Posts By: Ferrous Processing Trading

This summer marks Dee Simpson’s 15th anniversary of working for Ferrous Processing &Trading (FPT). Throughout her time with FPT, she has also held another high demand job – with the U.S. Air Force. Not only is Simpson a scale operator at FPT’s Pontiac yard, she is also a Senior Master Sergeant with the 910th Force… Read more »

Immensely-scaled scrap removal projects have become rather ordinary for Ferrous Processing & Trading (FPT) over the past few months.  In a well-orchestrated replay of the work completed for Ford Motor Company in its 2014 overhaul of the Dearborn Truck Plant, FPT recently assisted in the $1.1 billion conversion of its Kansas City Assembly plant.  In… Read more »

Wouldn’t it make sense that a lifelong “car guy,” who spent most of his life in Ford’s hometown of Dearborn, Michigan, would naturally end up as FPT’s go-to guy at……Nissan? Five years ago, Bill Sulak, a 36-year-old University of Michigan graduate, was hired by John Kronk Plant Manager Steve Benacquisto into FPT’s management training program…. Read more »

Even in a mature industry, innovation holds the key to market leadership.  Ferrous Processing & Trading’s (FPT) Pontiac yard recently employed a clever marketing campaign to meet – and even exceed – their intake goals. The Collier Road scrap yard hosted a raffle throughout February 2015.  Each customer who brought $25 or more scrap in… Read more »

Early this year, Ferrous Processing & Trading (FPT) completed the construction of new scrap processing operations at Nissan’s Smyrna, TN plant. At 5.9 million square feet on 884 acres, Nissan Smyrna is the country’s largest auto plant under one roof. The vehicle assembly plant has an annual capacity of 550,000 vehicles and produces the Nissan… Read more »