Pacific Steel & Recycling Acquires Triple R Metals

Pacific Steel & Recycling, based in Great Falls, Mont., has acquired the assets of Triple R Metals, located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, north of Great Falls. The recycling facility has been in business 10 years under the ownership of Bart Campbell.

The acquisition marks the first operation for Pacific Steel & Recycling outside the United States. Pacific Steel will change the name of the newly acquired facility to PHF Steel & Recycling, which is representative of Pacific Steel & Recycling’s original name as Pacific Hide & Fur Depot. Triple R Metals’ employees will be retained by PHF Steel & Recycling. Managing the new facility will be James Knick, who previously managed Pacific Steel & Recycling’s transloads facility at the Port of Tacoma.

Campbell will remain in an advisory capacity with PHF Steel & Recycling for the time being.

Pacific Steel & Recycling operates 44 branches throughout Washington, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah and Colorado.