Wednesday, May 14, 2008
SAMR Receives the 2008 Silver Gull Award for Economic Development
The MODC (Monmouth Ocean Development Council), Wall, N.J., has awarded, SAMR (Supreme Asset Management & Recovery) its 2008 Economic Development Award for SAMR’s exceptional contribution to the growth and development of the business community in Monmouth and Ocean counties.
SAMR recycles and remarkets all electronics, such as computers, laptops, monitors, printers, i-Pods, cell phones, TV’s, VCRs, and batteries, among others, for corporations, businesses, and municipalities; and keeps electronics out of landfills where the toxic elements in them can seep into the ground and the water supply.
The management of SAMR contributes to the education of businessmen and community leaders by being a recycling resource and by speaking at conferences. Charles McFadden, vice president of business development, is frequently quoted for his expertise in RFID technology, and glass-to-glass and electronics recycling.
Eighteen years ago, SAMR employed eight people in a 10,000 square foot facility. Today SAMR occupies a 100,000 square foot building at 1950 Rutgers University Boulevard, Lakewood, N.J., and employs 150 people. SAMR is now considered the largest fully licensed American IT asset management company on the East Coast and the largest CRT glass-to-glass recycler in the country, with locations in three states: Lakewood, N.J., Richmond, Va., and Shirley, Mass.
As a leader and an environmentally responsible company committed to keeping the environment safe from toxins generated by e-waste, SAMR maintains a zero landfill policy. In addition, SAMR also guarantees the complete erasure of hard drives and total IT security.
As a public service, SAMR and its staff participate in events to educate the community about recycling electronics. The company holds two recycling events a year during which New Jersey communities are encouraged to donate their “old” electronics. SAMR provides the labor, the transportation, the packaging, and the recycling of all equipment.
SAMR gives tours of its facility, including the recycling process, to the public and hosts a quarterly tour for Rutgers University students seeking to become recycling coordinators for their towns. SAMR also assists townships and governments in their recycling efforts.
Senator Robert W. Singer, co-chair of MODC’s Silver Gull award ceremony who presented the 2008 Silver Gull Award for Economic Development among other governmental citations to Al Boufarah, president and CEO of SAMR, and Brianne Douglas, director of asset management, said, “This award is in recognition of your outstanding and invaluable service to the community. It is really an eye opening factor that this facility exists in our town of Lakewood and does such a phenomenal job.”
“Every community should be blessed to have a company like Supreme Asset Management & Recovery in their town,” said the Honorable Raymond Coles, Mayor of Lakewood. “It’s (SAMR) an incredible organization not only because they do so much to protect us and our children from a lot of the waste products that are just the byproducts of our lives today, but because they are such great people. There’s not an organization in town that has come to them for help that has been turned away.”
Submitted by Fran Kirschner, Frantasy Enterprises
SAMR recycles and remarkets all electronics, such as computers, laptops, monitors, printers, i-Pods, cell phones, TV’s, VCRs, and batteries, among others, for corporations, businesses, and municipalities; and keeps electronics out of landfills where the toxic elements in them can seep into the ground and the water supply.
The management of SAMR contributes to the education of businessmen and community leaders by being a recycling resource and by speaking at conferences. Charles McFadden, vice president of business development, is frequently quoted for his expertise in RFID technology, and glass-to-glass and electronics recycling.
Eighteen years ago, SAMR employed eight people in a 10,000 square foot facility. Today SAMR occupies a 100,000 square foot building at 1950 Rutgers University Boulevard, Lakewood, N.J., and employs 150 people. SAMR is now considered the largest fully licensed American IT asset management company on the East Coast and the largest CRT glass-to-glass recycler in the country, with locations in three states: Lakewood, N.J., Richmond, Va., and Shirley, Mass.
As a leader and an environmentally responsible company committed to keeping the environment safe from toxins generated by e-waste, SAMR maintains a zero landfill policy. In addition, SAMR also guarantees the complete erasure of hard drives and total IT security.
As a public service, SAMR and its staff participate in events to educate the community about recycling electronics. The company holds two recycling events a year during which New Jersey communities are encouraged to donate their “old” electronics. SAMR provides the labor, the transportation, the packaging, and the recycling of all equipment.
SAMR gives tours of its facility, including the recycling process, to the public and hosts a quarterly tour for Rutgers University students seeking to become recycling coordinators for their towns. SAMR also assists townships and governments in their recycling efforts.
Senator Robert W. Singer, co-chair of MODC’s Silver Gull award ceremony who presented the 2008 Silver Gull Award for Economic Development among other governmental citations to Al Boufarah, president and CEO of SAMR, and Brianne Douglas, director of asset management, said, “This award is in recognition of your outstanding and invaluable service to the community. It is really an eye opening factor that this facility exists in our town of Lakewood and does such a phenomenal job.”
“Every community should be blessed to have a company like Supreme Asset Management & Recovery in their town,” said the Honorable Raymond Coles, Mayor of Lakewood. “It’s (SAMR) an incredible organization not only because they do so much to protect us and our children from a lot of the waste products that are just the byproducts of our lives today, but because they are such great people. There’s not an organization in town that has come to them for help that has been turned away.”
Submitted by Fran Kirschner, Frantasy Enterprises
