Dell, HP, and Lenovo are reporting stronger technology spending while forecasting weaker PC unit shipments. That split matters for ITAD: OEM revenue tracks dollars, while operating capacity is consumed by physical units and processing work.
ERI Expands Asia Footprint With a New India Venture: Opportunities and Risks
ERI’s 50-50 joint venture with Eco Recycling Limited will establish ERI India later in 2026, adding a third Asian market after Japan and Vietnam. The expansion confirms a repeatable international strategy, but its success will depend on governance, operating consistency and the ability to compete profitably in India’s fragmented e-waste market.
Tech Check: Where Automation Actually Pays Off in ITAD
Automation is moving into ITAD, but the investment case is not simply “buy robotics.” This report examines where technologies such as robotic disassembly, computer vision, AI sorting, testing, and chain-of-custody platforms can improve recovery value, throughput, compliance, and reporting. The key is to automate the operating constraint, starting with the workflows where manual handling is costing margin or creating risk, establish a baseline, and invest only where technology delivers measurable economics and evidence.
Corporate Strategy: Paladin EnviroTech: Strategic Positioning in the Critical Materials Recovery Market
Eighteen months after its founding, Paladin EnviroTech is targeting rare earths and other metals that conventional...
Corporate Strategy: Inside ERI’s Global Playbook. What Vietnam Reveals About the Company’s Next Moves
This analysis addresses ERI’s Asia expansion as a strategic response to two converging forces: a more mature U.S....
Intel’s CapEx Tops $20B on Server Demand While PC Volume Shrinks: ITAD Firms Should Plan for Two Separate Asset Cycles
Intel's second quarter added a concrete data point to what has otherwise been a quarter of announcements: the company...
Alphabet’s 2Q2026 Results: More Capital Spending and Cloud Backlog
Alphabet spent $44.9 billion in a single quarter building AI infrastructure, and raised its full-year guidance to...
M&A: Sumitomo Takes Equity Stake in U.S. ITAD Firm GreenTek, Betting on AI-Driven Hardware Disposal
Sumitomo Corporation has taken an equity stake in GreenTek Solutions, a Texas-based IT asset disposition (ITAD) firm,...
Corporate Strategy: Blancco Bets on the Drive, Not the Device, as It Chases a Recover-First IT Market
Blancco is repositioning its erasure and diagnostics business around the physical drive rather than the device...
IBM’s 2025 Breach Data Puts ITAD Providers Inside the Vendor-Risk Perimeter
ITAD providers now sit inside the enterprise vendor-risk perimeter, evaluated alongside every other third party with...
M&A: Telamon acquires 21-year-old ITAD consultancy Retire-IT, retaining founder Kyle Marks
Telamon Corporation has acquired Retire-IT, the Columbus, Ohio-based IT asset disposition consulting firm that Kyle...
Client Brief: Samsung Just Posted the Largest Tech Profit Yet Reported: Old Memory Now Costs More Than AI Chips
Samsung's preliminary July 7 filing puts Q2 operating profit at roughly KRW89.4 trillion on KRW171 trillion in...
Amazon as a Hardware Retailer: Reading the 2025 Sustainability Report Beyond the Data Center
Amazon's 2025 Sustainability Report discloses real scale on the reverse logistics side of its business: 225,000 metric...
Strategy: What Google’s 2026 Environmental Report Means for Your ITAD Pitch: Six Gaps Worth Selling Against
Google's 2026 Environmental Report discloses meaningful scale for its data center hardware lifecycle program: 7.5...
ERI confirms ITAD shift toward minerals
Electronic Recyclers International’s newly released fiscal 2025 Impact Report details the company’s environmental,...
The Euro Report 1: France’s Electronics Lifecycle Market where Repair and Resale Outpace Recycling
Unlike in the United States, where ITAD and electronics recycling sectors are largely driven by enterprise refresh...
Tech & Sustainability: HP’s EliteBoard G1a keyboard PC. Circularity rating: 6.5/10. Sustainability rating 7.5
The HP EliteBoard G1a is a full Windows AI PC built directly into a low‑profile keyboard, landing at 6.5 out of 10 in...
Should we pay attention to IBM’s quantum foundry?
IBM announced that it plans to launch a standalone quantum chip foundry company with support from a proposed $1...