Ben Weitsman of Albany

Upstate Shredding is the East Coast's Largest Privately Held Scrap Metal Processor processing 1 million tons of ferrous and 250 million pounds of nonferrous metal through 17 locations in New York and Pennsylvania. The company, headquartered in Owego, New York, was named the 2016 Platts Global Scrap Company of the Year.

Ben Weitsman of Albany is the company’s first facility with direct water access to export markets.