Auto Shredder List -- Tearing it Up

The nation's shredders have revved their motors back up with the return of higher ferrous scrap prices this year.

Despite a prolonged slump in ferrous scrap pricing that has only recently been snapped, the metals shredding industry is up and running as strong as ever.

Several new installations, the completion of mill expansion projects and the re-start of once idled plants has brought the total number of shredders operating in the U.S. closer to 200.

The 197 operating mills identified by Recycling Today comes closer to matching the 1998 figure of 202 and represents a vast increase over the 185 operating plants identified in 2000. That year, the ferrous scrap industry was reeling from low prices, the after-effects of rapid consolidation and the emergence of the first super-sized shredders that tried to knock out competitors in some regions.

Back in 1998, when the shredder figure for the U.S. first surpassed 200, there were concerns that an overcapacity situation had been reached. It remains to be seen whether a shakeout will occur in some regions that will bring the number of operating shredders back down, or whether the 200 level is one that can be maintained.

Following is a list of U.S. shredder plants (some operating, some idle) being used to shred automobiles and other large ferrous scrap items.

Arkansas

North Little Rock A. Tenenbaum Co. Inc.

Alaska

Anchorage Alaska Metal Recycling

Alabama

Birmingham ACIPCO

Birmingham Philip Metals (No longer in operation.)

Decatur Tennessee Valley Recycling

Arizona

Glendale Glendale Iron & Metal

Phoenix Metal Management Arizona LLC (2)

Tucson Metal Management Arizona LLC

California

Anaheim Adams Steel

Bakersfield Golden State Metals Inc.

Etiwanda Simsmetal America

Long Beach Clean Steel Inc.

Oakland Schnitzer Steel Products Co.

Redwood City Simsmetal America

Terminal Island Hugo Neu-Proler Co.

Colorado

Denver All Recycling

Denver Metal Management West Inc.

Denver Western Metals Recycling

Pueblo American Iron & Metal

Connecticut

Hartford Metal Management/Aerospace Metals

North Haven Metal Management Connecticut Inc.

South Norwalk LaJoie’s Auto Wrecking Co.

Florida

Baldwin OmniSource Corp./Ameristeel

Baldwin Global Shredding Technologies

Jacksonville Commercial Metals Co.

Miami Ferrous Processing & Trading - Florida

Pensacola Auto-Shred Recycling LLC

Pinellas Park Acre Iron & Metal Co.

Opa Locka Everglades Recycling

Orlando Commercial Iron & Metal Co. Inc.

Rockledge Yorke Doliner & Co.

St. Petersburg Resource Recycling (For incinerator ash.)

Tampa North Star Recycling

Tampa Trademark Metals Recycling LLC

Georgia

Athens OmniSource Corp.

Atlanta Regional Recycling (Recently sold; shredder will be moved.)

Atlanta Newell Recycling of Atlanta Inc. (2)

Hawaii

Kapolei Hawaii Metal Recycling Co.

Iowa

Council Bluffs Alter Scrap Processing

Davenport Alter Scrap Processing

Sioux City Sioux City Compressed Steel Co.

Waterloo Alter Scrap Processing (Formerly Weissman Iron & Metal)

Wilton North Star Recycling

Illinois

Bourbonnais Belson Scrap & Steel

Chicago General Iron Industries Inc. (2)

Chicago Metal Management Midwest Inc. (4)

East St. Louis St. Louis Auto Shredding

Peoria Allied Iron & Steel

Peoria Behr - Peoria

South Beloit Behr - Beloit

Indiana

East Chicago OmniSource Corp. (2)

Evansville J. Trockman & Sons Inc.

Fort Wayne OmniSource Corp.

Indianapolis Capital City Metals Shredding Yard

Kokomo Mervis Industries Inc.

Muncie Dobrow Industries Inc.

(Company sold and

shredder disassembled.)

Kansas

Hutchinson Midwest Iron & Metal Co. Inc.

Kansas City Kaw River Shredding Inc.

(div. of Galamet Inc.)

Wichita Kansas Metals Co.

Kentucky

Ashland Mansbach Metal Co.

Henderson River Metals Recycling LLC

Louisville River Metals Recycling LLC

Newport River Metals Recycling LLC

Louisiana

Baton Rouge Southern Scrap Xpress Recycling

Monroe Auto Shred of Louisiana

New Orleans Mississippi River Recycling

New Orleans Southern Scrap Material Co. LLC

Massachusetts

Brockton Brisco Baling Corp. (Not in operation.)

Everett Prolerized New England Co.

Greenfield WTE Recycling Inc.

Maryland

Baltimore Baltimore Scrap Corp.

Baltimore United Iron & Metal (Formerly The David J. Joseph Co.)

Capitol Heights Joseph Smith & Sons Inc.

Hagerstown Conservit Inc.

Maine

Auburn Maine Metal Recycling Inc.

Saco EWS of Maine

Michigan

Detroit Ferrous Processing & Trading Co. (3)

Holland Louis Padnos Iron & Metal

Grand Rapids Louis Padnos Iron & Metal

Jackson OmniSource Corp. (Formerly Jackson Metal)

Kalamazoo Kalamazoo Metal Recyclers Inc.

