PADNOS in the Press

New Material

•   PADNOS announces acquisition of Saginaw-based scrap metal center – August, 21, 2022 https://www.hollandsentinel.com/story/business/2022/08/21/padnos-announces-acquisition-of-saginaw-based-b-clinkston-and-sons/65410214007/
• The Right Place assists PADNOS with Wyoming Expansion – January 18, 2022 PADNOS to add 50 jobs and invest $6.6 million in upcoming expansion
• Jeff Padnos guest stars on The Wow Factor podcast with Brad Formsma – August 27, 2021 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-wow-factor/id1492770526?i=1000533082195 –
• Eastman announces project with USAMP and PADNOS for fully circular recycling study in automotive market – July 20, 2021 https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/eastman-announces-project-with-usamp-and-padnos-for-fully-circular-recycling-study-in-automotive-market-301336597.html
• Get to know Shelley Padnos, Recipient of ISRI’s 2021 Lifetime Achievement Award – March 31, 2021 https://www.scrap.org/get-to-know-shelley-padnos-recipient-of-isris-2021-lifetime-achievement-award/
• Prominent West Michigan businessman, philanthropist dies at 99 – Brian McVicar – July 10, 2020 https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/07/prominent-west-michigan-businessman-philanthropist-dies-at-99.html
• GVSU joins West Michigan in mourning death of Seymour Padnos, engineering and science leader – July 9, 2020 https://www.gvsu.edu/gvnext/2020/gvsu-joins-west-michigan-in-mourning-death-of-11612.htm
• Mlive – Metal recycling business starts temp agency to help keep its workers employed – Melissa Frick, April 30, 2020 https://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/2020/04/metal-recycling-business-starts-temp-agency-to-help-keep-its-workers-employed.html

Old Stampings

• MiBiz – PADNOS acquires Regal Recyling – July 1, 2019 https://mibiz.com/sections/manufacturing/padnos-acquires-regal-recycling 
• Rapid Growth Media  – Grand Rapids has a plastic problem, and here’s who’s helping fix it – Matthew Russell, October 18th, 2018 http://www.rapidgrowthmedia.com/features/UIX_Plastic_Innovation_10182018.aspx
• The WGVU Morning Show  – “Sustainable Community Voices” – Shelley Irwin, September 19, 2018 http://www.wgvunews.org/post/sustainable-community-voices-26
• USA Today: How these scrap yards found themselves on front lines of the US-China Trade War – By: Susan Tompor, August 24, 2018 https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/nation-now/2018/08/24/trade-war-us-china-trump/1083310002/ 
• Crain’s Detroit – GLR Advanced Recycling enters JV agreement with PADNOS – August 17, 2018 https://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20180817/news/668736/glr-advanced-recycling-enters-jv-agreement-with-padnos
• NPR: China’s Retaliatory Tariffs Hit Small Recycling Business – Heard on All Things Considered with Michel Martin – July 7, 2018 https://www.npr.org/2018/07/07/626929890/chinas-retaliatory-tariffs-hit-small-recycling-business 
• CNN: Some Michigan Businesses Feel Tariffs Squeeze – with Kristen Holmes – June 29, 2018 https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/06/29/some-michigan-businesses-feel-tariffs-squeeze.cnn
• NPR: How A Small Business Is Handling Steel Tariffs – Heard on Weekend Edition Saturday with Scott Simon – June 23, 2018 https://www.npr.org/2018/06/23/622795492/how-a-small-business-is-handling-steel-tariffs
• Popular Science: In photos: A car’s journey from trash heap to brand-new engine – By: Rob Verger – June 11, 2018 https://www.popsci.com/junkyard-cars-recycling-photos
• Holland Sentinel: Impacts of steel and aluminum tariffs already felt in West Michigan – By: Jake Allen and Austin Metz – June 10, 2018 http://www.hollandsentinel.com/news/20180610/impacts-of-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-already-felt-in-west-michigan
• Recycling Today: PADNOS Facility earns R2/RIOS Certification – Edited by DeAnne Toto – April 30, 2018 http://www.recyclingtoday.com/article/padnos-erecycling-facility-wyoming-michigan-r2-rios-certified/
• Forbes: The Secret Behind One Company’s Improbable 30-Year Productivity Boom – By: Mary Josephs – November 11, 2016 https://www.forbes.com/sites/maryjosephs/2016/11/11/the-secret-behind-one-companys-improbable-30-year-productivity-boom/#14dfd727499e
• New York Times: Family Hands Off Its Business, and Its Philosophy – By: Jeff Bailey – February 24, 2007 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/24/business/24handoff.html