Before being acquired by Nucor/DJJ in 2008 the Galamba family had been in
the scrap business for three generations. After working
at his father’s
company since his early 20s, Richard Galamba started
his own business in 1977 with a shredder at the
Galamet location.
Today, Advantage Metals Recycling is the Midwest’s leading full service scrap processor, with regional locations in Missouri and Kansas.
1977
Richard
Galamba left his family’s
aluminum smelting business to start a shredder,
ferrous and nonferrous scrap metal recycling
business at Galamet.
1991
Roll-off services were added to our capabilities.
1994
A second Kansas City shredder was added.
2000
The
mobile crushing operation was started.
2000
Acquisition
of regional facilities began.
2002
Two
Topeka, KS locations were consolidated into
one.
2004
2008
Transportation was started to add a higher
level of customer service.
Nucor Corporation / DJJ acquires Galamba Metals Group
Scrap is scrap.
It never changes.
This business in the 1950s
Even back in the 1950s, the
scrap business was conducted in the same way
- with a weight ticket and a friendly smile.
Customers unload scrap in the 1970s at the Galamet Yard.
The
mill was hard at work in the 1970s, at the
Galamet Yard.
