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Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc.
(AERT) is in the Manufacturing Industry
Market Cap:$17.7M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$82.2M
- Public
- US
Dow Jones Description
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies offers exactly what its name suggests. Founded in 1989 and headquartered in Springdale, AR, Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ-CM: AERT) develops, manufactures, and markets composite building materials. The company uses recycled plastics and wood to make new building materials for items like doors, windows, floors, trims, and decking parts. Its brands include MoistureShield, ChoiceDek, CornerLoc, and LifeCycle. Its largest customer is Weyerhaeuser, accounting for about 80% of revenue, but it also sells to door and window manufacturers, decking customers, and distributors. The company had 2005 revenue of about $87.3 million and about 670 full-time employees. In July 2006, the company's stock trading symbol changed from AERTA to AERT.
Chairman & President & Co-CEO
Joe G. BrooksNumber of Employees 514
Contact Information
914 N Jefferson St
PO Box 1237
Springdale, Arkansas 72764
1 479 756 7400
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Reconstituted Wood Product Manufacturing: 321219
Recent Events
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Photo Release -- AERT World Class Plastic Recycling Project Nearing Startup
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UPDATE: AERT Turns a Profit in Second Quarter
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Ailing AERT posts $1 million profit
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AERT Shareholders Approve Reverse Stock Split
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Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc., the Springdale composite building materials maker that is listed on the Nasdaq exchange
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc., the Springdale composite building materials maker that is listed on the Nasdaq exchange, said is stock trading symbol has been changed from AERTA to AERT. For more information, visit www.aertinc.com.
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale recently supplied MoistureShield building materials and installation services to popular TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" for its Teas family project in Purdy, Mo
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale recently supplied MoistureShield building materials and installation services to popular TV show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" for its Teas family project in Purdy, Mo. This two-hour episode is scheduled to air Oct. 16 from 7-8 p.m. on the ABC network.
Al Drinkwater of Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc
Al Drinkwater of Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. in Springdale has been elected to the Arkansas Recycling Coalition board of directors. Other new board members include Amy Wilson of the Arkansas Environmental Federation, Little Rock; Barbara Merrick of Entergy Corp., Little Rock; Bobby Fanning of HazMert Inc., Rogers; Charles Cervantes...
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies Inc. of Springdale has announced that the National Park Service has selected the company's ChoiceDek line of moisture resistant composite wood decking material for use in the renovation, of walkways, observation decks and stairs on and around Fire Island, N.Y.
Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc., reports financial results
SPRINGDALE, Ark.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 31, 1995--Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AERTA, AERTZ) announced today results of operations for the year ended December 31, 1994.The Company reported sales of $3,675,018 which represents an 80% increase in sales from 1993. This increase in sales, in addition to an extraordinary gain of $879,373...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Stephen W. Brooks | CEO |
| Edward J. Lysen | CFO & Senior Vice President |
| Eric E. Barnes | Chief Accounting Officer & Controller |
| Robert A. Thayer | CFO |
| Alford Drinkwater | Senior Vice President |
| J. Douglas Brooks | Senior Vice President, Raw Matls |
| Jim Precht | Senior Vice President, Plastic Operations |
| Gail Gladdin | Manager, Accounting |
| Marjorie S. Brooks | Treasurer & Secretary |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Joe G. Brooks | Chairman & President & Co-CEO |
| Edward P. Carda | Board of Directors |
| Hisao Miwa | Vice Chairman of the Board |
| Jerry B. Burkett | Board of Directors |
| Jim Robason | Board of Directors |
| Melinda Davis | Board of Directors |
| Michael M. Tull | Board of Directors |
| Sal Miwa | Vice Chairman |
| Samual L. Milbank | Board of Directors |
| Tim W. Kizer | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Chairman & President & Co-CEO | Current |
"The Company’s board of directors elected Stephen W. Brooks as co-chief executive officer in December 1998 in which position he served until July 2005 when he became vice chairman and chief operating officer. Mr. Brooks was appointed secretary in January 2009. Mr. Brooks has been a director since January 1996. Mr. Brooks has served as CEO and chairman of the board of Razorback Farms, Inc. from January 1996 to the present. Razorback Farms is a Springdale, Arkansas based firm that specializes in vegetables processing. Mr. Brooks also serves on the board of the Ozark Food Processors Association."
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | CEO | Current |
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | CFO & Senior Vice President | Current |
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Chief Accounting Officer & Controller | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | CFO | Current |
"Alford Drinkwater has served as senior vice president in various capacities since September 2003, and is currently the Company’s senior vice president of development and governmental affairs. Prior to joining the Company in May 2000, Mr. Drinkwater had been the Assistant Director for the Established Industries Division of the Arkansas Department of Economic Development and was on the Advocacy Team from November 1988 until January 2000. From September 1986 until July 1988, he owned and operated Town and Country Waste Services, Inc. a waste services company engaging in the development of waste recycling, energy recovery, and disposal systems. From April 1981 until January 1987, Mr. Drinkwater was the Resource Recovery Manager for Metropolitan Trust Company, and was primarily involved in waste-to-energy systems development. From July 1974 until April 1981, Mr. Drinkwater worked for the State of Arkansas as Assistant to the Chief of the Solid Waste Control Division of the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control & Ecology and as the Manager of the Biomass and Resource Recovery Program of the Arkansas Department of Energy."
