Alcoa names top North American scrap suppliers

The aluminum products firm Alcoa, Pittsburgh, has recognized its top North American scrap suppliers for 2014.

2014 marks the 10th consecutive year that Alcoa’s recycling and scrap purchasing group has recognized its best suppliers in key performance criteria, including safety, quality, volume, breadth of supply to multiple locations and delivery performance.

“Partnering with these top scrap suppliers to safely deliver high-quality scrap is a key element to increase recycled content in our products,” says Michael Boyle, Alcoa director of metal management. “Aluminum is one of the most recycled materials in the world, with almost 75 percent of the aluminum ever produced still in use today, and it is energy efficient because it only takes one-twentieth of the energy to make new metal.”

Boyle adds, “Our suppliers are working hand-in-hand with us to increase the use of scrap across Alcoa nationwide."

Alcoa’s top North American scrap suppliers for 2014 are:

• The Beer Store / Brewers Distributor Ltd.;  
• Ming’s Recycling Corp.;
• Potential Industries Inc.;  
• Polar Beverages;
• United Scrap Metal Inc.;  
• Service Aluminum Corp.;
• American Iron and Metal Co. Inc.;
• International Metal Corp.;
• Kripke Enterprises;
• Omnisource;
• Omnisource Southeast Corp.;
• Schupan & Sons Inc.;  
• Schupan Recycling;  
• Alter Trading Corp.;
• Commercial Metals Co.;
• Sadoff Iron & Metal Co.; and
• Pacific Steel & Recycling.