Hrh Metals

Six decades later, HRH Metals serves as a major broker buying scrap metal and selling it to foundries, steel mills, and manufacturing operations across the country. The company's headquarters and storage yard are on a 1O-acre site in Moody just off Interstate 20 in St. Clair County. HRH concentrates on scrap metal collection from military bases, ma... nufacturers, utilities, demolition companies, and building contractors. In addition, any business that manufactures metal products, from airplanes to nuts and bolts, has scrap associated with that manufacturing. Collecting, processing, and recycling that scrap back into other finished products keeps thousands of tons of scrap metal from finding its way into our already overloaded landfills. "Most people know about us only from our brokerage side," explains Ed Robinson, whose grandfather and father cofounded the business. "We collect, however, all types of scrap metal, including aluminum, stainless steel, alloys, and ferrous and non-ferrous metals. Here at the yard, it is sorted, cut, cleaned, and packaged to meet the specific needs of our customers. We now ship to customers around the country and to overseas markets as well. Our expansion into global markets will increase as the emphasis on recycling and protecting the environment becomes more widespread." Robinson had graduated from Auburn in 1970, and was about to accept a position with a company in south Alabama when his father asked him if he would lend a hand at the family business for just six months during his grandfather's illness. The younger Robinson found that he was perfectly suited for the brokering and marketing end of the business, and he remained there ever since. The third key player, Marlin Hinds, later joined Hoffman and Robinson and became the other "H" in HRH Metals. Together, they grew the business from a small neighborhood operation to a major player in the metals processing and recycling business. They are joined now by Steve Crawford and a staff of 25 people, some of whom have over 25 years ...Read More