Charles Scrap Metal, Berger Recycling merge

CHARLES SCRAP Metal of Providence has merged with Berger Recycling, and the two companies are operating under the banner of Berger Recycling.
CHARLES SCRAP Metal of Providence has merged with Berger Recycling, and the two companies are operating under the banner of Berger Recycling.

PAWTUCKET – Charles Scrap Metal of Providence has merged with Berger Recycling, and the two companies are operating under the banner of Berger Recycling.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Samuel S. Sinel, Berger’s vice president, said on Wednesday that the merger became official on Dec. 19; operations have been consolidated at Berger’s existing location at 126 Front St. in Pawtucket. Berger has been in the city since 1912.
“We’ve done business with them for decades,” Sinel said about Charles Scrap Metal.
He said Alan Goldberg, Charles Scrap Metal’s owner, is the vice president of marketing for the merged company. Charles Scrap Metal’s employees were not part of the merger and were given severance packages. Sinel was unsure how many were employed at that company.
Berger, he said, has approximately 20 employees. It is a fourth-generation recycling business that processes ferrous and non-ferrous metal, waste paper, textile waste and electronic scrap. Berger also provides document and product destruction service.

Sinel said he anticipates that hiring will pick up as business and the commodity markets improve.
“The commodity markets are weak at the moment,” Sinel said, adding that in the last two years, the price of copper, steel, scrap aluminum and stainless steel have dropped to historic lows.
“The economic slowdown in China had a dramatic effect on the consumption of scrap,” Sinel added.
A news release said that Charles Scrap expects it will improve its ability to service customers and remain competitive in the current economy through the merger, which also will allow it to utilize the processing facility at Berger’s Pawtucket location. Charles Scrap Metal, in business for more than 65 years, specializes in ferrous and non-ferrous recycling service.

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