Willoughby, Ohio — Lake County

Aluminum Scrap Processing in Willoughby, OH

Victor Metals Inc., operating as V-V Metals, has bought industrial scrap out of Northeast Ohio since 1986. We serve the Lost Nation Road and Glenn Avenue machining district and about twenty minutes east via Route 2.

Aluminum

What does aluminum scrap processing in Willoughby involve?

V-V Metals processes aluminum scrap by alloy family rather than as one commodity: 6061 and 2024 clips and solids, 7050 cast turnings, 356 slag, dross and spills, aluminum grindings and foil.

Willoughby and the Lost Nation airport district hold a concentration of aerospace-adjacent job shops, so unmarked stainless and nickel superalloy off-cuts turn up regularly and need identifying before they are priced. That is the practical reason we grade tightly instead of buying by the container.

Alloy identity drives aluminum value more than tonnage does. Mixing 6061 into a cast turnings box costs real money, so we set up separate containers per alloy at the machine and verify identity on receipt before a load is blended.

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Accepted Material

What aluminum do you buy in Willoughby?

We buy clips, solids, turnings, grindings, dross, slag, spills and foil generated across the Lost Nation Road and Glenn Avenue machining district, in quantities from a single drum up to steady roll-off volume.

  • 6061 clips, extrusion drops and 2024 solids
  • 7050 and general cast aluminum turnings
  • 356 slag, 356 dross and 356 spills
  • Aluminum grindings and machining fines
  • Aluminum foil, litho sheet and clean sheet clips
  • Mixed low-copper and painted aluminum streams

How It Works

What you get on a Willoughby account

Turnings are checked for free oil and fines content, dross and slag are sampled for recoverable metallic yield, and each alloy is settled against its own published index rather than a blanket mixed-aluminum price.

  • Alloy-segregated containers staged at the machine or the melt deck
  • Metallic-yield sampling on dross, slag and spill material before settlement
  • Free-oil and fines assessment on turnings so deductions are transparent
  • Bulk or scheduled pickup for high-volume extrusion and casting operations
  • Direct movement to secondary aluminum smelters and remelt operations

Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

Do you pick up aluminum scrap in Willoughby, Ohio?

Yes. Willoughby is about twenty minutes east via Route 2, and we place containers on site and run scheduled or on-call pickups for aluminum generators across the Lost Nation Road and Glenn Avenue machining district. Smaller lots can also be delivered to our certified scale at 741 East 166th Street, Cleveland, OH 44110.

What forms of aluminum do you accept from Willoughby plants?

We take clips, solids, turnings, grindings, dross, slag, spills and foil. V-V Metals processes aluminum scrap by alloy family rather than as one commodity: 6061 and 2024 clips and solids, 7050 cast turnings, 356 slag, dross and spills, aluminum grindings and foil.

How is my aluminum load priced?

Turnings are checked for free oil and fines content, dross and slag are sampled for recoverable metallic yield, and each alloy is settled against its own published index rather than a blanket mixed-aluminum price. Alloy identity drives aluminum value more than tonnage does. Mixing 6061 into a cast turnings box costs real money, so we set up separate containers per alloy at the machine and verify identity on receipt before a load is blended.

Why sell aluminum scrap to V-V Metals instead of a local Willoughby 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 Willoughby ships straight to secondary aluminum smelters and remelters, which is what lets us hold a competitive number on aluminum.

Moving aluminum out of Willoughby?

Call for current aluminum pricing, material guidelines, or to have a container placed at your Willoughby facility.

Call (440) 585-5959