By Eric OlsenCEG CORRESPONDENTTo Kim Markham’s way of thinking, the

Sennebogen 825 material handler he ownshas been a dynamic addition to his company.Markham’s firm, Asheboro Recycling

Center (ARC), located on Southmont Driveon the south side of Asheboro, N.C., is a one-stop shop for the buying, processing andselling of recyclables.The company handles recyclable materi-

als from the city of Asheboro and RandolphCounty, as well as most of the businessesand manufacturers in the area.As a result, ARC does about $11 million

in sales each year.But despite that success, Markham was

initially very reluctant to invest in the newSennebogen rubber-tired handler in late2011 when the need came up for his compa-ny to purchase a new machine.“I was scared to death, to be honest with

you, on purchasing this material handler,”said Markham. “I really couldn’t afford to

buy it, but once I learned the value it couldgive us, I decided to do it.”The initial value came when Markham

researched several material handlers madeby different companies, including theGerman-based Sennebogen.After seeing a Sennebogen 825 operate at

another business and talking to its operator,Markham was impressed with the feedbackhe was getting on the machine. In addition,he liked the fact that the company had itsNorth American headquarters and a 100,000sq. ft. (9,290 sq m) parts warehouse inCharlotte, only about an hour away.“That was huge for us,” he said. “With my

business located in central North Carolinaand Sennebogen located in the Charlottearea, we felt that it was too good to pass up.”In addition, Markham appreciated the

hand-in-glove relationship that Sennebogenhas with ASC Construction Equipment USAInc., the Charlotte-based dealership fromwhich he purchased the 825 material han-

Sennebogen Has Enough Mettle to Handle Asheboro’s MetalRob Jordan (L) of ASC

ConstructionEquipment and Kim

Markham, ownerof Asheboro

Recycling Center,discuss the pro-ductivity of the

Sennebogen825.

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see ASHEBORO page 46

A worker uses the Sennebogen 825 to pick up another load of scrap.