Ben Weitsman of Albany, a division of East Coast-based Upstate Shredding–Weitsman Recycling, has begun work on a multi-million-dollar project to add a 3,000 horsepower Riverside Engineering scrap metal shredder at the facility located at 300 Smith Boulevard in the Port of Albany.
Once complete, all shredding for Albany will occur on-site which will enable final shred product to be sold and shipped direct from the Port of Albany via truck, barge, deep sea vessel and rail. The new shredder, which will add 20 additional positions at the Albany facility, has a 70-inch mill and is capable of shredding 80 tons of scrap material per hour.
Adam Weitsman, CEO of Upstate Shredding–Weitsman Recycling, said in a statement that the company’s goal in 2019 is to process 1 million tons of shredded scrap alone between the three shredders.
Weitsman’s Binghamton, Jamestown and Owego Weitsman facilities were recently renovated and the Albany retail scrap yard and New Castle, PA retail scrap yard and shredder were recently built as new operations from the ground up. In addition, the Syracuse yard is currently undergoing a $5 million renovation and the company recently began operations at its brand new dry media plant in Owego. The micro fines plant, which extracts precious metals from shredder residue, will also be fully operational in Owego starting next month.