SMS is pleased to announce that it has been awarded the scrapyard management contract at the APERAM steelmaking facility in Genk, Belgium.   Significantly, the services are currently being performed by the world’s largest steel mill service provider and the right to business was fiercely contested by other major market payers.   SMS operations will begin on August 1, 2018.

APERAM is a global player in stainless, electrical and specialty steel, with customers in over 40 countries.  SMS, together with its new Belgium affiliate, Scrap Metal Services Belgium, BSBV (currently being incorporated) will be performing the services.   As part of SMS’s overall strategic growth initiatives, SMS is very excited about this expansion into Europe.

For more information, the full press release is linked below:

Press Release

NEW YORK — A MM presented 15 Awards for Steel Excellence to 13 companies and one individual at a June 17 dinner in New York celebrating best-in-dass initiatives that have introduced real and quantifiable change to the steel industry.

The fifth annual awards program recognized the efforts of individuals and companies whose ingenuity, dedication and difference-making savvy distinguished 2014s honorees from their peers over the past 12 months

A panel of distinguished judges with a wide-ranging level of expertise evaluated a record number of nominations using a point-based qualitative approach to identify demonstrated excellence among nominees drawn from mills, distributors and other service providers with operations in North America.

The 2014 winners of AMMs Awards for Steel Excellence are:

Scrap company of the year: Large — Scrap Metal Services LLC

Scrap Metal Services LLC is a supplier of ferrous and nonferrous scrap commodities to both domestic and international consumers SMS has seen revenue growth of more than 270 percent over the past five years, and company forecasts for the next five years are bullish.

Scrap Metal Services LLC (SMS) is a supplier of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap commodities to both domestic and international consumers. Burnham, Ill.-based SMS has seen revenue growth of more than 270 percent over the past five years. The growth in employees and other factors also has been significant, and company forecasts for the next five years are bullish. During the past year, SMS has acquired Paul’s Auto Yard Inc. and its subsidiary, Shafer’s Auto Yard Inc., recycling with yards in Indiana and Michigan. SMS was awarded a new mill services contract for the creation of a new slab conditioning and scarfing facility at Severstal North America Inc. in Dearborn, Mich., and has been awarded a U.S. Navy contract to dismantle an aircraft carrier, the first supercarrier to be dismantled in the United States. SMS executives attribute the company’s growth to a willingness to diversify and expand into entirely new areas of business, even in difficult economic times. The company also prides itself on its reliability in shipping quality products regularly with minimal issues from buyers. At the scrapyards themselves, SMS has implemented new software that allows it to keep accurate records and pictures of materials purchased. It has converted its payment system, added more secure anti-theft devices and controls, and adopted stringent environmental standards that include radioactive material detectors. Additionally, SMS has developed safety and environmental programs to help ensure that employees share a safe and healthy workplace. SMS specializes in scrap processing, scrap management and consulting, scrap brokerage, steel mill services, intcrmodal/rail car decommissioning, ship recycling and remediation, and dismantling services. SMS said it will continue to explore other niche businesses and to expand through acquisitions or by opening other greenfield operations as strategic opportunities present themselves.

SMS Mill Services Michigan, LLC (SMS) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a steel slab conditioning services agreement with Severstal North America (SNA) at its Dearborn, Michigan operation.

With engineering already in process, SMS will provide infrastructure, equipment and personnel to fully scarf (skin), cut to length and slice to width steel slabs as required. Working with GeGa Corporation systems, SMS will provide the scarfing services on “hot” slabs to facilitate both timely and cost saving slab rolling.

“We are delighted by this opportunity to again expand our mill service offerings and operations”, says Larry Coe, President of SMS Mill Services. “I am confident our partnership with Severstal North America will be beneficial to both companies.”

Scrap Metal Services LLC, the parent of SMS Mill Services Michigan, already provides ferrous scrap to both SNA’s Dearborn, MI and Columbus, MS steel producing operations.

