Aci Industries

What Aci Industries does

ACI Industries, Ltd. operates as a global B2B industrial recycler and processor of non-ferrous and ferrous metal-bearing scraps and residues, headquartered in Delaware, Ohio with an Asia-Pacific regional office in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The company procures a wide range of secondary materials — including nickel cobalt scraps, spent catalysts, rhenium-bearing residues, titanium, tool steel, tungsten carbide, precious metals, nickel alloys, and stainless scrap — and processes them through pyro-metallurgical and hydro-metallurgical refining, EAF and induction melting, drying, calcining, and mechanical processing operations (crushing, pucking, baling, cutting, surface preparation). Output is sold as custom raw materials — ingots, shot, pucks, powders — to smelters, refineries, and mills worldwide, with particular emphasis on European and Asian mill markets.

The business runs on a transaction-fee model: ACI buys scrap at negotiated fixed or formula prices, matches each lot to the most efficient processing route to maximize value, and resells processed material to metals consumers, offering formula pricing that allows suppliers to hedge volatile commodity cycles. GTM is direct enterprise field sales via US and Malaysian offices and door-to-door import/export logistics. In spent catalysts, ACI layers a cradle-to-grave service — transport, licensed handling, pollution insurance, and a Certificate of Consumption — that minimizes generator environmental liability, a differentiator with Fortune 500 chemical process clients.

ACI Industries, Ltd. sits within the privately held ACI Industries Group, alongside ACI Industries Converting, Ltd. (an 80,000 sq. ft. Central Ohio non-woven/tissue converting operation) and Lifeline Medical Supply (medical and non-medical glove distribution). ACI was formalized as the metals recycling entity in 2014 and references over three decades of domain experience, including large-scale procurement from Former Soviet Union countries since 1990. The group operates without disclosed external funding and exposes no public financials.

Name

Aci Industries

Legal name

ACI Industries, Ltd.

Website

https://aci-industries.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ACI Industries, Ltd. is a privately held US-based industrial recycler that buys and toll-processes non-ferrous and ferrous scrap — especially nickel cobalt, rhenium, and spent catalysts — into custom raw materials for smelters, refineries, and mills worldwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Metal Recycling

NAICS

Secondary Smelting, Refining, and Alloying of Nonferrous Metal (except Copper and Aluminum) (331492), Nonferrous Metal (except Aluminum) Smelting and Refining (33141)

SIC

Secondary Smelting & Refining Of Nonferrous Metals (3341), Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050)

akta.pro primary industry

Non-Ferrous Scrap Processing & Brokerage (Aluminum, Copper, Brass/Bronze, Lead, Zinc, Nickel) (IMAKAMAB)

akta.pro secondary industries

Metals Recycling & Processing (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous) (BPALADAF), Metal Melting & Secondary Smelting/Refining (Recycled Feedstock Producers) (EUAIAJAJ), Industrial & Manufacturing Scrap Recycling (Factory Scrap, Turnings, Offcuts) (IMAKAMAE)

Keywords

• Metal scrap recycling
• Nickel cobalt processing
• Spent catalyst reclamation
• Rhenium recycling
• Non-ferrous metal supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Delaware

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Scrap Material Processing and Sale: ACI purchases scrap materials (non-ferrous and ferrous metals, spent catalysts, nickel cobalt, titanium, tool steel, tungsten carbide, precious metals) at negotiated prices (fixed or formula terms) and processes them into custom raw materials (ingots, shot, pucks, powders) for resale to smelters, refineries, and mills.
2. Precious Metals Processing: Purchase and processing of scraps and residues containing precious metals, with settlements based on metal content assays.
3. Spent Catalyst Reclamation Services: Services for transport, handling, and reclamation of spent catalysts including logistics, documentation, and tracking worldwide. Certificate of Consumption provided upon confirmation of treatment.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Aci Industries purchases a wide range of non-ferrous and ferrous scrap and residues — including nickel cobalt, rhenium-bearing materials, spent catalysts, titanium, tool steel, tungsten carbide, precious metals, and nickel coppers — and processes them using pyro- and hydro-metallurgy, EAF/induction melting, drying, calcining, and mechanical processing. The processed outputs are supplied as custom raw materials (ingots, shot, pucks, blended powders, sized pieces, graded carbides) to smelters, refineries, mills, and other metals consumers worldwide.

