being in the scrap business,” company co-owner Tom Mazza says. Mazza Iron & Steel has a shredder facility and a dock facility encompassing 23 total acres. The company currently provides recycled metal export services to the states of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The company says its mantra is to “always stay sharp and competitive, using cutting-edge technology and global positioning to provide competitive pricing and unsurpassed customer service.” Staying sharp and competitive meant adding a preshredder to its host of equipment. “We’d been considering [a preshredder] for several years,” says

I WATCHED IT GET BUILT FROM DAY ONE, FROM A PIECE OF FLAT STEEL ALL THE WAY TO DELIVERY TO RUNNING IT. I VISITED THE SHOP AT LEAST TWICE WHILE THEY WERE MANUFACTURING IT. THE WELDERS AND THE MACHINISTS ARE ALL CLASS-A GUYS. THE POWER PACK GUYS, THE HYDRAULIC GUYS ARE ALL CLASS-A. THEY ACTUALLY PUT IT TOGETHER IN FOUR DAYS AND GOT IT RUNNING AND WE HAVEN’T HAD A BLIP SINCE.” —Tom Mazza, co-owner, Mazza Iron & Steel Mazza, who operates the business along with his brother, Mike Mazza. “It basically takes away the grunt work from a highspeed shredder by prepping the material to an 18-inch-by-30-inch...