SMS adds nonferrous operations director

Scrap Metal Services LLC (SMS), Burnham, Illinois, has hired Michael Nedvidek as the managing director of its nonferrous operations, the company announced in early November.

Nedvidek has more than 31 years in the metals industry, most recently having worked as nonferrous commercial operations manager for the Schnitzer Steel Inc. Pacific Northwest Division. He also served as that company’s export sales manager in New York. Prior to that, Nedvidek worked with OmniSource Corp. as division marketing manager in both its nonferrous heavy media division and its ferrous trading division. He began his career at David J. Joseph Co..

“We’re excited to have Mike join our team,” says Jeff Gertler, CEO of SMS. “His solid reputation and immense knowledge and experience of nonferrous products will have an immediate impact on SMS’s strategic nonferrous expansion efforts.” 

Nedvidek says, “I am excited to join SMS and look forward to developing and growing its already extensive line of nonferrous products and services.”

SMS operates scrap processing, steel mill services, ship dismantlement, intermodal/truck/railcar dismantling facilities and auto salvage operations throughout the United States. The company also offers brokerage and trading services to other scrap companies. SMS currently has 23 operations in the U.S. and four operations in Mexico.