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Article: Getting crowded: more shredders are sprouting up in North America, but improved sorting may allow them to be profitable even when running limited hours.(AUTO SHREDDER CAPACITY REPORT)
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- Recycling Today
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- May 1, 2007
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After (and during) the ferrous market pricing drop of the late 1990s, a pertinent question for many shredder operators was whether there was an over-capacity situation in the auto shredding segment.
The answer to that question can certainly depend on one's point of view. Operators of auto shredders would rather not have too many competitors chasing a limited supply of auto bodies, white goods and other feedstock.
Auto salvage companies and other businesses that sell their scrap to shredding plants, however, are generally pleased to have a competitive situation in their regions.
Regardless of viewpoint, a number of scrap yards throughout North ...