OmniSource-Ferrous Brokerage Div-Chicago Office

Founded in Fort Wayne, Indiana, more than 65 years ago, OmniSource Corporation has grown to become one of North America's largest processors and distributors of scrap and secondary metals. We collect, process, and resell a wide variety of scrap metal. The company in 2010 shipped 5.2 million gross tons of recycled steel and 961 million pounds of nonferrous scrap.

Our primary collection and processing facilities are in the Midwest, the Southeast, and the mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. But our reach stretches across North America, utilizing a wide-ranging fleet of trucks and containers, railcars, and barges to collect and haul metals. We expect to continue to expand OmniSource's footprint, deploying our processing assets to cover new geographical territories, opening new feeder yards, and making targeted acquisitions.

Supplementing our company-operated scrap collection sites, we also acquire metals from industrial scrap generators with which we have established strategic partnerships. We have designed and installed customized metals-recycling programs, some of which we manage and operate, for manufacturing companies nationwide.Our national brokerage and trading operations serve both metals buyers and sellers, providing the market intelligence and insights needed to optimize transaction value.OmniSource was acquired in 2007 by Steel Dynamics, Inc., and operates independently as a wholly owned subsidiary.

Our Values

• OmniSource was founded upon the principles of integrity, hard work, perseverance, and topnotch customer service. Good values never change. OmniSource continues to emphasize these fundamental principles. Plus, we're strongly committed to our valued employees and to the communities in which we work.
• Both our customers and suppliers know from experience that we honor our commitments. Our focus on integrity over the years has resulted in strong commercial ties, based on mutual respect and fair dealing.
• Beginning with our founder's first small business venture, our company has faced and overcome adversity and met many challenges. This was accomplished through hard work and perseverance. Simply put, we never give up.
• We focus on providing superior customer service. We're constantly challenging ourselves to improve at every juncture, by providing consistent quality of products and services and through embracing innovative systems and technologies.
• OmniSource truly cares about its employees, the lifeblood of the company. We demonstrate that concern for the well-being of our employees by providing very competitive compensation, plus a variety of valuable employee benefits.
• OmniSource strives to be a solid citizen. We've prospered in the communities where we do business, and we readily share our good fortune in these communities by lending our direct and financial support to a wide variety of civic organizations and causes.