Dive Brief:
- Scrap Metal Services LLC will temporarily close three of its operations in Indiana. The firm’s SMA Paul’s Auto Yard sites in Elkhart, Westville and Demotte will be idled.
- SMS closed its Coloma, MI auto yards a few months ago. The company will limit its operations to three SMA Paul’s Auto Yard sites in Gary, Lake Station, and South Bend.
- The company said it could open the shuttered facilities pending business improvement.
Dive Insight:
SMS bought Paul’s Auto Yard Inc. and Shafer’s Auto Yard Inc. in early 2014, and formed a new division, SMS Paul’s Auto Yard. SMS provides full-service scrap management for companies across the U.S.