Near Miss

Getting up and running

Uteco delivered the press to M&M in December 2008, but it was not placed into service until February, according to Taylor. The reason for the delay was the extent of the work done to return the press to its factory condition. "I won't even guestimate how many hundreds of thousands of dollars they replaced in parts," says Taylor. "But, anything that could have potential damage or rust from the water, they replaced."