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Sims Lifecycle leverages hyperscale decommissioning

For most of its existence, Sims Lifecycle Services (SLS) has been viewed as a secondary business alongside its parent company’s metals operations. That perception shifted somewhat with Sims’ latest half-year results, which pushed SLS to the foreground as a core growth engine and a bellwether for where the ITAD and secondary components markets are heading.

HP’s Earnings In A Mature PC And Print Market: Managed Growth and Rising Costs

Dec 2, 2025

HP’s Q4 FY2025 earnings call presents a more mixed but still constructive picture for end‑of‑life IT asset management providers and remarketing companies. Personal Systems is growing and skewing toward higher‑value, AI‑capable devices, while Print remains structurally...

Compliance: What Recent BAN and EPA Actions Reveal About Systemic Compliance Weaknesses

Nov 19, 2025

Recent findings from BAN and an EPA settlement with Apple reveal parallel weaknesses in downstream e-waste controls and upstream hazardous waste management. The analysis shows that compliance gaps are emerging across multiple points of the electronics lifecycle, indicating the need for stronger governance and verifiable operational systems.

Quarterly Results Map Out Inflection Points in IT Asset Lifecycle and Infrastructure

Nov 12, 2025

The third-quarter earnings reports from hardware, cloud, and lifecycle companies confirm that the decommissioning industry (decom) is expanding from hardware collection and recovery to the platforming of value creation through integration, compliance, and automation....

ITAD & Electronic Recycling: Brand New PCs, the Commodity Market and China: Weak outlook but the opportunity may be staring at you

Dec 9, 2015

A series of data points were released recently confirming the sustained difficult environment facing many major tech...

The Return of the Veterans: Can they Bring Fresh Momentum to a Sluggish Market?

Oct 1, 2015

The ITAD and electronics recycling sectors are facing a state of freeze. Many of the techniques that were used over a...

Coping with high-velocity product life-cycle, and getting the secondary market busy

Oct 1, 2015

Here’s an interesting quote from CNN: “T-Mobile is offering new and existing customers an iPhone 6S (16 GB) for $5 a...

Data Security: Blancco buys Tabernus, what does that mean and the challenges ahead

Sep 22, 2015

Corporate Strategy / M&A / Competitive Landscape | By David Daoud | Blancco has long been one of the top...

IT Product Evolution and ITAD Sector Outlook

Aug 13, 2015

Since 2010, with the advent of the first generation iPad, there has been a permanent discussion over the end of the...

Research Report: 2015 ITAD’s Competitive Landscape & 2016 Outlook

Aug 13, 2015

ITAD’s Competitive Landscape in Large US Enterprise and High-Value Verticals & 2016 Outlook PRESS RELEASE: US...

Trans-Atlantic M&A Activity : Arrow buys UK Firm, Finland’s Kuusakoski buys US Processor

Feb 10, 2015

M&A activity in the ITAD sector continues, with US and European firms looking to grab assets in North American and...

Sage Sustainable Electronics (SageSE): Risky Move or a Distruptive Startup?

Jun 19, 2014

Ongoing developments in the ITAD/eWaste sector suggest that established players in the industry are going through a...

Compliance Standards LLC Awards Data Security Firm Blancco Five-Star Excellence Rating for Vision, Execution, and Sustainability

Apr 15, 2014

Miami, Florida, April 15, 2014 – Compliance Standards LLC announces that data erasure expert Blancco was awarded a...

Despite no Contribution from Acquired ITAD Companies, Component and IT Distributors Plan on Spending More on ITAD

Apr 7, 2014

Download PDF version | The fourth quarter and the year 2013 ended with good financial results for many companies...

Moving Up the Value Chain, Regenersis Acquires Blancco

Apr 7, 2014

Download PDF version here | UK-based electronics services and repair company Regenersis announced that it has acquired...

Sony Phases Out PC Unit: The End of an Era, Impact on US Recycling Space

Feb 11, 2014

Download PDF version here | It was just a matter of time for Sony. The company is about to sell its PC business, in a...

M&A Activity to Continue in ITAD and Electronics Recycling Markets as the Number of Small Independent Firms Shrinks, Says Compliance Standards

Feb 3, 2014

Press Release: Miami, Florida, February 4, 2014 – Compliance Standards LLC is pleased to announce the release of an...

Arrow Acquires U.S. Micro: First Take and Implications

Jan 21, 2014

CS.llc OPINION: Although we have not seen a formal announcement, several indicators show that independent ITAD...

IT Asset Disposition Sector: 2014 Predictions

Jan 14, 2014

This year, Compliance Standards is debuting its predictions for the IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) space for the year...