V-V Metals

Mentor, Ohio — Lake County

Industrial Scrap Buying in Mentor, OH

Victor Metals Inc., operating as V-V Metals, has bought industrial scrap out of Northeast Ohio since 1986. We serve the Heisley Road and Tyler Boulevard industrial parks and about thirty minutes east on Route 2 and I-90.

Industrial Scrap

What does industrial scrap buying in Mentor involve?

V-V Metals buys ferrous and non-ferrous industrial scrap in virtually any form -- skimmings, grindings, turnings, solids and floor sweeps -- and runs it as a managed programme rather than one-off loads.

Mentor's industrial parks are heavy on plastics tooling, precision machining and electronics assembly, which produces smaller-volume but higher-grade copper, aluminium and nickel alloy lots that reward proper segregation. That is the practical reason we grade tightly instead of buying by the container.

Most plants do not have a scrap problem, they have a handling problem: the wrong container in the wrong place, emptied on the wrong day. A managed programme fixes that and lifts realised value without anyone changing how they run the shop.

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Accepted Material

What industrial scrap do you buy in Mentor?

We buy skimmings, grindings, turnings, solids and floor sweeps generated across the Heisley Road and Tyler Boulevard industrial parks, in quantities from a single drum up to steady roll-off volume.

  • Production solids, punchings, drops and off-cuts
  • Machining turnings, chips and swarf
  • Grindings, skimmings and process fines
  • Metal-bearing floor sweeps and clean-out material
  • Obsolete equipment, tooling and surplus alloy inventory
  • Mixed ferrous and non-ferrous plant scrap

How It Works

What you get on a Mentor account

Each stream in the programme is graded and settled on its own line so you can see where the value sits by department, and adjust segregation where the payback is real.

  • Full container programme -- roll-offs, luggers, gaylords, drums and hoppers
  • Scheduled or on-call service matched to your production rate
  • Line-item settlement by stream so value is visible by department
  • Consolidated monthly reporting for accounting and sustainability records
  • Direct shipment to mills, foundries and smelters with no dealer resale

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Stainless Steel Recycling in Mentor

All grades of stainless accepted, sorted by chrome and nickel content for remelt.

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Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you pick up industrial scrap scrap in Mentor, Ohio?

Yes. Mentor is about thirty minutes east on Route 2 and I-90, and we place containers on site and run scheduled or on-call pickups for industrial scrap generators across the Heisley Road and Tyler Boulevard industrial parks. Smaller lots can also be delivered to our certified scale at 741 East 166th Street, Cleveland, OH 44110.

What forms of industrial scrap do you accept from Mentor plants?

We take skimmings, grindings, turnings, solids and floor sweeps. V-V Metals buys ferrous and non-ferrous industrial scrap in virtually any form -- skimmings, grindings, turnings, solids and floor sweeps -- and runs it as a managed programme rather than one-off loads.

How is my industrial scrap load priced?

Each stream in the programme is graded and settled on its own line so you can see where the value sits by department, and adjust segregation where the payback is real. Most plants do not have a scrap problem, they have a handling problem: the wrong container in the wrong place, emptied on the wrong day. A managed programme fixes that and lifts realised value without anyone changing how they run the shop.

Why sell industrial scrap scrap to V-V Metals instead of a local Mentor yard?

Unlike many scrap companies, V-V Metals does not sell purchased material to other scrap dealer houses. Everything we buy goes directly to mills, foundries or smelters, so there is one margin between your dock and the end user instead of two or three. Material from Mentor ships straight to mills, foundries and smelters, which is what lets us hold a competitive number on industrial scrap.

Moving industrial scrap out of Mentor?

Call for current industrial scrap pricing, material guidelines, or to have a container placed at your Mentor facility.

Call (440) 585-5959