Allmetal Gains Heavy Metal Recycling
Allmetal Recycling, located in Wichita, Kansas, has recently expanded by acquiring Heavy Metal Recyclers. This metal buying and demolition business is based out of Pratt, but also has offices in Great Bend, Kingman, and Medicine Lodge.
After 12 years of running Heavy Metal Recyclers, Owner Abe Peters has elected to pass the reins to an esteemed firm. Established in 2008, Heavy Metal Recyclers specialized in recycling ferrous and nonferrous materials, as reported by the Pratt Tribune.
“It’s time for the bigger people to take over, and we’re happy to give it to a wonderful, reputable company,” Peters commented. “We want to see them grow, also.”
It has been a dozen years since the inception of Heavy Metal Recyclers, but according to Peters, the landscape has shifted to becoming more corporate.
A Name Change
Heavy Metal Recyclers currently handles a wide variety of metals including copper, brass, aluminum, scrap metal and prepared metal. All ferrous and non-ferrous material is accepted in exchange for payment. With the transition to new ownership, however, certain adjustments will be made, the company’s name being one major alteration.
“[Our name] Heavy Metal was just was catchy enough . . . for the industry, it got people’s attention,” Peters stated.
Cousins Clint and Kolby Cornejo, the proprietors of Allmetal Recycling, have decided to stay with their organization’s original name, rather than taking on ‘Heavy Metal Recyclers’. The Cornejo’s did state, however, that Heavy Metal Recyclers “is a good name.”
Three New Sites
On March 10th, the deal was finalized which saw Allmetal Recycling purchase Heavy Metal Recyclers, and add three sites to the company’s existing portfolio. As of the 13th, the new scrap yards were rebranded as Allmetal Recycling, bringing the organizations count to ten locations in total.
“The Pratt, Kingman and Great Bend markets were areas they had built their brand. They bought the majority of the ferrous and nonferrous metals in those areas in which they would direct sell most of those items. That being said, those were volumes we were not buying prior to this acquisition.”
“We established a good working relationship with brothers Abe and Jake over the past eight to 10 years,” Cornejo said.
Allmetal experienced additional growth following its gaining of Heavy Metal Recyclers, as all workers chose to stay with the company. This brought its total employee count up to 255, according to Cornejo.
Allmetal Widens its Scope
By investing in Heavy Metal Recyclers, Allmetal was able to gain volume, both ferrous and nonferrous, as well as three more locations. These sites also allow for new opportunities so Allmetal can be more aggressive in expanding its brand across the region.
Cornejo states, “We plan to continue to provide quality customer service to the existing customer and add rolloff boxes to handle potential new industrial customers. We’re able to offer more aggressive pricing to some of the manufacturers since we have locations in those areas, as well as the retail trade business. We plan to upgrade our rolling stock (trucks and trailers) as well as some of the equipment in the yards. Each yard will have improvements made from signage, pavement and building improvements.”
According to Cornejo, Allmetal Recycling not only offers competitive prices on all metal recyclables, but also provides top-notch customer service. Going forward, this same level of customer care will be extended to clients at former Heavy Metals locations.
