Encore Recycling, LLC

Name

Encore Recycling, LLC

Legal name

Encore Recycling, LLC

Website

https://encorerecycling.net

Company type

Private

Operating status

Acquired

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Encore Recycling, LLC operates two metal and auto-parts recycling yards in Lithonia and Jefferson, Georgia, serving local suppliers, vendors, and customers, and now operates as a subsidiary of Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Metal Recycling Services

NAICS

Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

akta.pro primary industry

Scrap Collection, Brokerage & Trading (Dealers, Aggregators, Exporters) (EUAIAJAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Used Auto Parts Recovery & Resale (Salvage/Yard Parts, Rebuilders) (EUAIAJAF)

Keywords

• Metal recycling services
• Auto parts recycling
• Scrap metal processing
• Recycled metal sales
• Sustainable metal recycling

Headquarters

HQ city

Lithonia

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

Revenue model

1. Recycled Metal Processing and Sales: Encore Recycling operates as a metal recycling facility, collecting, processing, and selling recycled metal products. Revenue is generated through the sale of processed recycled metals to manufacturers and exporters.

Core offering

Encore Recycling, LLC operates two physical recycling facilities in Georgia that collect, process, and resell recycled metal and salvaged automotive parts. The Lithonia, GA location (Encore Recycling) provides metal recycling services, while the Jefferson, GA location (Encore Auto Parts & Recycling) supplies recycled auto parts and related materials to local suppliers, vendors, manufacturers, and exporters.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Encore Recycling Metal recycling facility located at 6781 Chapman Rd., Lithonia, GA 30058, providing metal collection, processing, and sales of recycled metal products to local suppliers, vendors, manufacturers, and exporters in the greater Atlanta metropolitan area.
• Encore Auto Parts & Recycling Auto parts and recycling facility located at 2991 Hwy 124W, Jefferson, GA 30549, offering vehicle parts recycling solutions to local communities in northeastern Georgia.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEncore Recycling has been acquired by and joined Schnitzer Steel Industries Inc., one of the largest manufacturers and exporters of recycled metal products in North America. The acquisition provides Encore with access to Schnitzer's expanded platform of services while maintaining tailored solutions for local stakeholders. Encore's team continues to operate responsibly and sustainably for customers and communities.

Broad incumbents

• Radius Recycling (formerly Schnitzer Steel Industries): Radius Recycling is the parent company that acquired Encore Recycling. It operates one of the largest ferrous and non-ferrous scrap metal recycling and export platforms in North America, making it the direct incumbent benchmark for Encore's metal recycling operations.
• Commercial Metals Company (CMC): CMC operates an integrated scrap metal recycling network across the U.S. that supplies its own mills. It competes with Encore and Schnitzer for ferrous scrap feedstock and offers comparable collection-and-processing services at much greater scale.
• Steel Dynamics: Steel Dynamics operates OmniSource, a large ferrous and non-ferrous scrap processor in the Midwest and Southeast. It competes with Encore for regional scrap supply and represents the kind of integrated mill-scrap operator that sets regional benchmark pricing.
• Nucor Corporation: Nucor is the largest steel producer in the U.S. and operates its own scrap metal recycling division (David J. Joseph Company). It is a major buyer of processed scrap and competes for high-volume commercial scrap accounts that Encore also targets.

Direct peers

• Metalico: Metalico is a regional scrap metal recycler operating yards that collect, process, and sell non-ferrous and ferrous scrap. It is a similar-scale operator to Encore serving comparable industrial and auto-scrap supply streams.
• Pull-A-Part: Pull-A-Part operates a national network of self-service used auto parts salvage yards across the U.S. Southeast, including Georgia. It is a direct competitor to Encore Auto Parts & Recycling for retail customers dismantling end-of-life vehicles.
• LKQ Corporation: LKQ is the largest North American provider of alternative and recycled auto parts, operating self-service salvage yards and a parts distribution network. Encore Auto Parts & Recycling competes directly with LKQ's Pick-your-Part and Keystone operations in the used auto parts resale market.

Emerging players

• Copart: Copart operates online vehicle auction and salvage yards, intersecting with Encore's end-of-life vehicle processing through auctioned vehicles that ultimately feed the used-parts and scrap metal supply chain. It is adjacent rather than head-to-head in parts retail.
• IAA (Insurance Auto Auctions): IAA, a subsidiary of RB Global, auctions salvage vehicles across the U.S. and supplies end-of-life vehicles that feed both parts recyclers and scrap metal processors. It is an upstream supplier to the value chain in which Encore operates.

Regional players

• EMR Group (European Metal Recycling): EMR is one of the largest metal recyclers globally, with U.S. operations including scrap yards and processing facilities. While headquartered in the UK, its North American footprint competes with Encore and Schnitzer for non-ferrous scrap volumes and export supply.

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