Posts By: Ken

3-15-2024 To our loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap: Earth Day is April 22nd. Why April 22nd? Arbor Day was April 22nd until it was moved to the last Friday in April. Most national holidays celebrate the past, Earth Day celebrates the future. I thought I would mention a few small things we can all do… Read more »

2-15-2024 To our loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap: As I am writing our monthly newsletter it occurred to me that many of you may not know one of our long time employees who is sometimes overlooked. Nicole Lamar is our office manager. Nicole started at Auto City Iron & Metal in 1989. We purchased Auto… Read more »

1-15-2024 To our loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap: A few months ago, I wrote about how picking up half loaded containers of scrap metal were very expensive. These runs for half loads pretty much doubled the freight cost per ton. We have recently been faced with the opposite problem of loads being either too heavy… Read more »

June 7, 2023 To Our Loyal Partners of Kimmel Scrap Iron & Metal Co. Summer has arrived! The winters in Michigan always seem especially long and summer can never come soon enough. However, with the direction of the steel market we may wish summer never arrived this year. As I write this, we wait for… Read more »

5-15-2023 To the loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap Iron & Metal. This past March I had written of how the scrap steel market had strengthen over the past couple of months but we were a bit unsettled about future growth. We were looking at mils order books being strong and strong export markets for Countries… Read more »

April 15, 2023 To Our Loyal Partners of Kimmel Scrap Iron & Metal Co. How important is safety? It is the most important aspect of our business, our industry and I bet you too put it at the top of your businesses priorities. No one goes to work expecting to be injured, witness an injury… Read more »

3-15-2023 To the loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap Iron & Metal. In this check as well as next check for the month of March you will notice of an increase in most ferrous scrap metal prices. The question we would like to know is why and for how long will these prices be elevated. There… Read more »

February 15, 2023 To Our Loyal Partners of Kimmel Scrap Iron & Metal Co. We are pleased to announce that beginning with your February statement we will no longer be assessing the $50 fuel surcharge per run. The unprecedented string of events that caused the meteoric rise in diesel fuel coupled with weak commodity prices… Read more »

January 15, 2023 To Our Loyal Partners of Kimmel Scrap Iron & Metal Co. If there is one thing we strive for here at Kimmel it is continuous improvements and reinvesting in the business. Although 2022 was a difficult year for most of us I am proud to announce that to kick of 2023 we… Read more »

December 15, 2022 To The Loyal Customers of Kimmel Scrap Iron & Metal Co. When I was asked to compose this month’s newsletter, I immediately considered many important topics. Subjects ranging from snow/cold weather safety, continuous improvement, and looking forward to better days. However, I have decided to briefly talk about simply, being thankful. I… Read more »