About Us
Emfinger Steel Company is Dothan's premier scrap metal recycling facility! Our primary mission is to help preserve the scarce metal resources of today through scrap metal recycling. We purchase secondary scrap steel and semi-precious metals, sort and process them, and then ship them to mills and foundries to form the material into new products. Some of these new products include structural steel, which we purchase in bulk from the mills and make available to the public.
Back in 1949, Dewey Emfinger rented 6 acres of land and started this business with little equipment and almost no capital. Over the years, he added a fleet of trucks and cranes and got and more land for the growing company. Today, Emfinger Steel continues his legacy through his son and grandson, Sam Emfinger, Sr., and Samuel Emfinger, Jr. With a combined experience of over 40 years, Sam and Samuel have been directing the business since Mr. Dewey passed away in September of 2003. Since then, the company has almost doubled in sales by focusing on efficient recycling methods and innovative business management strategies. The company now uses approximately 100 acres of land and employs a staff of about 30. We are excited to see Emfinger Steel continue to grow as a scrap metal recycling facility and grow as a valuable contributor to our community.
How it works:
Back in 1949, Dewey Emfinger rented 6 acres of land and started this business with little equipment and almost no capital. Over the years, he added a fleet of trucks and cranes and got and more land for the growing company. Today, Emfinger Steel continues his legacy through his son and grandson, Sam Emfinger, Sr., and Samuel Emfinger, Jr. With a combined experience of over 40 years, Sam and Samuel have been directing the business since Mr. Dewey passed away in September of 2003. Since then, the company has almost doubled in sales by focusing on efficient recycling methods and innovative business management strategies. The company now uses approximately 100 acres of land and employs a staff of about 30. We are excited to see Emfinger Steel continue to grow as a scrap metal recycling facility and grow as a valuable contributor to our community.
How it works:
- Cranes use a large electromagnet to unload steel from trucks and to sort material once it is on the yard.
- A Magnatech Hammermill pulverizes light steel such as appliances, tin, and lawn mowers into fist-size chunks to be sent to the steel mills.
- Propane torches are used to melt through steel that it too thick or too unwieldy to be sheared.
- A mobile shear pierces and cuts steel down into more manageable sizes.
- Hydraulic baling machines compress piles of scrap steel and aluminum down into dense blocks.