About Scrap Metal Services, LLC and SMS Mill Services, LLC

Scrap Metal Services, LLC (SMS), headquartered in Burnham (Chicago), IL, operates scrap processing, steel mill services, ship breaking and oil rig dismantlement and intermodal/truck/railcar dismantling facilities in several states. SMS also provides full-service scrap management, consulting and purchasing services to industrial scrap generators and demolition contractors, on a local and national basis. SMS is a supplier of ferrous and nonferrous scrap commodities to both domestic and international consumers. SMS now operates scrap processing facilities in Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Ohio and Texas

SMS Mill Services, LLC is a top tier provider of mill support, processing and management services for steel producers in North America, with steel mill services facilities in Alabama, Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Ohio and now Michigan.

WASHINGTON (NNS) – The Navy awarded a S0.01 delivery order Oct. 22 for dismantling and recycling ex-USS Forrestal (AVT 59).

The delivery order was made under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to All Star Metals for the towing, dismantling and recycling of conventionally powered aircraft carriers stricken from the Naval Vessel Register.

The price of the delivery order reflects the net price proposed by All Star Metals, which considered the estimated proceeds from the sale of the scrap metal to be generated from dismantling.

In May 2012, the Navy solicited proposals for the award of up to three contracts for the dismantling and recycling of inactive conventionally-powered aircraft carriers. All Star Metals is the first of three successful offerors to receive its facility security clearance, which is required prior to contract award. After the initial award of one carrier to each successful offeror, the Navy has the capability of scrapping additional conventionally-powered aircraft carriers over a five-year period under delivery orders competed between the three contractors.

All Star Metals will now develop its final tow plan for the Navy’s approval for the tow of ex-Forrestal from its current berth at the Navy’s inactive ship facility in Philadelphia to All Star Metals’ facility in Brownsville. The ship is expected to depart Philadelphia before the end of the year. Navy civilian personnel will be on site full time to monitor the contractor’s performance during dismantling of the ship.

Forrestal was decommissioned Sept. 11, 1993, after more than 38 years of service. On June 16, 1999, the Navy announced the ship would be available for donation to an eligible organization for use as a museum or memorial. However, no viable applications were received and the vessel was removed from donation hold in December 2003 and redesignated for disposal.

The first of the “supercarriers,” Forrestal was launched Dec. 11, 1954, by Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., and commissioned Sept. 29, 1955.

The award of contracts for two additional conventional carriers – ex-Saratoga (CV 60) and ex-Constellation (CV 64) – are pending, as they are contingent upon the two other successful offerors receiving their facility security clearances.

For more news from Naval Sea Systems Command, visit www.navy.mil/local/navsea/.

To read more about this event in the media, see below:

CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/23/us/gallery/uss-forrestal/index.html?hpt=hp_c3

Fox News

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/23/forrestal-navy-first-supercarrier-sold-for-1-penny/

SMS Mill Services, LLC (SMS) is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a scrap management and handling services agreement with Warren Steel Holdings, LLC (WSH), located in Warren, Ohio.

SMS commenced operations at the specialty steel producer on April 23, 2012. Operations include ferrous scrap receiving and inspection, inventory control, as well as charge bucket loading for Warren Steel Holding’s electric arc furnace and other mill support services. A seasoned startup team and all necessary operating equipment was deployed to the site in a timely manner to provide a smooth transition of critical melt shop support services for WSH.

“We are delighted by this opportunity to expand our mill services operations with this recent contract with Warren Steel Holdings”, says Larry Coe, President of SMS Mill Services. “I am confident our partnership with WSH will be beneficial to both companies.”

Scrap Metal Services LLC, the parent of SMS Mill Services, already established a commercial recycling facility at the plant site in Warren, Ohio earlier this year.

About Scrap Metal Services, LLC and SMS Mill Services, LLC

Scrap Metal Services, LLC (SMS), headquartered in Burnham (Chicago), IL, operates scrap processing, steel mill services and intermodal/truck/railcar decommissioning and dismantling facilities in several states. SMS also provides full-service scrap management, consulting and purchasing services to industrial scrap generators and demolition contractors, on a local and national basis. SMS is a supplier of ferrous and nonferrous scrap commodities to both domestic and international consumers. SMS now operates scrap processing facilities in Illinois, Indiana, Alabama, Ohio and Texas.

SMS Mill Services, LLC is a top tier provider of scrap and slag management and mill support services for steel producers in North America, with steel mill services facilities in Pennsylvania, Indiana and Ohio.