TOMRA Recycling Appoints Nicodemus Sherwood VP of Sales Americas and Managing Director

TOMRA Recycling, a global leader in sensor-based sorting solutions, makes a major step forward in continuing its growth in the Americas by announcing Nicodemus Sherwood as the new Vice President of Sales Americas and Managing Director for the company’s Charlotte, N.C., Americas headquarters.

Offering extensive sales, service, project management and operations experience, Sherwood will lead the business operation in the Americas. He will also engage in sales and business development activities for TOMRA Recycling’s optical sorting and deep learning artificial intelligence (AI) solutions, helping customers to meet target purity, yield and throughput goals by offering tailor-made solutions across numerous industries. In addition, he will direct operations at the company’s expanding endeavors at the Charlotte headquarters facility, which will include a new Test and Training Center in early 2026.

“Nicodemus brings to TOMRA and our customers and partners a wealth of sales, business development, service and project management experience with a strong background in the recycling industry,” comments Fabrizio Radice, Senior Vice President and Head of Sales & Marketing at TOMRA Recycling. “With his deep understanding of the Americas single stream market, integrators and process flow, we have found the right person that has the passion to support our customers’ unique sorting challenges and lead our Americas team into the future.”

Sherwood has spent nearly a decade of his professional career in various roles within the recycling industry. He served as the Vice President of Operations and Expansion-Project Executive for Natura PRC, LLC, managing all aspects of operations and feedstock purchasing and commodity grade development pricing for the post-consumer resin (PCR) recycler. He spent nearly five years with Stadler America, GmbH as After-Sales Director and Sales Manager for the global specialist in the design, production and assembly of automated sorting systems for the recycling industry. Managing three territories, including large enterprise organizations, he also served as the Special Applications and OEM Sales Manager for the global MRF equipment and systems supplier, Bulk Handling Systems.   

“TOMRA has a well-earned reputation for supplying the recycling industry with the world’s most advanced sensor-based and deep-learning-based AI sorting solutions for metal and waste recovery,” says Sherwood. “It’s an honor to lead our dedicated teams in the Americas, as we partner with our customers to provide solutions delivering optimal performance to achieve their commercial objectives and improve operational profitability.”

Sherwood holds a degree from the University of North Carolina and completed an early master’s program certificate in organizational development. He will be stationed in the Charlotte headquarters to direct facility and test center operations.

TOMRA Recycling

With over 11,000 sorting systems installed in more than 100 countries, TOMRA Recycling is a global leader in sensor-based sorting solutions for the recycling and waste management industry. The company’s mission is clear: harness the latest AI technologies to help customers turn waste into value.

TOMRA Recycling was the first to develop advanced waste and metal sorting applications using high-capacity near-infrared (NIR) technology, and the first to introduce AI technologies based on deep learning to the recycling industry. Its product portfolio includes systems for resource recovery and material upgrading across a wide range of streams, including municipal solid waste, plastics (including food-grade sorting), single-stream recycling, wood, textiles, aluminum, e-scrap and more.

TOMRA Recycling is a division of the TOMRA Group. Founded in 1972, TOMRA’s mission is to transform how resources are sourced, used and reused to enable a world without waste. The Group also includes TOMRA Food and TOMRA Collection. In 2024, TOMRA generated revenues of approximately 1,348 million EUR. The company employs 5,300 people globally and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange. Its headquarters are in Asker, Norway.

For further information about TOMRA Recycling, visit www.tomra.com/waste-metal-recycling