Alcoa names top scrap suppliers.

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The Alcoa Materials Management (AMM) business segment of Alcoa Inc., headquartered in Pittsburgh, has selected its annual list of the top 10 scrap suppliers.

AMM began the program in 2004. This year, the company recognized companies in two new categories: Most Improved Supplier and Copper Supplier of the year.

The 2007 Alcoa Materials Management top scrap suppliers are:

* Commercial Alloys Corp., Twinsburg, Ohio;

* Kripke Enterprises Inc., Toledo, Ohio;

* M. Lipsitz & Co., Waco, Texas;

* Newco Metals Inc., Pendleton, Ind.;

* OmniSource Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind.;

* Shapiro Sales, St. Louis;

* State Metal, Camden, N.J.;

* Sturgis Iron & Metal, Sturgis, Mich.;

* Weiner Iron & Metal Corp., Pottsville, Pa.; and

* Triple M Metals Inc., Brampton, Ontario, Canada.

Copper Consulting Industries LLC, Glendale, Ariz., was named Copper Supplier of the Year, and Mervis Industries Inc., Danville, Ill., was named Most Improved Supplier for 2007.

"Our goal is to increase scrap units by utilizing fewer scrap dealers and focusing on strategic dealers who work closely with us on substantial volumes, long-term and formula-based pricing," Rich Markiewicz, VP of metal purchasing for Alcoa Materials Management, says.

Among the criteria AMM uses to select its top suppliers are scrap volume, scrap value, quality, proximity to Alcoa's plants; number of Alcoa plants supplied, timely delivery, environmental compliance, safety programs and ISO 9000 certification.

"These 12 scrap strategic suppliers are Alcoa's benchmark in grading all scrap dealers from whom we are buying," Markiewicz says. "This outstanding group has formed a partnership with Alcoa Materials Management and Alcoa plants to work together to understand each others needs and objectives in improving the scrap process within Alcoa plants."