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04-15-2025 To the loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap: The country celebrates Earth Day each year on April 22. This year we are proud to be supporting a customer of ours that supplies the automotive machine tool industry. They employ several thousand employees in Michigan and celebrate Earth Day each year by setting up displays at… Read more »

03-14-2025 To the loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap: Ever have those days where you are not sure what to tackle first. My schedule is usually straight forward. Look at my mail, email, meet with our team and review the prior days activities, review today’s schedule. One thing I don’t usually need to ask, did the… Read more »

02-11-2025 To the loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap. Well, you know what they say, “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future,”- Yogi Berra. This seems to be particularly true in today’s economic climate, especially around the manufacturing industry. Will tariffs bring about stagnation or kick off the next golden age of the United… Read more »

01-15-2025 To the loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap. 2025 marks Kimmel’s 75th year in the metal recycling industry. We would like to thank all our customers for helping us make this happen as this is truly a reason to celebrate. We have ridden many roller coasters of change over the last 75 years. Some were… Read more »

12-16-2024 To the loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap. It is hard to believe but beginning in January, Kimmel Scrap will be celebrating. 75 years recycling your scrap metal. I personally have a lot of people to thank, my family sacrificed many nights and long hours and missed soccer and softball games to make my company… Read more »

November 8, 2024 Now that that is over. We’ll just leave it at that, and I hope we can find a way to come together for the greater good of our country. But what does that mean for scrap prices going forward? That is a good question and only time will tell. If we look… Read more »

10-15-2024 To the Loyal Customers of Kimmel Scrap, In this month’s letter to our valued customers, I would like to thank you for the trust you place in us here at Kimmel Scrap Iron & Metal for handling all of your metal recycling needs. Everyone here strives each and every day to provide you with… Read more »

9-15-2024 To the Loyal Customers of Kimmel Scrap, As I am writing this newsletter, I am cognizant of the comments being published regarding the constant import and dumping of Chinese Steel in the United States. Almost every industry is impacted by the flood of foreign cheap steel. An article in this week’s Wall Street Journal… Read more »

8-15-2024 To our loyal customers of Kimmel Scrap: Knowing the box number when requesting service can be very helpful. All of our boxes have numbers on them and they tell us the type and size of the box. The roll off boxes start with a 1. An example would be 130002. That tells us that… Read more »

7-15-2024 To the Loyal Customers of Kimmel Scrap, I believe that we all have situations that are similar. I heard from many of you that finding employees who want to work is difficult. We are struggling to find qualified truck drivers that can pass all our requirements to work here. As a result of the… Read more »