Upstate Shredding Begins $8 Million Renovation Project

Upstate Shredding LLC – Ben Weitsman & Son Inc., which acquired the Matlow Co., Solvay, N.Y., this past December, reports that it has seen sales at the recycling site are greater than 1,500 percent than the company’s initial forecast for the first two months of the year.

The company attributes the strong sales figures to several factors: a focus on customer service, paying the highest prices for all types of scrap metal; faster unloading of customer deliveries; longer hours of operation, which makes it more convenient for customers; and paying customers for their metals on the same day they make deliveries.

The company also announced that it is set to start an $8 million program to renovate the Solvay scrap yard, which is now known as Ben Weitsman of Syracuse. The goal is to get the facility up the standards at the company’s other locations.

The planned upgrade will include paving the entire facility and installing stormwater runoff control. Existing buildings will be completely renovated and new structures built. Landscaping and noise mitigation fencing also is included the redevelopment plan.

New equipment for the site will include trucks, truck scales, three Sennebogen cranes, two mobile shears, loaders, balers, high speed conveyors, shipping container loading systems and roll-off containers.

“To say we are pleased with these sales figures is an understatement. It’s more that we are astounded by this unexpected performance. What’s good for our business is good for Syracuse,” says Adam Weitsman, Upstate Shredding’s president.

“We are not only creating new, good jobs, but when we complete the $8 million dollar upgrade it will be transformed from an old fashioned, unsightly, muddy scrap yard into a modern industrial facility that the area can be proud of, ” Weitsman adds.

Due the strong sales figures, the company also states that it has hired ten more employees. “As we continue to grow, we’ll hire more,” Weitsman adds.

“We are very motivated by our early sales success and are confident that our growth in the Syracuse market will be good for us as well as the community. We make a commitment to quality in every aspect of our business and Syracuse will benefit from our involvement in its economic future,” says Weitsman.