About Us

Surplex Recovery & Recycling starts its routes in Texas doing business as American Scrap Metal “Americanscrapmetal.Com”.

In the early 2000’s Americanscrapmetal.Com becomes one of the first major online recycling websites, it would go on to rank in the top 100 worldwide recycling/green/waste management websites.

While building it’s early website designs, it catches the eye of Simon Lusky & CMC Houston, having the close business relationship they did, Commercial Metals Houston TX original website its heavily influenced & inspired by Americanscrapmetal.Com’s website design. 

While in Texas American Scrap Metal does business with well-known companies such as Commercial Metals Company thru it’s high level & corporate employees “Larry Clark, Gary Cartwright & Glen DFW” & also Simon Lusky of Houston TX”.

The White Family of Tennessee “Joe & Faye” Who moved to Fort Worth in the 1960s who became “The Grandfathers of American Recycling & White Metal Recycling Fort Worth TX”

For the following years Americanscrapmetal.Com continues doing business with well-known companies across America that have all grand fathered or been a major contributors to the metal recycling industry in America.

American Scrap Metal builds its customer base while continually growing good business relationships over the years with metal foundries & large corporations such as Halliburton, the company and set its roots in the recycling industry specializing in onsite recycling of exotic, rare & precious metals refining.

Achievments

Apple – GT Advanced Technologies

GT Advanced Technologies (GTAT) sapphire-glass manufacturing plant in Mesa, Arizona

In 2014 GTAT experienced a highly publicized shutdown & equipment auction in Mesa, Arizona resulting from a disastrous partnership with Apple. A CBS news article can be found at https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gt-advanced-technologies-blames-apple-agreement-for-its-failure

American Scrap Metal is awarded with recycling of high temp molybdenum crucibles from the 2,039 custom sapphire-producing furnaces at the Mesa, Arizona plant. American Scrap Metal handles Exotic & Rare metal recycling along with recycling of stainless alloy legs that are used for the furnaces.

Rolls-Royce TAESL

Rolls-Royce and American Airlines announced the closure of Texas Aero Engine Services LLC (TAESL), a joint venture aircraft engine maintenance and repair plant at Fort Worth Alliance Airport in September 2015. The Rolls Royce – American Airlines press release can be found at https://americanairlines.gcs-web.com/news-releases/news-release-details/rolls-royce-and-american-airlines-dissolve-texas-aero-engine

In 2015-2016 American Scrap Metal meets with Rolls-Royce representatives and is placed in charge of removing, destroying & recycling turbine engine parts.

Money Plate Recycling

American Scrap Metal is awarded with recycling printing plates by the U.S. Governments Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

The main focus being the destruction of the priceless printing plates used to print the American dollar.

American Scrap Metal along with the Military & Police escorted a Armored Vehicle to a undisclosed location to use over 2,700 °F to completely melt the plates completely destroying them.

 

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