M&E Appraisal Associates, Inc. (M&EAA) provide certified scrap metal recycling equipment appraisals.

The principal of M&EAA has extensive experience appraising the machinery & equipment of scrap metal recycling facilities. Operators in this industry are engaged in the collection, processing and recycling of ferrous metals, like iron and steel, and nonferrous metals such as aluminum, copper and nickel. The typical recycling process involves sorting, shearing, shredding, torching and baling scrap metal to be sold to downstream metal smelters for further processing.

Specific machinery & equipment appraised includes mega shredder systems, hydraulic shears, magnetic and eddy current separation systems, balers, melt furnaces, casting lines, ring shredders, copper choppers, car crushers, forklifts and other material handling equipment.

Industry Observations: The scrap metal recycling industry has been exposed to the full force of the global economy over the past five years. While the industry quickly rebounded in 2010 and continued to improve through 2011 and 2012, domestic and international demand conditions have softened, and the industry has yet to reach its prerecession high. However, the industry is expected to experience a less volatile period over the five years to 2018 as metal price fluctuations settle down.