American Auto Salvage & Recycling Adds Second Location in New Jersey

American Auto Salvage & Recycling, a multi-generational scrap metal recycling firm headquartered in Mays Landing, N.J., recently purchased a site in Millville, N.J., that was formerly operated by Kane Steel. The company plans on installing an American Pulverizer 60x85 auto shredder and a downstream system at the new location.

The new facility sits on around 17 acres and includes an 82,000-square foot building. The company says that all scrap metal processing, including the auto shredding, will be conducted inside the building. In addition to installing the auto shredder, American Auto Salvage will be pouring concrete on roughly 6 ½ acres of the facility.

Joseph Silipena, a spokesman for American Auto Salvage, says the company has been searching for property to expand its business for four years when the property became available. American Auto Salvage ended up buying the land and building at a public auction. The new location has a rail siding and is fairly close to the company’s Mays Landing location.

According to one published report, the expansion and equipment installation will cost around $13 million. The company will invest around $7 million on the auto shredder. The report notes that the company purchased the property for $2 million.

The company expects to break ground on the installation by April 2011, with the auto shredder operational by the third quarter of 2011. When open, American Auto Salvage will use its Mays Landing site as a feeder yard for the new facility.

Silipena says that the company traditionally has been shipping auto hulks to other shredders in the area, but decided to redirect the hulks to its own facility. The new facility will go under the name American Iron & Metal International.