New industries are the future for American growth and economic prosperity, and Minneapolis-based OceanTech is the perfect example of a growth industry that is thriving based on opportunity and ingenuity.OceanTech co-founders Alex Sumetsky and Mikhail Zabezhinsky have seized upon one unmet need to fuel business growth, and that’s assisting companies, school districts, and other organizations with recouping value from their disposable hardware assets.“When a business does a massive upgrade of their computer systems or data center hardware, they are faced with disposing of assets that may have expired in their internal usefulness but that have value outside the company,” says Sumetsky.OceanTech is at the forefront of a booming business of recycling valuable electronics recovery and reuse that is driven by strong demand for used technology components; and tougher government regulations that ban TVs and computers from landfills. The company also benefits from the growing consumer and corporate “green” movement.The company was recently featured in a story in Minneapolis Star-Tribune. Like many small businesses, OceanTech started as a small, garage-based operation with the goal of facilitating the delivery of something one organization didn’t want to one that did. Today OceanTech has as many as 2000 electronics items for sale online in any given week.“We provide a service that didn’t exist for businesses before. Corporations don’t have the internal expertise to offload their used equipment, and they appreciate being able to pick up the phone and have a reputable business handle it for them,” says Sumetsky.Check out the article from the Star Tribune here: http://www.startribune.com/business/181630761.html, and to speak with an account representative about recycling your organization’s electronics, contact OceanTech today.