Ace Green Recycling Appoints Industry Veteran Rick Stollsteimer as Senior Vice President of Operations
HOUSTON, Nov. 18, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Ace Green Recycling, Inc. (“Ace” or the “Company”), a leading provider of sustainable battery recycling technology solutions, today announced the appointment of battery industry veteran Rick Stollsteimer as Senior Vice President of Operations.
Stollsteimer joins Ace from Gopher Resource, one of the largest battery recyclers in the United States, where he served as Vice President of Operations overseeing a 24/7/365 smelting facility producing more than 175,000 tons of finished product annually. At Gopher, he led transformative initiatives that improved safety performance, increased operational uptime to world-class levels, and drove double-digit gains in output efficiency.
At Ace, Stollsteimer will oversee operational readiness and scale-up of the company’s flagship Silsbee, Texas facility, the first large-scale GREENLEAD® and LFP battery recycling site in the United States. The Texas facility is expected to deploy Ace’s lead-acid recycling system in 2026, followed by its LFP-focused lithium-ion system in 2027, establishing a model for zero-emission battery recycling infrastructure across North America. Stollsteimer will also play a central role in driving the Company’s broader operational and commercial expansion throughout the region.
Nishchay Chadha, CEO and Co-Founder of Ace Green Recycling, said:
Rick’s decision to join Ace is a strong endorsement of our mission to build a cleaner, safer, and more efficient battery recycling ecosystem in the United States,
“His first-hand experience in conventional smelting and track record of operational excellence will be invaluable as we bring our zero-emission technologies online and expand across North America
Rick Stollsteimer, Senior Vice President of Operations at Ace Green Recycling, said:
I am thrilled to join Ace, which is building out market leading cutting-edge battery recycling technology,
“I’ve experienced both the constraints and the challenges of traditional smelting. Ace’s proprietary technology eliminates the need for high-temperature furnaces altogether – offering a smarter, safer, and more sustainable model for how battery recycling should operate at scale. I’m thrilled to help lead this transformation from the ground up in Texas and beyond.”
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