A partnership between Bernard Sheff, owner of Eaton Rapids-based Sheff and Son, and UTS Bioenergy, will likely create jobs and physical expansion in Eaton Rapids and/or Lansing.
The new company, UTS-Residual Processing, specializes in industrial and agricultural wastewater treatment, solid-liquid separation, water resources engineering and agricultural waste management and anaerobic digestion.
Sheff started talking with UTS Bioenergy owners about working together, and at the end of September the two created UTS Residential Processing.
UTS-Residual Processing processes diary farm manure and wastewater into fiber nutrients that can be applied to land or used as irrigated water.
“I’ve been going to Europe for five years to look at anaerobic digesters and the gains Europe has on us in bioenergy and alternative sources,” Sheff says.
Sheff has offices and a warehouse in Eaton Rapids. He also has a warehouse in a former auto plant in Detroit.
“Right now, we’re going to stay in our offices,” he says. “They’re serviceable, but they’re not pretty. We’re focused on getting the process going, doing the design work and getting the equipment in the fields. Once that happens, we’ll look into moving into larger offices.”
Sheff says he’s been looking to Lansing for additional facilities.
“We plan to be growing pretty quickly,” he says. “We’re hiring for engineers and we’re looking for technical sales people. We’ve already added two people.”
Source: Bernard Sheff, UTS-Residual Processing
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
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