American Recycling, as a family owned and operated metal recycling business, has been supplying the Atlantic City area of New Jersey with reliable scrap metal recycling services for more than 65 years. The company’s Mays Landing, N.J., facility is equipped to separate, sort and bale recyclable metals, such as copper, brass, aluminum and steel.

American Recycling recently expanded, purchasing an old steel fabrication facility in Millville, N.J., to house a new auto shredder. The company approached New Jersey-based SMS Building Systems for an IP (Internet protocol) video surveillance solution to secure its operations and to keep its employees safe.

The Situation
Because recycling is a commodity industry, and markets for many secondary commodities are quite high currently, the materials processed by the facility are in high demand—and expensive.

To complement its original facility in Mays Landing, American Recycling owners Joe and Ed Silipena expanded their operations recently with the additional recycling facility on a piece of property covering more than 14 acres in Millville. The immense indoor facility is equipped with an automobile shredder and light metal...