North American Wire Chopping Lines Listing

High-volume wire chopping operations can still be found in most areas of the country. The list that follows contains 51 facilities within the U.S. and four in Canada that operate one or more wire chopping lines. When our list was first published in October, 2001, the number of facilities operating wire-chopping lines stood at 63. We invite readers who know of wire-chopping facilities that have been omitted from our list to contact us at dtoto@recyclingtoday.com so that the location can be added to our list in upcoming issues.

• Alabama

Birmingham - Metal Management Alabama

Pelham - BellSouth Investment Recovery

• Arizona

Tempe - Salt River Project (Internal processing)

• California

San Josse - Sims Metal America

Wilmington - G. Harris International

• Colorado

Denver - Atlas Metal and Iron Corp.

• Connecticut

Wilimantic - Prime Materials Recovery Inc. (formerly Schilberg Integrated Metals)

• Florida

Jacksonville - Commercial Metals Co.

• Georgia

Atlanta - Regional Recycling

• Illinois

Carterville - Gary's Metals

Chicago - Safran Matal Co., Tri-State Metal Co.

Cicero - United Scrap Metal Inc.

Eldorado - Eldorado Enterprises

• Indiana

Fort Wayne - Admetco Inc.; OmniSource Corp., granulator division

Jonesboro - Essex Group Inc.

Kendallville - Admetco Inc.

Nabb - Versatile Processing Inc.

• Iowa

Spencer - Shine Brothers Inc.

• Louisiana

Hammond - Burks Specialty Processing Inc.

• Massachusetts

Holden - Salitsky Alloy Inc.

Springfield - Joseph Freedman Co. Inc.

• Michigan

Bay City - H. Hirschfield Sons Co.

Grand Rapids - Grand Rapids Alloys Inc.

• Mississippi

Gulfport - Southern Scrap Recycling Inc.

Jackson - Metal Processors Inc. (Jackson Iron & Metals Co.)

• Missouri

Bellefontaine - Metal Recovery Systems Neighbors

Kansas City - Mallin Brothers Co.

Sedalia - Alcan Cable

• New Jersey

Farmingdale - Emil A Schroth Inc.

Jersey City - Fortune Plastic & Metals Inc.

• New York

Canastota - Prime Materials Recovery Inc.*

Lancaster - Manitoba Corp.

• North Carolina

Charlotte - Southern Metals Co Inc.

• Ohio

Warren - KKL Corp.

• Pennsylvania

Erie - Liberty Iron & Metal Co.

Folcroft - Pasco Inc.

Pittsburgh - Tube City Inc.

Williamsport - Alcan Cable (Internal Processing)

• Rhode Island

East Providence - Fortune Metal Inc. of Rhode Island*

• South Carolina

Charleston - Charleston Steel & Metal Co.

Orangeburg - Prime Materials Recovery Inc. (formerly Simco South)

Spartanburg - Carolinas Recycling Group

• South Dakota

Madison - Madison Metals

• Texas

Dallas - Commercial Metals

El Paso - W. Silver Recycling

Waco - M. Lipsitz & Co.

• Utah

Salt Lake City - Utah Metal Works

• Virginia

Richmond - Stratton Metals

• Washington

Tacoma - Joseph Simon and Sons

CANADA

• Alberta

Edmonton - General Scrap Iron & Metals Mapleleaf Metals Industries

• Ontario

North York - Ingot Metal Co. Ltd.

• Quebec

Montreal - American Iron & Metal

*New addition to 2003 list. 

Italics indicate facilities that could not be reached for confirmation.
 

• California

Compton - P & R Metals**

Gardenia - The Copper Chopper

Southgate - California Metals Recycling (formerly MacLeod Metals [a division of Metal Management])

• Florida

Fort Myers - Garden Street Iron and Metal

• Illinois

Chicago - Midwest Industrial Metals Co.

• Maryland

Baltimore - Ansam Metals Co.

• Massachusetts

North Adams - A. Shapiro & Sons Inc.

• Mississippi

Bay St. Louis - Alcan Cable**

• New York

Medford - Gershow Recycling

Brooklyn - Non-Ferrous Processing Corp.

Buffalo - United Alloys & Steel Corp.

Hudson - Trans-Cycle Industries Inc.

• Oregon

Portland - Calbag Metals Co.

• Tennessee

Halls - Hutcherson Metals Inc.

• Texas

San Antonio - Newell Recycling

• Washington

Tacoma - Tacoma Metals Inc.

**Facility closed.