Our Past

It all started in the 1890s, when Abraham Levin (1868 – 1928) founded the Louis Levin Company, a scrap recycling business in the Buffalo area. His son, Louis (1899 – 1989), transformed the company from a horse and wagon operation to a modern scrap processing facility supplying the many mills and foundries in Western New York. Lou’s reputation of being tough but honest earned him respect throughout the industry and the community, and created the mold for success that still exists today. Amazingly he worked till the age of 91.

Fast-forward more than 100 years to 1998. That’s when Abraham’s grandson Bob (1928 – 2002) and great-grandson Todd sold the business to a publicly traded recycling industry operator. Todd continued to work for the company as a manager for a number of years until 2006, when he formed Niagara Metals.

Our Present

Today, Niagara Metals is a full-service scrap metal and transloading facility headquartered in Niagara Falls, NY. We are headquartered on a 55-acre, 100% concrete site that was formerly home to the Carbide Graphite plant. Our facility is complete with rail siding for 20 cars, two truck scales, a dedicated indoor car processing building, a new non-ferrous building, and the most efficient material handling equipment available today.

Our Future

In the near future,  we plan on adding to our existing network of feeder yards. This will allow us to increase our volume and support our substantial infrastrucutre. We also plan to increase our rail siding capacity to ensure that we remain a high-volume, low-cost processor and transloader of scrap metal.

Meeting Your Scrap Metal Processing & Transloading Needs

At Niagara Metals, we deliver a variety of services to meet your commercial scrap metal processing and transloading needs. However, it’s our people who truly set us apart. We employ a friendly and knowledgeable group of recycling specialists who are committed to customer satisfaction, safety, and quality.

Our team of specialists supports a wide range of clients, including:

• Industrial – We offer a fleet of tractor trailers, rolls offs, and luggers to collect and process scrap from your facility.
• Demolition Scrap – We have mobile shears available for off-site work and scales set up to import the weight of each truck automatically.
• Contractors – We provide fast service and large-scale readout so you can watch your load being weighed and graded.
• Transloading – We employ a variety of specialized equipment to handle your cargo in the fastest, most efficient manner possible.