The metals industry, like other sectors, is required to move in terms of sustainable development and measure itself againstthe great problems of our time, such as environmental protection, energy, material supplyfirst.

The question of the best reuse of materials and products at the end of the period is central to the entire world of metalslife cycle, and today more than ever the future of the metallurgical industry is at stake on this point, in particular in theMore advanced countries.

In Italy the issue has always been deeply felt and in fact the work of collecting, recovering and recycling metalsferrous and non-ferrous, invented and developed by us well before other countries, is of considerable size and incontinues Growth.

It is important to underline that for all metals our country is forced to a large extent to import scrap, inas internal generation is insufficient to cover the demands of a constantly expanding market. The different phases of the scrap processing process involve a very complex supply chain, which takesstarting from the traditional collection by over 2,000 companies present in the area, to pass throughthe "differentiated" one up to the specialized operators, who "drain" the material taken fromlandfills to feed the system.

It is interesting to evaluate the sources of scrap procurement: from production processes that use productssteel and metallurgical industries in general, to industrial demolition, up to heavy harvesting. So, they are somethousands of operators active in the "recovery-collection-dismantling-demolition-reuse" of old cars andmeans of transport at the end of life (according to the ELV directives, “end of life of vehicles”), whichthey feed the circuit of the generation of not only metallic scrap, but also of heterogeneous materialsome value. Following the success of this program, the one relating to therecovery from old household appliances and electrical and electronic equipment.

The recovery and recycling of metals now represents such an important sector for the economy of countriesindustrialized that deserves a specific stage capable of ensuring wide visibility and capable offunction as a meeting point for professional operators, with specialized information andcomplete overview of the materials cycle, machinery, equipment and systems, innovation technologies,research, regulations and legislation.

Our company has been developing in the sector for years with growing success in terms of results and turnover