Upstate Shredding Continues Hiring Staff

Upstate Shredding – Ben Weitsman & Son has hired Samantha Deeley as a scrap metal buyer. Deeley also will head up the company’s newly established industrial scrap metal division, says Adam Weitsman, president of Upstate Shredding – Ben Weitsman.

Prior to joining Upstate, headquartered in Owego, N.Y., Deeley spent eight years with BorgWarner Morse TEC.

“I got to know Samantha over a year working with BorgWarner as their scrap metal dealer. She impressed me with her knowledge of the industrial metals markets and organizational skills,” Weitsman says. “Today, the industrial segment represents less than five percent of the business in the region we service, so there’s enormous opportunity for growth in that respect. On top of that there are greater opportunities as manufacturing continues to recover in our expanded footprint due to recent acquisitions we’ve made. 

Over the past several months, in additional to increasing its scrap yard labor and trucking force, and major upgrades to equipment, the company has hired Scott Collins as general manager, Phillip Krieger as CFO and Adam Rosenthal in the newly created position of director of acquisitions.