Metso Texas Shredder Announces Equipment Sales

Metso Texas Shredder recently announced that it has sold several shredder plants to scrap metal companies in the United States.

The company announced the sale of two additional shredder plants to Alter Scrap Processing for their expanding metal recycling operations. The sale brings to a total of five Alter plants having a Metso Texas Shredder system in place.

Mobile, Alabama, will be the new home of the Model 98104 Metso Texas Shredder with 5000HP drive, complete with ferrous and non-ferrous downstream systems. The installation will offer Alter the capability of producing 30,000 tons of scrap per month or more at the recently acquired site. The facility, with water, rail and truck access, is expected to be operational by the second quarter of next year.

Metso Texas Shredder also is installing an 80104 Shredder at one of Alter’s Iowa plants. This shredder installation is designed to produce 8,000 to 10,000 tons per month of ferrous scrap and will be operational in the third quarter of next year. The plant is similar to the Metso Texas Shredder plant installation currently underway at Alter’s Waterloo, Iowa, operation.

That 80104 plant, which replaces a 1970’s model 6080 Hammermill Shredder, is planned for start up as early as next month.