When Recycling Today last published its list of auto shredding plants in the United States, in October of 2002, the ferrous scrap market was just starting to bounce back after a prolonged slump.
In the ensuing 24 months, the global steel industry has continued to prosper, feeding a hunger for the ferrous scrap grades produced at the nation’s auto shredding facilities. (Read exclusive online sidebar on shredder drives)
Recycling companies have responded by upgrading existing plants, replacing some older shredder models and even with several new "greenfield" installations.
The list on the pages that follow is indicative of the renewed health of the auto shredding industry, as few plants are now in an idled mode (as had been the case with some in both the 2000 and the 2002 lists), and several new shredder locations can be spotted.
Among the new shredding locations is a plant in Lawrenceville, Ga., in suburban Atlanta, opened by Blaze Recycling. The newly installed shredder competes for feedstock in the fast-growing Atlanta region with the two Newell Recycling of Atlanta shredder plants.
Economists may not think of northwestern Iowa as a fast-growing region, but Toby Shine of Shine Bros. Co., Spencer, Iowa, has enough confidence in the scrap market there to install a new shredding plant at his scrap processing firm.
A California entrepreneur who owns auto dismantling locations and a rail car repair and dismantling firm is attempting to build a new shredder plant in Colton, Calif., east of Los Angeles. News reports from the area indicate that business owner Charles Siroonian is attempting to obtain permits for a shredding plant to be built on a 19-acre site in Colton.
In Ohio, a once-idle shredding plant originally located in Cleveland has been shipped downstate to a rural location near Mansfield, Ohio. Grant Milliron, owner of Milliron Industries, says he expects the 6,000-hp shredder to be running by the end of the year.
The foundation for the shredder plant was laid in August, and the company has been procuring inventory—mostly auto bodies—to feed the shredder when it starts up.
Several scrap recyclers have made the decision to upgrade older auto shredding plants, sometimes purchasing larger models with more horsepower and larger rotors. Schnitzer Steel Industries, Portland, Ore., has been replacing and upgrading its shredder plants, with its Oakland facility having been upgraded in 2003.
Some ownership and management changes have occurred within the shredding segment, including an operating agreement between Chaparral Steel and Sims Group USA Corp. for Sims to run a Virginia shredding plant built by Chaparral several years ago.
Sims Group will operate the 6,000-hp shredder in Petersburg, Va., while Chaparral’s nearby electric arc furnace (EAF) mill is expected to remain a significant consumer.
Investments in shredding capacity have increased activity for industry suppliers, including shredding plant designers, fabricators, castings providers and engine and drive makers.
In the United States, the revival of the ferrous scrap sector has largely ridden the shoulders of the obsolete scrap supply, since prompt industrial scrap volumes are not increasing noticeably. Much of the obsolete scrap stream funnels through the shredding plants that are now humming along with as many operating hours as plant managers can sustain.
After the late 1990s and the early portion of this decade had shredder operators worrying about their ability to shred material and maintain a profit margin, the current environment is being enjoyed.
Most shredder operators have a scrap recycling background, making them all too aware of the boom and bust cycles that can affect scrap pricing. For now, though, shredder capacity is in line with a global demand picture that can soak up all the ferrous shred that U.S. plants can produce.
Alaska
Anchorage
Alabama
Birmingham
ACIPCO (American Cast Iron Pipe Co.)
Decatur
Tennesse Valley Recycling (formerly Denbo Iron & Metal Co. Inc.)
Arizona
Phoenix
Tucson
Arkansas
North Little Rock
A. Tenenbaum Co. Inc.
California
Anaheim
Bakersfield
Golden State Metals Inc.
Etiwanda
Pacific Coast Recycling Co. (formerly Simsmetal America)
Oakland
Redwood City
Simsmetal AmericaTerminal Island
Colorado
Colorado Springs
Metal Management – Colorado Springs
Denver
All Recycling;
Metal Management Inc. – Denver;
Pueblo
American Iron & Metal
Connecticut
North Haven
Metal Management Connecticut Inc.
South Norwalk
LaJoie’s Auto Wrecking Co.
Florida
Baldwin
Global Shredding Technologies/ Gerdau AmeriSteel;
Jacksonville
Miami
Ferrous Processing and Trading – Florida
Pensacola
Auto-Shred Recycling LLC
Pinellas Park
Acre Iron & Metal Co. (Trademark Metals)
Opa Locka
Everglades Recycling (Trademark Metals)
Orlando
Commercial Iron & Metals Co. Inc.
Rockledge
Yorke Doliner & Co.
Tampa
Trademark Metals Recycling LLC
Georgia
Athens
Carolinas Recycling Group LLC (formerly OmniSource)
Atlanta
Newell Recycling of Atlanta Inc. (2)
Norcross
Blaze Recycling and Metals
Hawaii
Kapolei
Hawaii Metal Recycling Co. (a division of Hugo Neu)
Iowa
Council Bluffs
Davenport
Sioux City
Sioux City Compressed Steel Co.
Spencer
Shine Bros.
Waterloo
Alter Scrap Processing (formerly Weissman Iron & Metal)
Wilton
Illinois
Bourbonnais
Belson Scrap & Steel (operates a smaller steel shredder)
Chicago
General Iron Industries Inc. (2)
East St. Louis
St. Louis Auto Shredding (a division of Pilot Brothers Trading)
Peoria
Allied Iron & Steel
Peoria
South Beloit
Indiana
East Chicago
OmniSource Corp.Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Capital City Metals Shredding Yard
East Chicago
Evansville
J. Trockman & Sons Inc.
Kokomo
Kansas
Hutchinson
Midwest Iron & Metal Co. Inc.
