What Consolidated Resources does

Consolidated Resources Incorporated (CRI) is a woman-owned commercial and industrial metal recycling company headquartered in El Mirage, Arizona, serving the Phoenix metro area and Maricopa County since 1990. The company exclusively targets B2B customers — manufacturing facilities, machine shops, aerospace firms, construction companies, technology businesses, and automotive manufacturers — and explicitly excludes residential and walk-in material. It purchases ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals (including stainless steel, copper, brass, aluminum, iron, titanium, nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, and tungsten carbide) from these customers and generates revenue from the spread between purchase and resale prices, with current market rates referenced at copper $3.55/lb, red brass $2.45/lb, aluminum/copper radiators $1.50/lb, and aluminum around $0.90–$0.99/lb.

The company's service stack consists of four core offerings: industrial metal recycling, roll-off and bin services, scheduled pickup, and customized recycling programs. Operations rely on an in-house truck fleet and custom-built roll-off containers designed and staged at each customer site at no cost to the customer. The technical backbone is conventional: manual and mechanical sorting, grading, weighing, and transportation logistics, with no AI, automation platforms, APIs, or proprietary software referenced.

CRI's go-to-market is direct enterprise field sales targeting C&I accounts in the Arizona manufacturing corridor, supported by content marketing (educational blog), local social media presence (Facebook, Instagram, Yelp), and direct phone engagement. Pricing is purely transactional per-pound based on metal type and spot market rates, with no disclosed long-term contracts, subscription model, or institutional investors. The firm is founder/operator-led (Aaron Zigler is identified as Founder/owner) with 51-100 employees and over 90 years of combined industry experience among principals and staff.

Name

Consolidated Resources

Legal name

Consolidated Resources Incorporated

Website

https://consolidatedresources.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Consolidated Resources Incorporated is a woman-owned commercial and industrial metal recycling company serving manufacturing, aerospace, and construction clients in the Phoenix metro area since 1990, using its own truck fleet and custom containers to purchase and resell ferrous and non-ferrous scrap.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Industrial Metal Recycling

NAICS

Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers (42393), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Wholesale-Metals & Minerals (No Petroleum) (5050)

akta.pro primary industry

Metals Recycling & Processing (Ferrous/Non-Ferrous) (BPALADAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Industrial & Manufacturing Scrap Recycling (Factory Scrap, Turnings, Offcuts) (IMAKAMAE), E-Waste & Electronics Metal Recovery (ITAD, Circuit Boards, Precious Metal Recovery) (IMAKAMAG), Construction & Demolition (C&D) Metal Recycling (Structural Steel, Rebar, Roofing, Wire) (IMAKAMAF)

Keywords

• Scrap metal recycling
• Industrial recycling services
• Ferrous non-ferrous metals
• Roll-off container services
• Commercial metal recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Glendale

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Scrap Metal Purchase and Resale: CRI purchases ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals from commercial and industrial customers. They pay based on accurate material grading and weighing, then process and resell the materials to recover value. Revenue comes from the margin between purchase price and resale value of processed metals.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Consolidated Resources Incorporated purchases ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals (stainless steel, copper, brass, aluminum, iron, steel, titanium, nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, tungsten carbide) from commercial and industrial customers in the Phoenix metro area. The company provides customized recycling programs that include custom roll-off container staging, scheduled pickup via its own fleet of trucks, accurate weighing and material grading, detailed reports, and prompt payment to the customer, then resells the processed metal to recover value.

Product overview

Consolidated Resources Incorporated is a commercial and industrial metal recycling company serving the Phoenix metro area of Arizona since 1990. The company operates as a single unified service offering centered around metal recycling, providing collection, transportation, processing, and purchasing of ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metals. Their core product is their industrial metal recycling service, which is supported by roll-off container solutions, scheduled pickup services using their own truck fleet, and customized recycling programs tailored to individual business needs. The company specializes in handling various metals including steel, stainless steel, copper, brass, aluminum, titanium, nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, and tungsten carbide. Services are exclusively for commercial and industrial clients—no residential customers are accepted.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Industrial Metal Recycling Services Commercial and industrial metal recycling services purchasing ferrous and non-ferrous metals including stainless steel, copper, brass, aluminum, iron, steel, titanium, nickel alloys, cobalt alloys, and tungsten carbide from business customers; excludes residential and walk-in customers.

Quantifiable outcome

• 90%+ energy savings when using recycled aluminum and copper vs. producing new metals from raw materials
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Schnitzer Steel Industries (legacy): The legacy Schnitzer Steel business (now Radius) historically operated large regional yards in the Phoenix metro and across the Western U.S. It represents the scaled incumbent that CRI's customers also sell scrap to, defining the competitive ceiling on local scrap pricing.
• EMR Group: EMR is a global metal recycling and commodities business with growing U.S. operations. While not directly competing in Phoenix today, its presence as a deep-pocketed entrant expands the competitive set for industrial scrap supply in the broader Southwest.
• Radius Recycling: Radius Recycling (formerly Schnitzer Steel Industries) is one of the largest metal recyclers in North America with broad ferrous/non-ferrous processing and West Coast export infrastructure. It serves similar manufacturing customer profiles but at a national scale with mill-grade tonnage CRI cannot match.
• PSC Metals: PSC Metals is a regional ferrous and non-ferrous scrap processor serving the Midwest and Mid-South. It competes for similar industrial scrap streams (auto, manufacturing) and represents what a scaled-up, multi-yard version of CRI's operating model looks like at a regional level.
• Commercial Metals Company (CMC): CMC operates a vertically integrated scrap recycling business that feeds its own steel mills. It competes for industrial scrap volumes across the Southwest and offers mill-direct pricing that small recyclers cannot replicate, making it a competitor for upstream supply even where it does not directly serve the same customers.
• David J. Joseph Company: David J. Joseph is a Nucor-owned scrap metal broker and processor with national reach. It competes indirectly with CRI for industrial scrap supply and represents the mill-affiliated model that secures upstream tonnage through long-term contracts.

Regional players

• Pacific Steel & Recycling: Pacific Steel & Recycling is a regional scrap metal recycler serving Montana and the broader Pacific Northwest. Like CRI, it is a regional, multi-generation operator focused on industrial accounts — a useful peer for understanding geographic expansion and yard-density economics.
• Friedman Recycling Company: Friedman Recycling is a family-owned, multi-yard industrial and commercial scrap metal recycler serving Texas and surrounding markets. It is highly comparable in operating model — own fleet, custom containers, B2B focus — making it a strong analog for CRI's scale and unit economics outside of Arizona.
• Ferrous Processing & Trading:

Direct peers

• SA Recycling: SA Recycling is a large non-ferrous and ferrous scrap metal recycler with operations in Arizona and other Western states. It directly competes with CRI for the same commercial and industrial accounts in the Phoenix metro, including aerospace and manufacturing scrap, but operates at substantially larger scale with port-export capabilities.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/CRIRecycles
• Instagraminstagram.com/consolidatedresources
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/consolidated-resources-incorporated

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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