Progressive Scrap Metals
Metal Recycling and Processing Made Easy

Scrap metal recycling is one of the pillars of sustainable industrialization, but it is often difficult to adopt in practice because of the limitations imposed by current recycling practices. Modern metal products made using digital technologies further add to their complexity, because intricate product designs make metal separation operations difficult. A lesser-viewed but equally challenging setback is the lack of appropriate recycling partners in close proximity to industrial zones.

Progressive Scrap Metals, a Los Angeles-based, family-owned metal recycling company, is steadfastly mitigating these setbacks, from both technological and proximal standpoints. The company has been operating successfully for more than a decade, recycling steel, aluminum, computer scrap, and cables obtained from businesses and the general public.

"We are established in the metal recycling space due to our longlasting relationship with lead partners, who connect us with other business associates, helping us build a sustainable clientele portfolio. Networking is therefore integral to us, through which we maintain a healthy relationship with our domestic and international clients, and strive to serve them to the best of our abilities," says Jeremy A. De Leon, Founding President of Progressive Scrap Metals.

Progressive Scrap Metals operates from its four state-of-the-art facilities, spanning more than 200,000 square feet. While three of its facilities are in Los Angeles, the fourth is in Upland, California. Its expertise lies in procuring commodities from clients and processing them with its robust and user-friendly recycling hardware, shipping 18 to 20 million pounds of scrap metal monthly.

As a trailblazer in metal recycling, Progressive Scrap Metals also aims to solve long standing industry issues. One of them is addressing cost-push inflation. There has always been conflicting views on fluctuating minimum wage and its impact on inflation. To keep that in check, the company has established administrative offices in Guatemala (Global Multi-Connect), where they hire local talent from different backgrounds and skillsets to remain competitive in terms of pricing, productivity, and quality.

The company also tackles the issue of limited and expensive heavy industrial space in California by operating its three facilities in multiple shifts. Each of the three facilities, moreover, is designed to work on specified tasks, one for bulk buying, the second for processing and condensing materials using their compactors and baler machines, and the third for treating heavy metals or anything oversized. These specializations help retain a healthy flow of materials in and out of each facility despite its limited space.

Progressive Scrap Metals' competent sales directors, on top of that, ensure their facilities maintain a sustainable demand and supply ratio,even amid market fluctuations. They use in-house software that condenses the buying and selling processes, tracks inventories, books confirmations from overseas, and maintains contracts with ease.

Solving port congestion issues is another of Progressive Scrap Metals' top priorities. The company's in-house trucking services are available 24/7 to all its wholesale and retail clients to manage the transport of containers and materials in and out of ports efficiently.

Progressive Scrap Metals leverages its technical and domain knowledge to help clients across China, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Mexico. In one instance, an electronics waste company sought their help to condense large volumes of steel and aluminum and create additional storage space. They used their baler machines to condense the materials by up to 70 percent. Their in-house truck fleet further helped transport the materials to and from the electronics waste company.

This is but one of the scenarios where Progressive Scrap Metals has streamlined clients' operations. The secret to achieving such outstanding results, according to A. De Leon, is not overpromising and under-delivering. That's how the company has been able to build long-lasting relationships in the market, and how it will continue carving a niche in the domain.