Obituary: Shuman Plastics co-founder Hy Shuman
Plastics News Report
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Buffalo, N.Y. — Hyman "Hy" Shuman, the co-founder of material supplier Shuman Plastics Inc., died March 25. He was 94.
After being wounded in Okinawa during World War II, Shuman returned to Buffalo and joined his father Philip in a scrap business in 1947. Shortly thereafter Hyman was joined by his brother Charles and in 1962 the two men led the transition of the business from a recycler of paper, metal and glass into Shuman Plastics, one of the early North American companies to focus exclusively on recycling and trading of plastics.
Over the years the company expanded its operations to include Canada, Europe and Asia. Hy Shuman retired in 1995 and the business continues to be owned and managed by his nephews, Ken and Dan Shuman.