Product overview

Aci Industries operates as a diversified industrial conglomerate with two primary business divisions. The metals recycling segment (ACI Industries) is a leading buyer, processor, and supplier of non-ferrous and ferrous metal scraps and residues worldwide, specializing in nickel cobalt, rhenium, spent catalysts, titanium, tungsten carbide, and precious metals. This division offers toll processing, custom melting, and refining services. The non-woven products segment includes ACI Industries Converting, Ltd. (tissue and toweling products) and Lifeline Medical Supply (medical gloves and supplies), which are separately operated group members.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• ACI Industries Converting, Ltd. Prime manufacturer and converter of quality non-woven, tissue and toweling products
• Lifeline Medical Supply

Products and services

• Non-Ferrous and Ferrous Metal Recycling Purchase, processing, and global supply of non-ferrous and ferrous metal bearing scraps and residues converted into quality custom raw materials for smelters, refineries, mills, and other metals consumers.
• Nickel Cobalt Scrap Processing Purchases and processes nickel cobalt scraps and residues (superalloy solids, turnings, grindings, smelter by-products, spent cobalt catalysts, battery scraps), producing feeds melted into ingot or shot form for smelters, refineries, and mills.
• Rhenium Recycling Processes rhenium-bearing scrap in various forms (solids, grindings, turnings, powders) and returns catalyst-grade APR or superalloy-grade Re powder or pellets to customers.
• Spent Catalyst Reclamation Worldwide transport, handling, and reclamation of spent catalysts containing precious metals, nickel, copper, zinc, cobalt, iron, molybdenum, vanadium, and other recyclable metals, delivered with Certificate of Consumption and cradle-to-grave documentation.
• Metal Processing Services Provides hydro- and pyro-metallurgical refining, EAF or induction melting, drying/calcining, crushing, briquetting, pucking, baling, and scrap preparation (sorting, cutting, surface preparation) for diverse scrap chemistries and customer specifications.
• Custom Raw Materials Supply Supplies nickel cobalt feeds, rhenium, stainless and iron scrap, titanium feedstock, tungsten carbide, nickel alloys, tool steels, spent catalysts, precious metal scraps, nickel coppers, brasses, bronzes, and ferroalloys to smelters, refineries, and mills in forms such as ingots, shot, pucks, blended powders, and graded/sized pieces.

Quantifiable outcome

• No landfills - spent catalysts used as feedstock in other processes
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• ACI Industries Converting, Ltd.coreOthersSister company within ACI Industries Group, located at 970 Pittsburgh Drive, Delaware, OH. A prime manufacturer and converter of quality non-woven, tissue and toweling products with an 80,000 square foot facility in Central Ohio and 10 separate converting lines.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Cronimet Holding GmbH: Cronimet is a global trader and processor of non-ferrous scrap metals (including nickel-bearing alloys and superalloys) and a major stainless steel scrap supplier to mills. ACI's nickel-cobalt and stainless scrap processing business is directly comparable to Cronimet's core trading and brokerage franchise.
• Sabin Metal Corporation: Sabin is one of North America's largest precious metals refiners specializing in spent catalyst and industrial by-product recovery, returning platinum group metals. ACI's spent catalyst reclamation and precious metals processing offering directly parallels Sabin's core service.
• Inmetco (International Metals Reclamation Company): Inmetco operates a sub-arc furnace recovery facility processing nickel-bearing batteries, catalysts and specialty steel wastes into nickel-cobalt alloys. Both firms generate nickel-cobalt feedstock for stainless/superalloy supply chains from similar secondary streams.

Broad incumbents

• Umicore SA: Umicore is a global materials technology group with a large Recycling Business Unit focused on precious metals, cobalt, nickel, and spent catalyst recovery. ACI operates at smaller scale in a directly overlapping niche, but Umicore sets the technological and customer benchmark.
• Heraeus Precious Metals: Heraeus runs a global precious metals recycling and refining franchise including catalyst recovery, with much broader product reach. ACI's precious metals settlement-based catalyst reclamation overlaps with Heraeus's industrial refining offering.
• European Metal Recycling (EMR): EMR is one of the world's largest metal recyclers operating across ferrous, non-ferrous (including stainless and nickel alloys), and end-of-life vehicles. ACI's global sourcing of stainless and nickel alloy scrap to European mills competes with EMR's similar supply flows.
• Sims Metal Management: Sims is a global scrap metal recycler with ferrous and non-ferrous operations, including specialty alloys. ACI's processor/broker model in non-ferrous scrap and stainless competes directly with Sims's non-ferrous metals arm.
• Glencore plc: Glencore is a leading global trader and processor of cobalt and nickel, with deep exposure to mined and recycled streams. ACI is a much smaller direct buyer of nickel-cobalt scrap and spent catalysts to the same downstream smelter and refinery customer base.
• Boliden AB: Boliden operates non-ferrous smelters and refineries (copper, zinc, nickel, lead) across Europe that consume secondary feedstock such as scrap. ACI supplies such smelters and refineries with custom raw materials, making Boliden both a customer archetype and a vertically-integrated competitor for downstream offtake.
• Radius Recycling (formerly Schnitzer Steel): Radius Recycling is a major North American scrap metal recycler with global ferrous/non-ferrous export operations including stainless and alloy grades. ACI's stainless and nickel alloy export business to Asian and European mills competes directly with Radius's export franchise.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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