EDGE Innovate – The ‘Go-to’ for Trommel Screens

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When Henry started this business more than four decades ago, he bagged all of his products by hand. Today, Viramontes Express owns a fleet of walking floor trailers, transfers trucks, roll-off trucks, horizontal grinders, tub grinders, trommel screens, and stacking conveyors. The company owns and operates from its own land in the Chino area of Riverside County and provides wood products throughout the Pacific Coast.

Viramontes Express is at its core a small family-owned business with traditional American values of hard work, personal responsibility, and perseverance. “We’re very proud of him,” said Henry’s daughter Suzana who helps drive the direction of the company today. “He built this from a truck and a trailer to being what it is today.” Helping the Viramontes family business achieve consistent growth since the 1970s has been the repeated investment in the most productive equipment available for the particular sector of the business in need.

HIGH CAPCITY TROMMEL SCREENS

The screening operation of the company is critical to the production of the many soil amendment products Viramontes Express makes. To achieve reliability and consistency in this sector of their business, they choose to use multiple EDGE Tracked Trommel Screens (currently 5 in their fleet). Steven Viramontes who is in charge of Operations said,

“We’ve had lots of different branded screens over the years, but out of all of them the EDGE is by far our favourite. EDGE is our ‘go-to’ for screens.”

They pair their screens with the EDGE Stockpiler range also to reduce unnecessary movement on site, ultimately furthering their goal of maximizing production.

Viramontes purchased their first EDGE screen in 2016 after meeting with the local dealer Greenrock Equipment.  Suzana said on the whole process with Greenrock, “When we first demonstrated the EDGE trommel screen, both Shea and John visited our site where they took us through the workings of the equipment. We were really impressed with the screen and the entire sales process. Everything about the equipment, from the price to the quality, is great and the customer service provided by GreenRock Equipment has been awesome, and continues to be so, which is why we had no hesitation in adding more EDGE screens to our operation.

SUPERIOR SUPPORT FROM GREENROCK & EDGE

Greenrock Equipment was formed in 2015 with the intention of providing superior customer service to the growing Organics Materials Recycling Industry in the US West Coast market. Both the company’s founders John Connolly & Shea McKiver come from an engineering background and their focus has been on improving the efficiency of their customer’s operations while keeping the uptime of the equipment high. Greenrock now has a large stock of spare parts, service capabilities throughout the state and holds a stock of over 25 machines at all times.

John Connolly said: “We want to bring value to our customers, who range from family businesses to multinational corporations. Greenrock aligns itself with the mentality of Henry Viramontes that hard work is the only sustainable way to help you grow. We work hard for our customers and if our goals are in alignment with the people we do business with, we all make money together allowing us to raise the next generation with the same values.”

ORGANIC RECYCLING EQUIPMENT FROM EDGE INNOVATE 

On the EDGE equipment, Greenrock owner Shea McKiver said, “We supply the full range of EDGE  Waste Shredders, Screeners, Sorting Equipment, and Stackers. Our focus on uptime of equipment is made a lot easier by the direct line of help we have at the factory in Ireland. EDGE has been a fantastic partner for us since we formed 8 years ago and we look forward to growing our business along with them over the coming years.”

SATISFYING  THE GROWING DEMAND FROM THE  ORGANIC WASTE SECTOR

Viramontes and Greenrock are positioned well going in to the future to help in satisfying the California state governments SB-1383 legislation. Material inflow has increased, fuelling demand for further investment in Greenrock’s equipment. SB 1383 set a statewide goal to divert organics from landfills and mandated jurisdictions to develop organics recycling programs to meet this goal.

Commenting on the US West Coast market, Darragh Cullen, EDGE Innovate Managing Director, said: “With John & Shea, we have two hard working, self starting & family oriented individuals who are motivated to help their customers navigate the ever evolving business and legislative landscape in California. They have built a loyal customer base in the organics industry there and we have no doubt that they can further develop this to align with the states SB1383 recycling goals. We will continue to invest whatever we need to support Greenrock Equipment and the West Coast market.”

Henry Viramontes’ journey from rags to riches is a classic story of how the American Dream is possible and achievable if a person stays true to their honesty of  hard work ethics and family values. He continues to work daily, providing leadership and direction to everyone he interacts with and has grown something that will live on for generations to come, Viramontes Express.

ABOUT EDGE INNOVATE

EDGE Innovate develops, manufacturers and markets sophisticated technologies for shredding, stacking, screening and sorting of primary and secondary raw materials in production processes and recycling. Our Material handling and recycling range is made up of reliable, durable and cost saving products with a wide range of mobile stockpilers, tracked stackers, tracked and mobile feeders, trommels, slow-speed waste shredders, picking stations, material classifiers, roll-sizers and truck off-loaders. Our product range allows our customers; to shred, screen, separate, stockpile and size a vast array of materials

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