Manitoba Corporation – Lancaster

Manitoba Corporation has carved out a unique niche in the world of recycling. We are a major processor of any and all types of non-ferrous scrap metals.We operate shears, chopping lines, briquettors, wire burning incinerators, small arms ammunition popping oven, as well as considerable additional equipment to prepare and process metals.
One of our specialties is the reduction of bulk shipments of metals into easy to handle smaller packages. We package, flake, chops, shot, powder, etc. into paper and cloth bags, as well as plastic or metal pails and drums for easier alloying and handling by our customers. We also offer destruction services for any dismantling/de-manufacturing needs you may have. This can include, but is not limited to, medical equipment (MRI machines, X-ray equipment, etc.) as well as many other types of industrial equipment.

Our Services

Manitoba Corporation has carved out a unique niche in the world of recycling. We are a major processor of any and all types of non-ferrous scrap metals.We operate chopping lines, shears, wire burning incinerators, briquettors, balers, a small arms ammunition popping oven, as well as considerable additional equipment to prepare and process metals.Our job is to clean, sort, segregate, remove contamination such as insulation on wire, and produce a clean, known, identifiable alloy that can be easily re-melted and recycled to make new products.Our team of competent and knowledgeable professionals assures our customers and vendors that they are receiving the finest possible products and services, as well as assuring them of our financial strength.We operate a very modern recycling plant at our headquarters in Lancaster, NY which is just east of Buffalo. In addition, we have a facility in St. Louis, MO expanding our reach and allowing us to further service our customers by having multiple sources of supply and additional shipping options.

Environmental Considerations
In today's world, a sense of environmental responsibility is critical for all companies, but even more so in the world of recycling. There are numerous recycling facilities around the world that have serious contamination problems due to earlier generation’s lack of knowledge regarding the hazards of recycling.Manitoba Corporation occupies facilities that have been inspected, checked, and documented to be free of environmental problems. In a proactive effort to keep them this way, we have adopted a policy of periodically using outside contractors to review our facilities and procedures.We strive for environmental excellence and are justifiably proud of passing all vendor environmental audits since we took ownership of this property in 1990.

Packaging/Processing

• We reduce bulk shipments of metals into easy to handle smaller packages.

• We package flake, chops, shot, powder, etc. into paper and cloth bags, as well as plastic or metal pails and drums.

• We currently package copper, zinc, silicon, and iron.

• We also cut copper and nickel cathodes into smaller sizes.

• Manitoba Corporation is dedicated to providing outstanding service to our customers and vendors alike.

• We operate a company aircraft that allows us to periodically visit our customers and suppliers to keep up to date on their requirements, and to be responsive to their needs.

• We maintain a fleet of trucks, and also have numerous common carriers at our disposal to both pick up and deliver our products.

Why do business with Manitoba?

• Outstanding reputation in the industry
• Strong financial position
• Excellent track record established over 90 years
• Conservative management practices
• Facilities documented environmentally clean; successfully passed environmental audits
• Quality systems in place; ISO 9001:2008 certified
• Extensive recycling experience
• We operate our own aircraft; provides mobility to better serve customers and suppliers
• The use of hedging allows us to buy and sell metals regardless of market fluctuations

ABOUT RECYCLING

The recycling of metals has been in common usage since the Bronze Age, when early man found that it was much easier to re-melt metal and cast it into new products, than to smelt new metal.

Turbal-Cain, a direct descendent of Adam who lived about 3000BC is described in Genesis 4:22 as 'an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron.' It is highly probable that he re-melted the spills and spatters that would accompany such an operation.

There are numerous other references to recycling in the bible such as the admonition in Joel 3:10, which suggests that you 'beat your plowshares into swords and your pruning hooks into spears', and the reverse in Isaiah 2:4 and Micah 4:3.

From these early beginnings, a very sophisticated recycling industry has developed. The cost of recycling metal is far less than the cost of producing new metal, thus the incentive to recycle. In the past few decades with the intense interest in the environment, as well as the requirement for energy conservation, recycling has really come into vogue.