Huron Valley Steel Corporation (HVSC) president and chief executive officer Eric “Randy” Fritz said, “2015 and 2016 were challenging years, not just for us but for the entire metals recycling industry, Despite those challenges HVSC has continued to invest in new technology and is planning for growth.
Now with the improved market conditions, it is refreshing to look back and realize those efforts are beginning to pay off.”With the improved steel market and recent scrap import restrictions imposed by China, HVSC anticipates greater volumes of Zorba will be available to the U.S. domestic market for processing. As a result, Huron is pursuing added areas of corporate growth.
In addition to investments in capital improvements, HVSC has plans in place to add a secondary aluminum facility in Alabama. The greater availability of Zorba and increased demand will allow the company to expand its secondary aluminum alloy production to the South while continuing to serve its current customers’ aluminum scrap needs. The company currently melts aluminum scrap production from its Belleville, Michigan facility into a secondary aluminum ingot and sow. With the new scrap-melting furnace, HVSC plans to increase its current annual melt capacity to produce more secondary aluminum products for the automotive die casting market.
HVSC is one of the largest processors of shredded nonferrous mixed metals generated by auto shredders in the U.S. and Canada. The shredded nonferrous mix, known as “Zorba,” is processed at its two media plants in Belleville, Michigan and Anniston, Alabama. Approximately 80 percent of the nonferrous metals it recovers are aluminum alloys.
Published in the April 2018 Edition