Tearing it up: the nation's shredders have revved their motors back up with the return of higher ferrous scrap prices this year. (Auto Shredder List).Despite a prolonged pro·long tr.v. pro·longed, pro·long·ing, pro·longs 1. To lengthen in duration; protract. 2. To lengthen in extent. slump Slump A temporary fall in performance, often describing consistently falling security prices for several weeks or months. in ferrous ferrous (fĕr`əs), iron in the +2 valence state. Containing or having to do with iron. The difference between ferrous and ferric is the number of valence electrons they contain (ferrous contains two and ferric contains three), which scrap pricing that has only recently been snapped Snapped is a true crime television series on the Oxygen Network that debuted in 2004 in the United States. It features stories of real women who killed others, mainly husbands or boyfriends. , the metals shredding shred n. 1. A long irregular strip that is cut or torn off. 2. A small amount; a particle: not a shred of evidence. tr.v. industry is up and running as strong as ever. Several new installations, the completion of mill expansion projects and the re-start Verb 1. re-start - start an engine again, for example restart start up, start - get going or set in motion; "We simply could not start the engine"; "start up the computer" 2. 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 recycling, the process of recovering and reusing waste products—from household use, manufacturing, agriculture, and business—and thereby reducing their burden on the environment. 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 reel·ing n. Maine Sustained noise, as from hammering: "Hark that reeling, now, you'll wake the baby!" Anonymous. from low prices, the after-effects after-effects npl → secuelas fpl; efectos mpl after-effects after npl (of disaster, radiation, drink etc) → répercussions fpl of rapid consolidation and the emergence of the first super-sized shredders that tried to knock out to force out by a blow or by blows; as, to knock out the brains s>. See also: Knock competitors COMPETITORS, French law. Persons who compete or aspire to the same office, rank or employment. As an English word in common use, it has a much wider application. Ferriere, Dict. de Dr. h.t. in some regions. Back in 1998, when the shredder figure for the U.S. first surpassed 200, there were concerns that an overcapacity o·ver·ca·pac·i·ty n. Too great a capacity for production of commodities or delivery of services in relation to actual need: the problem of overcapacity in many large industries. situation had been reached. It remains to be seen whether a shakeout Shakeout A situation in which many investors exit their positions, often at a loss, because of uncertainty or recent bad news circulating around a particular security or industry. Notes: During the dotcom boom and bust, numerous shakeouts occurred. 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 No invention has so transformed the landscape of the United States as the automobile, and no other country has so thoroughly adopted the automobile as its favorite means of transportation. 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 currently
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/SchnitzerSteel
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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