, Galion, Ohio, has announced Greg Spina has been named vice president, sales and marketing. Spina has extensive experience in multifaceted capacities with numerous manufacturers of mining and aggregate crushing equipment, says the company. Spina’s diverse experience includes product innovation, direct sales, sales and marketing management, promotion of new equipment lines, dealer network establishment, global expansion, procedural development, purchasing and customer service, the company adds. Susanne Cobey, Eagle Crusher president, says, “Greg’s broad depth of knowledge, immense energy, and extreme enthusiasm to grow businesses, combined with his wide range of experience, made him the ideal choice for the position.” Spina, a graduate of Indiana University Bloomington, holds a B.S. from the School of Public and Environmental Affairs and brings a what the company describes as a highly relevant and unique perspective to Eagle Crusher in light of the crushing industry’s current emphasis on recycling. Eagle Crusher Co. manufactures a complete line of heavy-duty impact crushers, portable crushing and screening plants, jaw crushers and conveyors for the recycle and aggregate markets.
The California Biomass Energy Alliance (CBEA) has praised new legislation passed in the state that will require the use of biomass by utilities. With six biomass plants shut down in the past 24 months, the biomass industry has lost momentum competing for utility business against cheaper, incentivised renewables such as solar and wind energy. The California Senate Bill 859 requires the state’s largest utilities to purchase 125MW of biomass power from hazardous forested zones, which would otherwise go to landfill, and the California Public Utilities Commission also stipulated that the three largest investor-owned utilities must procure an additional 50MW of biomass power.