Resource Exchange of America Corp. Approved as Gerdau Ameristeel Vendor

Resource Exchange of America Corp., based in Florida, announces that it has become an approved vendor to Gerdau Ameristeel for ferrous scrap metal.

Gerdau Ameristeel, the fourth largest overall steel company in North America, has annual capacity of more than 12 million tons of steel products a year.

"We are very pleased to have been approved as a vendor to Gerdau Ameristeel. We very much look forward to providing Gerdau Ameristeel with ferrous scrap metal in the years to come. Having become an approved vendor to Gerdau Ameristeel clearly shows that our strategy of consolidation in the recycling business is working," says Dana Pekas, Resource Exchange’s CEO.

"We are very happy to include Resource Exchange of America Corporation as a ferrous steel provider, as this gives our Jacksonville, Fla. facility a desirable additional supply stream of ferrous scrap metal based in the Southeast," says Greg Salter, raw materials purchasing manager at Gerdau Ameristeel – Jacksonville (Florida).