Kingsford East Kingsford Iron & Metal

Sturgis Sturgis Iron & Metal Co. Inc.

Taylor Fritz Enterprises Inc.

Minnesota

Duluth Bay Side Recycling Corp.

Minneapolis American Iron & Metal

St. Paul North Star Recycling

Missouri

Kansas City Galamet Inc.

Mississippi

Flowood Klean Metals & Steel Inc.

Greenville Greenville Iron & Metal (div. of Morris Recycling)

Nebraska

Columbus Columbus Metal Industries

New Hampshire

Concord Advanced Recycling

Madbury New England Metal Recycling LLC

New Jersey

Camden Camden Iron & Metal Inc.

Clifton American Shredding Industries

Clifton Parkway Iron & Metal

Jersey City Hugo Neu Schnitzer East

Newark Metal Management/NIMCO Shredding

Trenton Mercer Wrecking & Recycle Corp.

Trenton Trenton Iron & Metal

Vineland Cumberland Recycling Corp.

New Mexico

Albuquerque Albuquerque Metals Recycling

Nevada

Las Vegas Silver Dollar Recycling

New York

Brooklyn Brooklyn Resource Recovery Inc.

Brooklyn Gershow Recycling

Bronx New York Shredder Corp. (Not operating.)

Buffalo Co-Steel Recycling/Advance Div.

Green Island R. Kelly Freedman & Son Inc.

Lindenhurst Gershow Recycling (Not in operation.)

Long Island City Hugo Neu Schnitzer East

Medford Gershow Recycling

North Chili Union Processing

Owego Ben Weitsman & Son

Syracuse Roth Steel Corp.

North Carolina

Charlotte Southern Metals Co. Inc.

Greensboro D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co.

Kernersville Atlantic Scrap & Processing

Smithville Atlantic Scrap & Processing

Statesville L. Gordon Iron & Metal Co.

Ohio

Akron City Scrap & Salvage Co.

Cleveland FPT (Ferrous Processing &

Trading Co.) Cleveland

Canton Philip Metals

Columbus American Car Crushing

Columbus Philip Metals

Marietta American Car Crushing

Toledo North Star Recycling (Shredder not cur- rently in operation; may start up soon.)

Toledo OmniSource Corp.

West Carrollton Metal Shredders Inc.

Wooster Wooster Iron & Metal Co.

Youngstown Youngstown Iron & Metal Inc.

Oklahoma

Arkoma Yaffe Iron and Metal

Oklahoma City CFF Recycling USA

Oklahoma City Standard Iron & Metal Co. Inc.

Oregon

Portland Schnitzer Steel

Products Co.

Pennsylvania

Beaver Falls Philip Metals

Coatesville Coatesville Scrap Iron & Metal

Erie Liberty Iron & Metal Co.

Harrisburg Consolidated Scrap Resources

Philadelphia SPC Corp.

Pittsburgh Tube City Inc.

Schuylkill Haven U.S.S. Achey Inc.

Temple Royal Green Corp.

Wilkes-Barre DMS Shredding Inc.

Williamsport Penn Recycling

York J & K Shredding

Rhode Island

Johnston Metals Recycling LLC

South Carolina

Darlington Darlington Shredding Co.

Dillon Lockamy Scrap Metal Inc.

Hemingway Don’s Scrap & Iron

Lexington Commercial Metals Co. (CMC-Lexington)

TennesseE

Chattanooga Philip Metals

Jackson The David J. Joseph Co.

Johnson City Johnson City Iron & Metal Co.

Knoxville Philip Metals

Memphis Metal Management Memphis LLC

Memphis PerlCo LLC

Morristown Morristown Shredder Inc.

Nashville Philip Metals

Pulaski Tennessee Valley Recycling

Rockwood Philip Metals

Texas

Beaumont Commercial Metals Co.

Corpus Christi Commercial Metals Co.

Dallas Commercial Metals Co.

Eagle Pass Newell Recycling Co.

El Paso Newell Recycling of El Paso

Houston CFF Houston

Houston Northwest Recycling LLC

Houston Rose Metal Processing

Midland Commercial Metals Co. (Shredder not

currently in operation.)

Midlothian TXI Chaparral Steel

San Antonio Monterrey Iron & Metal

San Antonio Newell Recycling of San Antonio

Seguin Commercial Metals Co. (SMI-Texas)

Vinton Commercial Metals Co.

Waco M. Lipsitz & Co. Inc.

Utah

Plymouth Western Metals Recycling LLC

Salt Lake City Metal Management West Inc.

Salt Lake City Western Metals Recycling LLC

Virginia

Chesapeake Baybridge Enterprises

Lorton Davis Industries Inc.

Montvale Shredded Products Corp.

Petersburg TXI Chapparral Steel Virginia

Richmond Simsmetal America

Washington

Seattle Seattle Iron and Metal

Tacoma General Metals of Tacoma/Schnitzer Steel

Vancouver Pacific Coast Shredding

Wisconsin

Fond Du Lac Sadoff Iron & Metal Co.

Green Bay Samuels Recycling Co.

Madison Samuels Recycling Co.

Milwaukee Miller Compressing Co. (2)

West Virginia

Wheeling Automatic Recycling

Research to update this list was led by Recycling Today assistant editor DeAnne Toto.

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