Kansas City
Galamba Metals Group LLC – Kaw River Shredding Yard
Wichita
Glickman Iron & Metal
Kentucky
Ashland
Mansbach Metal Co.
Henderson
Louisville
River City Shredding Co. (River Metals Recycling)
Newport
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
Southern Scrap Xpress Recycling
LaPlace
Mississippi River Recycling (a division of Bayou Steel)
Monroe
Auto Shred of Louisiana
New Orleans
Southern Scrap Material Co. LLC
Massachusetts
Everett
Prolerized New England Co. (a division of Hugo Neu)
Greenfield
WTE Recycling Inc.
Maryland
Baltimore
Baltimore Scrap Corp.;
United Iron & Metal (formerly The David J. Joseph Co.)
Capitol Heights
Joseph Smith & Sons Inc.
Hagerstown
Conservit Inc.
Maine
Auburn
Maine Metal Recycling Inc. (operates a light iron shredder)
Topsham
Grimmel Industries
Michigan
Detroit
Ferrous Processing and Trading Co. (2)
Grand Rapids
Holland
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
Anoka
Schwartzman Co. Inc.
Duluth
Bay Side Recycling Corp.
St. Paul
Missouri
Kansas City
Galamet Yard
Mississippi
Flowood
General Recycling
Greenville
Greenville Iron & Metal (a division of Morris Recycling)
Nebraska
Columbus
Columbus Metal Industries
Nevada
Las Vegas
Silver Dollar Recycling
New Hampshire
Concord
Advanced Recycling
Madbury
New England Metal Recycling LLC
New Jersey
Camden
Camden Iron & Metal Inc.
Clifton
American Shredding Industries;
Parkway Iron and Metal
Jersey City
Millville
Cumberland Recycling Corp.
Newark
Metal Management Northeast Inc./ NIMCO Shredding
Trenton
Mercer Wrecking and Recycle Corp.;
Trenton Iron and Metal Corp.
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Albuquerque Metals Recycling
New York
Brooklyn
Brooklyn Resource Recovery Inc.;
Buffalo
Gerdau AmeriSteel Buffalo Metals Recycling (formerly Co-Steel Recycling/Advance Division)
Green Island
R. Kelly Freedman & Son Inc.
Lindenhurst
Long Island
Hugo Neu Schnitzer East – Queens
Medford
North Chili
Union Processing
Owego
Ben Weitsman & Son
Rensselaer
Rensselaer Iron & Steel Inc.Syracuse
Roth Steel Corp.
North Carolina
Charlotte
Southern Metals Co. Inc.
Kernersville
Atlantic Scrap & Processing
Greensboro
D.H. Griffin Wrecking Co.
Smithville
Atlantic Scrap & Processing
Statesville
L. Gordon Iron & Metal Co.
Ohio
Akron
City Scrap & Salvage Co.
Canton
Cleveland
Columbus
American Car Crushing;
Mansfield
Milliron Industries (coming online 4Q 2004)
Marietta
American Car Crushing
Toledo
North Star Recycling/Toledo Shredding LLC;
West Carrollton
Metal Shredders Inc.
Wooster
Wooster Iron & Metal Co.
Youngstown
Oklahoma
Arkoma
Oklahoma City
Standard Iron & Metal Co. Inc.
Sand Springs
Oregon
Portland
Pennsylvania
Beaver Falls
Coatesville
Coatesville Scrap Iron & MetalErie
Liberty Iron & Metal Co.
Harrisburg
Consolidated Scrap Resources
Philadelphia
SPC Corp.
Pittsburgh
Neville Metals (coming online 4Q 2004);
Schuylkill Haven
U.S.S. Achey Inc.
Temple
Royal Green Corp.
Wilkes-Barre
DMS Shredding Inc.
York
J & K Shredding
Rhode Island
Johnston
Metals Recycling LLC (a division of Hugo Neu)
South Carolina
Darlington
Darlington Shredding Co.
Dillon
Lockamy Scrap Metal Inc.
Hemingway
Don’s Scrap & Iron
Lexington
Spartanburg
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Harriman
Jackson
Johnson City
Johnson City Iron & Metal Co.
Knoxville
Memphis
Metal Management – Memphis (2)
Morristown
Morristown Shredder Inc.
Nashville
Pulaski
Tennessee Valley Recycling LLC
Texas
Beaumont
Corpus Christi
Dallas
Eagle Pass
Newell Recycling Co.
El Paso
Newell Recycling of El Paso
Houston
Northwest Recycling LLC;
Rose Metal Processing
Midlothian
TXI Chaparral Steel
San Antonio
Monterrey Iron & Metal;
Newell Recycling of San Antonio
Seguin
Vinton
Waco
M. Lipsitz & Co. Inc.
Utah
Plymouth
Salt Lake City
Virginia
Chesapeake
Simsmetal – Chesapeake (formerly Bay Bridge Enterprises)
Lorton
Davis Industries Inc.
Montvale
Shredded Products Corp.
Petersburg
Simsmetal (formerly Chapparral)
Richmond
Simsmetal AmericaWashington
Seattle
Seattle Iron and Metal
Tacoma
General Metals/Schnitzer Steel
Vancouver
Pacific Coast Shredding
West Virginia
Wheeling
Automatic Recycling
Wisconsin
Fond Du Lac
Sadoff Iron & Metal Co.
Green Bay
Samuels Recycling Co.
Madison
Samuels Recycling Co.
Milwaukee
Miller Compressing Co. (2)
Did We Miss You?
If your shredding plant is missing from this list, let us know. You can e-mail us at btaylor@gie.net or call editor Brian Taylor at (216) 961-4130, or fill out the following form and fax it back to our offices (Shredder Listing Form)
Check out 2002 auto shredder list here.
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