Sturgis Iron & Metal’s Mega Shredder – the largest metal shredder in North America -- will be featured on the History Channel’s MODERN MARVELS program on Wednesday, May 23, 2007 as part of a program titled “World’s Strongest II.”

The program is scheduled to air at 10: 00 p.m. ET/PT.
The Mega Shredder is capable of shredding and recycling cars, trucks, buses and other materials into scraps the size of softballs. The Mega Shredder is located at Sturgis Iron’s recycling facility in Elkhart, Indiana,

Truly a marvel of modern engineering, it is appropriate that the Mega Shredder will be featured on Modern Marvels. According to the History Channel’s website, the MODERN MARVELS program is dedicated to “celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination brought to life on a grand scale,” and tells “the fascinating stories of… technological breakthroughs and man-made wonders.

For more information about the MODERN MARVELS program and the future broadcast schedule for the program featuring the Mega Shredder, visit the History Channel’s website at www.history.com or the MODERN MARVELS show page at www.history.com/minisites/modernmarvels