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
"J. Douglas Brooks has served as executive vice-president from inception to September 2003, has been in charge of raw material sourcing and strategic relationships since 1998, and has been a senior vice president since September 2003. Mr. Brooks was vicepresident of plastics from 1995 through 1998, was previously project manager for AERT’s polyethylene recycling program with The Dow Chemical Company, and is a joint inventor on several of AERT’s process patents for recycling polyethylene film for composites."
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Raw Matls | Current |
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
"Jim Precht served as executive vice-president of sales and marketing for the Company since February 2001, and as senior vice president since September 2003. Mr. Precht was formerly general manager of Weyerhaeuser Building Materials’ Pittsburgh Customer Service Center with 32-years of industry experience."
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Senior Vice President, Plastic Operations | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Manager, Accounting | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Treasurer & Secretary | Current |
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
"Edward P. Carda was elected to the board of directors in July 2005. Mr. Carda began his 37-year business career with Weyerhaeuser Company in June 1967, ending with his retirement in December 2003. While at Weyerhaeuser, he served in various management positions, including statutory reporting, heading large accounting departments, interacting with external and internal auditors and many areas of management. Mr. Carda spent the last 10 years of his career as the business controller for the distribution business of Weyerhaeuser. While in this capacity, he received many awards for his performance for profit and working capital improvement initiatives. Mr. Carda attended the University of Montana and graduated with a degree in accounting. He has served for 25 years on the board of directors of the Woodstone Credit Union in Federal Way, Washington and is currently its Vice Chairman. He also serves on the credit union’s audit committee."
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Realread, Inc. | Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Chapman Spira & Carson | Management Team Member | Current |
| Realread, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Vice Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Science Master degree in Aeronautics and Astronautics Engineering | Former |
| Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University | B.S. In Aeronautical Engineering | Former |
"Jerry B. Burkett has served on the board of directors of the Company since May 1993. Mr. Burkett has been a rice and grain farmer since 1979 and has been a principal in other closely held businesses. He is the past president of the Arkansas County Farm Bureau. In April 2002, Mr. Burkett was elected to serve as a director of the Ag Heritage Farm Credit Services board."
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
"Jim Robason has served on the board of directors since July 2003. From 2005 to 2007, Mr. Robason was a consultant to and supervisor of the Company’s plant operations on an interim basis. Mr. Robason joined Allen Canning Co. in 1967. Mr. Robason served as senior vice-president-operations of Allen Canning Co. from 1974 until his retirement in 2002. As senior vice-president of operations with Allen Canning Co., he was responsible for the operation of twelve plants with plant managers and raw product procurement managers, as well as special projects engineering, reporting to him. He has a vast amount of knowledge in all phases of manufacturing including infrastructure, building, equipment, and engineering; with a focus on the full production arena from product procurement through the production process. Mr. Robason is a graduate of West Texas State University. He has served on Allen Canning’s executive committee and profit sharing/retirement plan committee in addition to his operations responsibilities."
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
"Michael M. Tull has served on the board of directors of the Company since December 1998. Mr. Tull has served since 1990 as the president and majority owner of Tull Sales Corporation, a manufacturer’s representative company, which professionally represents eight manufacturing companies and is responsible for the sales and marketing of those companies’ window and door related components in the southeastern United States. Mr. Tull serves on boards of several closely held family businesses. Additionally, he is a board of director member of Greenstone, Inc. and the National Wild Turkey Federation, which is one of the largest North American conservation organizations."
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
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| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
"Tim W. Kizer was elected to the board of directors in July 2005. Since December 2004, Mr. Kizer has served as president and partner of Bentonville Global Associates, a global consultancy firm specializing in collaborative commerce. Mr. Kizer is executive director of the Doing Business in Bentonville Series — a seminar level program series in Bentonville, Arkansas. From April 2001 to December 2004, Mr. Kizer was director of the Center for Management and Executive Development and the Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise Development, Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas. From January 2000 to April 2001, Mr. Kizer was managing director of Information Technology Research Center, Sam M. Walton College of Business, University of Arkansas. Mr. Kizer was a business and industry specialist for the Division of Continuing Education at the University of Arkansas from October 1996 until January 2000. He has a BA from the University of Louisville and is a member of the Board of Advisors of RFID Global Solution in Bentonville, Arkansas."
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Advanced Environmental Recycling Technologies, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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