Kalamazoo, MI – April 18, 2025 – Schupan and Sons, Inc. announced today that its Asset Management business unit will form a joint venture with Grand Rapids, MI-based Valley City Electronic Recycling. The joint venture, called Schupan Electronics Recycling, expands both companies’ electronics recycling and IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) capabilities.
“By joining forces with Valley City, we are leveraging our combined expertise, expanding our geographic footprint, and providing our clients with more comprehensive and efficient recycling solutions,” said Marc Schupan, CEO of Schupan.
The Valley City Electronic Recycling team, including founder Jason Kehr, will join the Schupan Asset Management team. The new Wyoming, MI facility will serve as a handling and staging location for materials to be transported to our R2v3-certified, Kalamazoo operations for additional processing. The Wyoming location will offer a computer refurbishment and resale store, open to the public.
“We are proud to partner with Schupan Asset Management in creation of our shared venture, Schupan Electronics Recycling,” said Jason Kehr, President of Valley City Electronic Recycling. “This collaboration will allow us to enhance the services we provide and deliver even greater value to our clients.”
Schupan Electronics Recycling is committed to providing environmentally responsible and secure electronics recycling solutions. The joint venture will adhere to the highest industry standards, ensuring the proper handling and disposal of electronic waste.
About Schupan:
Since 1968, the family-owned company has been firmly committed to sustainability and innovation. As a leader in sustainable materials management, manufacturing, and trading, Schupan provides recyclable materials as valuable resources for global markets. Schupan aims to positively impact its communities and uphold recycling transparency for superior, low-carbon aluminum sourcing.
About Valley City Electronics Recycling:
Valley City Electronic Recycling is dedicated to safe, secure and sustainable domestic recycling and reuse of electronics, medical and industrial equipment. VCER provides IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) services to recover value from our customers’ unused assets. For non-working and other unusable electronics, we offer manual processing to disassemble IT assets in order to achieve a cleaner separation of materials and additional resource recovery value.
