HGR Industrial Surplus
| ISIN | 🆔 |
|---|---|
| Industry | used equipment distributor |
| Founded 📆 | 1998 in Euclid, Ohio |
| Founder 👔 | Paul Betori |
| Headquarters 🏙️ | 20001 Euclid Avenue, Euclid, Ohio , United States |
Area served 🗺️ | Worldwide |
| Owners | Paul Betori, Brian Krueger, Ron Tiedman, Rick Affrica |
| Members | |
Number of employees | |
| 🌐 Website | https://www.hgrinc.com/ |
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HGR Industrial Surplus a company that serves as a conduit between customers looking for used manufacturing machinery and industrial equipment, and manufacturers looking to sell their used equipment. Manufacturers are able to recoup some portion of their initial capital investment and, in the process, re-use resources by putting equipment back into service, thereby keeping it out of landfills and aiding in asset recovery.[1] This process aids startup and smaller companies in the purchase of affordable equipment.[2]
History[edit]
The company was founded by Paul Betori in 1998. He named the company after a lyric in the Van Halen song "Unchained" that was playing in his living room as he was working on a business plan: "Change. Nothing stays the same. Unchained, yeah, you hit the ground running (HGR)." The company's tagline is, "We buy & sell everything."[3]
STE[A]M & Manufacturing[edit]
The company is a proponent of initiatives that encourage careers in manufacturing and science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) fields, as well as the arts, including sponsorship of the Euclid High School Robotics Club; a monthly column on manufacturing in The Euclid Observer and The Collinwood Observer; partnership with the Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network and Ingenuity Cleveland; an annual scholarship for students pursuing continued education in STEM fields [4]; a monetary award to the winning high school team at the AWT RoboBots Competition at Lakeland Community College; hosting a special event each year in support of National Manufacturing Day[5]; and the creation of a public Manufacturing Resource Center at its Euclid, Ohio, facility to house pamphlets, handouts, books and periodicals that provide information about educational and manufacturing opportunities in Ohio.
In 2015, HGR Industrial Surplus was a corporate sponsor of Cleveland's Ingenuity Fest, a weekend-long festival of music, artistic programming, performances, hands-on activities and large-scale public art installations. They sponsored the 2015 Iron Architect competition to build site-specific installations using donated industrial surplus.[6]
In September 2017, HGR hosted the ninth-annual F*SHO featuring 33 contemporary and industrial furniture designers with more than 3,000 guests.[7] In September 2017, three F*SHO designers took materials donated by HGR and did a live build of three pieces of contemporary furniture at Ingenuity Festival, a weekend-long fest that showcases art and technology in Cleveland. The pieces then were auctioned off with all proceeds going to Hurricane Harvey relief. In September 2018, HGR again hosted the F*SHO but added beer vendors, food trucks and 12 more designers. There were an estimated 3,000 people in attendance.[8]
In November 2017, HGR hosted MAGNET: Manufacturing Advocacy & Growth Network's annual State of Manufacturing conference featuring Keynote Speaker Ned Hill, professor at Ohio State University, on the future of manufacturing.[9]
HGR was recognized in March 2018 with the Bluestone Award from the Euclid Chamber of Commerce for its contribution to the City of Euclid.[10]
Site History[edit]
HGR started out in 150,000 square feet of leased space at its current location: 20001 Euclid Ave., Euclid, Ohio. It has since grown to 110 employees, and its showroom occupies more than 500,000 square feet at the same location.[11] In 2014, it purchased its historically significant building from the Cuyahoga Land Bank[12] and re-dedicated it in 2015 as "Nickel Plate Station,"[13] in honor of the Nickel Plate Road railway line that ran through the property.[14]
The property on which HGR is located is the site of the landmark 1926 U.S. Supreme Court zoning case,The Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co. that established the constitutionality of zoning and land-use regulations throughout the country. To commemorate this historic case, on June 9, 2016, the City of Euclid and the Euclid Landmarks Commission dedicated an Ohio Historical Marker on the property.[15]
The 966,000-square-foot building is the site of the former General Motors Fisher Body Plant.[16] It was constructed in 1943 by The Defense Plant Corporation, part of the U.S. government, to house Cleveland Pneumatic Aerol [17], which manufactured aircraft landing gear and rocket shells for the World War II effort. [18] After the war ended, the land became vacant in 1945, then it was used in 1946 to house the Cleveland Ordinance District's offices, surplus goods and federal government offices. In 1947, General Motors acquired the building to manufacture automobile bodies that were loaded from inside the building onto the Nickel Plate Road for transport to Detroit for assembly. In 1970, the division was moved to Michigan, but the plant continued to manufacture upholstery, trim, door panels and sun visors. In 1986, it received a contract to make boat seats and cushions for Sea Ray Boats. In 1993, the factory closed and was sold to a development company.[19] In 1998, HGR opened its "industrial garage sale" in a portion of the site, then purchased the facility in 2014 for its corporate headquarters and leased tenant space.[20] The company also has a call center housed in Austin, Texas, where employees make outgoing calls to locate industrial surplus for purchase.
