Sims Metal Management opens facility in South Wales

Sims Metal Management, Rye, New York, has opened a new site in late April in Cardiff, South Wales. According to the Cambridgeshire, England-based British Metals Recycling Association (BMRA) website,  Sims’ new metal collection and recycling facility, located on Tremorfa Industrial Estate, will offer metal and electronics recycling services to businesses and households across the Cardiff region.

With an investment of about £1 million (or $1.3 million), the purpose-built site is fitted with dedicated processing equipment to handle oversized material. It will employ five staff to help local tradespeople and the general public quickly drop off and get paid for their old steel and nonferrous metals, the BMRA reports on its website.

“This new facility in Cardiff is another example of the way Sims is leading the U.K. metals recycling industry, and with our investment in this new site we are furthering our commitment to the South Wales region,” says Paul Wright, managing director of UK Metals at Sims Metal Management. “I would like to thank the entire Sims team and regional government agencies for making this possible.”

BMRA reports that Sims now employs more than 85 staff members across three facilities in South Wales, including Skewen, Cardiff and Newport. Sims owns and operates nearly 50 recycling facilities across the U.K. as part of Sims Metal Management Ltd.