MPC opening NE Phila Location

"Materials Processing Corp. said it will open a facility in Northeast Philadelphia by March 31 to handle corporate clients' discarded computers and other information-technology equipment. The state provided $230,000 in funding: a grant, job-training assistance, and tax credits for creating at least 90 jobs within three years, the firm said. MPC, of Mendota Heights, Minn., said the Decatur Road site is intended to keep old equipment out of landfills by recycling and remarketing."