Investment Recovery: The State of the Surplus Industry
President's Message. Happy New Decade!
Remember all the fuss (and expense) over Y2K? Yet for all the media
frenzy at the end of 1999, I don’t recall even a single mention of Y2K
this time around as we
wrapped up the first decade of the 2000s, which is to
say that we tend to have a short memory of things past
and aren’t very good at predicting the future. But a
new decade gives us good reason to take a good look
at our industry, our association, our own company and
ourselves.
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The State Of the Surplus Industry Report The Good, the Bad and the Fragile President Obama has recently concluded his State of the Union address;
most governors have done the same for their respective states. So with
2010 still fresh on the calendar, we felt it would be appropriate to see
what the members and associate members think of the past and future
of investment recovery and the surplus industry. Short answer?
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Best Practices For Safe, Effective and Environmentally Friendly Disposition
A difficult economy, improved technologies and changes in environmental regulations
are forcing the closure of outdated manufacturing plants and major process lines.Overall, the closure process can be roughly divided into three major categories: Human
Relations, Public Relations and Technical Issues.
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Member News: Utility Communication Goes (Radio)active Communication among utility members is quite active. In
some cases, even radioactive! Early in January, Jimmy Gray,
Investment Recovery Senior Analyst for Georgia Power
Company, posted a request on the Investment Recovery
Association website for some help to see if any utility company
members had any experience selling radiation contamination
equipment. The association office did two things to
get help the word out.
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