Recycling and Sustainability[edit]
Industrial surplus resellers play an important role in recycling and sustainability. Their goal is to help small- to mid-sized businesses find more affordable equipment as well as to help established companies recoup some of their capital investment by purchasing their useful equipment and putting it back into service.[21] This keeps these items out of landfills. Equipment that is not sold is broken down and scrapped in order to repurpose the materials and keep those out of landfills. As a "recycler," HGR also practices recycling in its facility as part of its culture in order to be good stewards of our environment. The wooden skids and cardboard are baled and picked up by a recycler. Sensitive documents are shredded and donated to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History for cage bedding and animal enrichment. The company sells the oil drained from machines to an end user who uses it to heat his building. During its recent renovation, energy-efficient lighting was installed. Finally, in summer 2018 it implemented a recycling program to sort aluminum cans (30-35 cases per month), plastic water bottles (85 gallons per month) and office paper for pickup by a recycler. In addition, the company's customers were utilizing 85 gallons of water bottles per month. A water fountain with a filtered-water dispenser was installed to cut down on the production of plastic waste.
References[edit]
- ↑ O'Brien, Erin. (2014). "Secondhand to first rate". Fresh Water Cleveland
- ↑ Aeppel, Timothy. (2017). "Old machines show why Trump tax breaks may not spark new company spending". Reuters
- ↑ O'Brien, Erin. (2013). "Tears and steel". The Erin O'Brien Owners Manual
- ↑ WTHR. (2016). "HGR supports STEM education". WTHR Channel 13
- ↑ MFG Day. (2018). "HGR Industrial Surplus Event". MFG Day
- ↑ Vehovec, Doug. (2015). "Ingenuity Cleveland evolves along with city, community". The Morning Journal
- ↑ Delamotte, Nikki. (2017). "F*SHO party brings contemporary furniture design to unconventional spaces". cleveland.com
- ↑ Washington, Roxanne. (2018). "The F*SHO contemporary furniture show featuring local artisans is Friday, September 14, in Euclid". cleveland.com
- ↑ McCafferty, Rachel Abbey. (2017). "A look at Manufacturing 5.0". Crain's Cleveland Business
- ↑ Gibbons, Sheila. (2018). "Euclid Chamber honors businesses at annual awards dinner". Euclid Observer
- ↑ Johnson, Neil. (2017). "General Motors site buyer has handled other GM properties". GazetteXtra
- ↑ McCafferty, Rachel Abbey. (2014). "HGR Industrial makes the old place look like a new place". Crain's Cleveland Business
- ↑ Machinery Dealers National Association. (2015). "HGR Industrial Surplus to dedicate Nickel Plate Station". MDNA
- ↑ The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. (1997). "Nickel Plate Road". Case Western Reserve University
- ↑ Felton, Chad. (2016). "Euclid commemorates anniversary of historic zoning case". The News Herald
- ↑ The Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. (1998). "Fisher Body Division of General Motors Corp.". Case Western Reserve University
- ↑ Christensen, Julia. (n.d.). "Rust Belt". Surplus Rising
- ↑ O'Brien, Erin. (2015). "Millions in upgrades planned". Fresh Water Cleveland
- ↑ Johnson, Neil. (2017). "We're very excited: GM plant buyer identified". GazetteXtra
- ↑ Cuyahoga Land Bank. (2017). "Historic Euclid building once in disrepair, now accepting new tenants". Cuyahoga Land Bank
- ↑ Aeppel, Timothy. (2017). "Old machines show why Trump tax breaks may not spark new company spending". Reuters
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