News & Announcements» October, 12 2012
Holland — The Holland Board of Public Works received the 2012 Neighborhood Environmental Partners (NEP) Program Award from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) in Lansing for the utility’s Recycle Rewards event.
» September, 10 2012
Holland, MI. An ArtPrize sculpture installed at Grand Valley State University pays tribute to the late Stuart Padnos, former senior vice president at Louis Padnos Iron and Metal Company, who died in April. The piece is located near the Blue Bridge, at the courtyard entrance to Grand Valley’s Eberhard Center, on the Pew Grand Rapids Campus.
» August, 24 2012
WYOMING, MI – Jeffrey Schram watched proudly Thursday as compressed natural gas flowed into one of his company’s semi-trucks during the grand opening of DTE Energy’s new fueling station.
» August, 23 2012
» August, 21 2012
In many ways, Louis Padnos was a man ahead of his time, when he began collecting & reselling scrap metals just after the turn of the century, in 1905. From those humble beginnings, Louis Padnos Iron & Metal, was founded. Today, it is one of one of the busiest recycling centers in Michigan.
» August, 19 2012
Holland, MI — Holland-based Padnos Iron & Metal Co. is now operating the largest solar energy installation in Michigan, a facility dedicated Monday, and a project that company President Jeff Padnos said makes sense economically and environmentally.
» August, 16 2012
Cascade Engineering, Grand Rapids, Mich., and Padnos Iron & Metal, a Michigan-based scrap recycling firm with 20 locations throughout the state, have jointly dedicated what Cascades calls the largest solar energy installation in Michigan at Padnos’ Wyoming, Mich., scrap metal facility.
» August, 11 2012
The installation of the largest solar-power site in Michigan gives Cascade Engineering a solid foundation on which to further build a fledgling business.
» August, 10 2012
Student Employment Services will hold its fourth annual Job Fair on March 17, 2010 from 9 a.m to 1 p.m. in the Applied Technology Center (ATC).
» January, 15 2012
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Grand Rapids Business Journal)- A solar energy system capable of generating up to 150 kilowatts of power is being dedicated at the Padnos Iron & Metal Co. metal recycling plant in Wyoming today.
» January, 14 2012
WYOMING -- Biting wind and blowing snow could not chill the fervor for solar power at Padnos Iron & Metal Co. recycling, where the state's largest solar-panel installation goes on line this week. Banks of solar panels -- 636 in all -- cover 15,000 square feet atop the Padnos recycling center at 500 44th St. SW.
» January, 11 2012
Holland, MI — Anyone emotionally attached to their recently swapped vehicle in the “cash for clunkers” program may want to skip the next few paragraphs.
» January, 10 2012
GRAND RAPIDS -- Gas-guzzling rust buckets are nothing new for West Michigan's scrap yards but, in just a week, Cash for Clunkers drove the junk car specialists into situations they never before imagined.
» January, 10 2012
WYOMING — Jeff Padnos always paid attention to the weather. Now, the weather pays him back.
