CHICAGO, IL – December 20, 2018. Scrap Metal Services, LLC (SMS) and its mill services division, SMS Mill Services, LLC, are pleased to announce a new partnership in the form of a multi-year agreement with Optimus Steel LLC for on-site scrap management at the Optimus facility in Beaumont, Texas. Located in Beaumont, Texas, Optimus Steel … Continue reading "Partnership With…

Scrap Metal Services, LLC (SMS), headquartered in Burnham, Illinois, is pleased to announce an exciting change in its leadership team.  Effective December 12, 2018, Jeff Gertler (CEO) and Rick Gertler (COO) have moved into board level positions as Chairman and Co-Chairman of the newly formed Board of Directors of Scrap Metal Services, L.L.C. and its … Continue reading "Scrap Metal…

CHICAGO, IL  – October 30, 2018 Scrap Metal Services, LLC (SMS), headquartered in Burnham, Illinois, and its mill services division, SMS Mill Services, LLC, announced that it has successfully entered into a multiyear contract at JSW Steel USA’s newest facility in Mingo Junction, Ohio. The long-term contract will include slag removal and processing, metal recovery, … Continue reading "SMS AWARDED…

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 … Continue reading "SMS Expansion…

Freeboard Holding LLC announced today that it has entered into a partnership with Fe Trading Group LLC and acquired a 50% interest in the newly formed company, FE Trading Group LLC (“FTG”). FTG will be headed by Freeboard’s Robert Kelman as CEO. Kelman has over 30 years’ experience in the metal recycling and trading industry … Continue reading "Freeboard Holding…