Kirk Salerno

Quincy Recycle was established in 1974 and at this time has four business units. These are comprised of the Quincy, IL; Alsip (Chicago), IL; and New Haven, IN plants, along with a brokerage business unit.

   In 2008 Quincy Recycle acquired Central States Fiber in Marion IN. They moved the processing facility to New Haven in 2010 to meet the growing demand for sustainability solutions in Northeast Indiana. They chose New Haven for its many transportation possibilities and the market available for their product. They have a 200,000 square foot building that has live rail access on the Norfolk Southern line, and is located a short distance away from Highway 469 giving them plenty of shipping opportunities.

   Kirk Salerno, General Manager began working at Quincy Recycle In Sept. of 2011. “I have been in the waste hauling, landfill and transportation business for the last 20 years”, he shared. “I had been working at a recycle and waste transfer center that had just sold over on Pontiac Street. As that sold Quincy came to town and I had met the owner of Quincy through being at the transfer station. The timing was wonderful and when this opportunity came along I made the switch.”

   Quincy Recycle is a business to business recycler which concentrates on paper and plastics. Business to business means that they deal with manufacturers, printers, and distributors that generate large volumes of recyclable material.  Mainly they handle materials by the truck load. Salerno explained, “It’s pre-consumer but post-manufacturing. It is the waste generated through the process of manufacturing or handling a product. “

Indiana Physical Therapy 

   In August of 1988 Dave Kuhn and Andy Vogel began Indiana Physical Therapy, Inc. (IPT) in Bluffton, IN. Since that time IPT has grown to include eight additional clinics in Northeast Indiana: five in Fort Wayne, including a specialty clinic for women’s health issues, and one each in Angola, Auburn, and New Haven.  IPT specializes in outpatient rehabilitation for conditions due to injury, surgery, stroke, or disease.

   In March, I had the opportunity to speak with Troy Smith, Physical Therapist - Athletic Trainer and the newest of the 3 IPT owners, and Brian Komprood, Athletic Trainer and Industrial Services Coordinator.  Smith is one of the New Haven clinic’s four therapists.  Three of the therapists are dually credentialed as athletic trainers and the fourth is a certified hand therapist.  I learned that IPT specializes in outpatient rehabilitation for many conditions including injury, post-surgery, stroke or disease.  Smith explained to me, “Easily half of what we see is spine related; general neck and back pain. Also, about a third of what we do is post operative care; shoulder and knees predominately.  Athletic rehabilitation is a smaller portion of what we do. There just aren’t that many athletes in the area and when you treat athletes they are generally in and out fairly quickly. They make us look good.”

   An area of IPT’s services that has experienced growth is in the worker’s compensation arena, where therapists treat injured workers and get them rehabilitated so they can return to their jobs safely. IPT also works on site at businesses to provide injury prevention, ergonomic assessment, and wellness programs as well as some on site triage services.  In addition to providing multiple services with companies like FXI Foamex in Fort Wayne and Auburn, IPT has been doing smaller educational programs like at Home Lumber. Smith said, “We offer educational programs like a lunch and learn. We can also provide educational programming on ergonomics, stretching, and proper lifting techniques.  These programs are designed to lower the company’s worker’s comp experience. We set up programs and monitor the program’s success. With rising insurance and healthcare costs there is an incentive to get and stay healthy.”