InfraStructures - September 2011 - Volvo Helps Customer Convert Scrap Metal into Profits

Volvo Helps Customer Convert Scrap Metal into Profits

More than ever, businesses understand the importance of recycling and reusing. One such company, B.N. Steel and Metals in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, is giving scrap metal a new lease on life – with some help from its fleet of Volvo crawler excavators.
Many items, such as paper and wood products, are easy to recycle. But it is every bit as important to keep scrap metal – materials such as steel from building and tower demolition, household appliances and old automobiles – out of the landfill, even though recycling those materials is a tougher task requiring some tough equipment. That is where B.N. Steel and Metals comes in.

B.N. Steel and Metals focuses on recycling lighter gauge materials, such as sheet metal, appliances, cars, trucks and farm equipment – but has the capacity to handle most forms of metal recycling. Mark Riffel took over the family business in 2002. Up to that point, his father had very successfully run the small metal recycling company, but he knew that to survive in the new economy, the company had to grow. In 2007, he purchased an auto recycling company and added it to his ever-growing business roster.

Currently, B.N. Steel and Metals and its subsidiary, Affiliated Auto Wrecking, own four Volvo EC210C crawler excavators – one of which is equipped with a seven-finger, fully-rotatable grapple and another with a regular bucket and two-finger hydraulic thumb. It also owns a Volvo EC330B crawler excavator that is fitted with a giant shear and uses a Volvo L110F wheel loader.

Service from the Volvo Construction Equipment dealer, Redhead Equipment in Regina, is another important factor that makes the Volvo purchase decision an easy one. “The Redhead team is there when we need them,” Mark Riffel says. “If we have a breakdown and we need parts or a service technician, Redhead and Volvo are there for us – just a phone call away.”

There is no question that Mark Riffel and his team have turned used materials into a solid business success story, all by finding a niche that needs filling, adding a dash of solid business management – and calling on Volvo Construction Equipment.

Source: Volvo Construction Equipment