HKS The Metal Company

On behalf of the management board, welcome to the website of HKS Metals, the market and technology leader in metal recycling.

We look forward to providing you with a full-service solution by contributing to:

• Your environmental objectives, by means of recycling all your metals using the best technologies
• Your cash flow by means of our financial strength
• Your social responsibility, by means of our CSR Performance Ladder level 4 (unique in the sector)
• Your supply chain, by means of effective logistical solutions

In addition to our conventional recycling methods, we frequently use a High-tech sorting center at our branch in Amersfoort. Advanced separation technologies and extensive partnerships further enable us to utilize the maximum potential of residual fractions, so that we can guarantee you maximum value and ensure that the environmental burden is minimized. In order to achieve this, we impose strict requirements on ourselves. In addition to the fact that we can build on a strong basis thanks to our parent company TSR (market leader in Germany, among other countries), we offer:

• A customer and service-oriented approach
• Integrity
• Accuracy
• Entrepreneurship
as our core values in order to provide you with the best possible solution.

In order to ensure the effective processing of your materials, HKS Metals has three Shredders, four Shears, two Bale presses and a High-tech sorting center.

Our vision

HKS Metals represents Responsible Metal Recycling. Hence sustainability is a recurrent concept in everything we do.

Vision on metal recycling

Thanks to our high-quality recycling of metals, we contribute to the sustainable global supply of our natural resources, whilst minimizing the consumption of raw materials on our planet.

Vision on customer management

We maximize the reuse of metals by fully meeting our customers’ and suppliers’ demands in the fields of quality, quantity and service.

HKS as preferred supplier for our customers and preferred customer for our suppliers.

History

HKS Scrap Metals B.V. has its origins in the recycling companies of the German steel company Klöckner of the eighties. The name HKS Metals however, was formed as of 1993 after the fusion of Klöckner with the recycling companies of the steel group Hoogovens Metals from IJmuiden (now Tata Steel).

In 1999, half of HKS’ shares were taken over by Steenkolen Handels Vereniging (SHV), a Dutch group from Utrecht and Thyssen Sonnenberg Recycling (TSR) from Duisburg. Corus, as it was called at the time, remained 50% co-owner of HKS. Less than a decade thereafter, SHV decided to sell its block of shares to a consortium comprising of: Remondis, Cronimet and Alfa Acciai.

After the summer of 2012 TSR, through its subsidiary Euro Scrap Alliance, took over the TaTa Steel block of shares. As a result, HKS Metals became a 100% subsidiary of TSR. In Europe, TSR is market leader in the field of metal recycling, boasting 150 branches and approximately 2600 members of staff in Europe.

Our six branches in the Netherlands provide nationwide coverage and are equipped with the latest production equipment and separation technologies, including scissors, shredders, presses, Eddy-Current systems and X-ray, color, infrared and sensor separators.