Virginia aluminum producer selects DJJ

The Cincinnati-based David J. Joseph Co. (DJJ) has announced that starting in mid-November 2017, Virginia-based aluminum producer Service Center Metals (SCM) will use DJJ as the primary scrap buying agent for its Prince George, Virginia, manufacturing facility. 

DJJ, in a news release making the announcement, indicates SCM “has been a valued customer since 2013.” DJJ says as part of the new agreement, it will use its ability to source raw materials globally and will provide SCM with “administrative efficiencies and logistics expertise.”

The scrap agency agreement will allow SCM to focus on expanding its role as an extruded aluminum rod, bar, angle, pipe, channel and beam producer, according to DJJ.   

DJJ also indicates the agreement “represents an important step forward for The David J. Joseph Co. and is a great complement to its existing nonferrous business activities.”

Founded in 2002, SCM bills itself as a producer of extruded aluminum rods, bars, angles, pipes, channels and beams at its Prince George, location. SCM’s manufacturing process is designed to operate 24 hours per day with employee safety as a top priority, according to the firm.

DJJ, founded in 1885, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Nucor Corp. DJJ bills itself as one of the largest scrap brokers and processors in the United States, providing scrap brokerage, recycling and transportation services. The company operates six regional scrap recycling firms in the United States with a combined 60 processing facilities and 12 domestic and international ferrous and nonferrous scrap brokerage offices.