FRANKLIN METALS / LAKE ODESSA, MICHIGAN
BUILT FOR
THE NEXT LIFE.
Your scrap is the start of something new.
Metal recycling with the strength to handle it all.
BIG CAPABILITIES.
PERSONAL COMMITMENT.
From a single drop-off to a full industrial operation, we turn scrap metal into opportunity—with fair prices, honest settlements, and responsive service that adapts to your needs.
EST.1969WHAT WE DO
YOUR METAL.
OUR WORKING SOLUTIONS.
Built around your business.
Ready for your next load.
SCRAP METAL
RECYCLING
A convenient public drop-off for your ferrous and non-ferrous metals.
Turn your scrap into value
INDUSTRIAL
SCRAP SOLUTIONS
Pickups, roll-offs, and containers that keep your operation moving.
Put us to work
PROCESSING
& RECOVERY
Proven processes. On-site aluminum melting. More life for your metal.
Explore our capabilitiesROOTED HERE. REACHING FURTHER.
BUILT ON HARD WORK.
BACKED BY FAMILY.
Since 1969, Franklin Metals has helped businesses and individuals give scrap metal a new purpose.
We’re family owned and operated, with the equipment to take on your biggest jobs and the personal service to get every detail right. Our processed metals supply die casters, foundries, mills, refiners, and smelters at home and abroad.
MICHIGAN ROOTS. INTERNATIONAL REACH.Our own truck fleet and commercial carriers connect customers across more than 12 states and 5 countries.
REAL POSSIBILITIES.
THE POWER TO PROCESS
WHERE SCRAP BECOMESSOMETHING MORE.
Serious equipment. Experienced hands. We give yesterday’s metal a place in tomorrow’s industry.
On-site aluminum melting
From scrap to reusable metal, right here at our facility.
Baling &
briquetting
Shearing &
torching
Drying granulation
& mill tumbling
Screening
systems
METALS WE BUY
SCRAP TO YOU.
VALUE TO US.
From the shop floor to your garage, there’s more in your metal. We buy ferrous and non-ferrous scrap from businesses and individuals.
ALUMINUM
Collected. Melted. Ready for what’s next.
Put your aluminum back to workMORE METALS. MORE POSSIBILITIES.
Copper
Brass
Stainless steel
Iron & steel
Zinc
Magnesium
NOT SURE WHAT YOU’VE GOT?
Tell us about your material. We’ll help you take the next step.
RECYCLING FOR A CLEANER FUTURE
LESS ENERGY.
A CLEANER
TOMORROW.
Recycling metal helps reduce the energy needed to make new products, lower greenhouse gas emissions, and conserve natural resources. A new life for your metal. A lighter footprint for our planet.
Our environmental commitmentLET’S GET TO WORK
GOOD METAL.
GREAT POSSIBILITIES.
Bring it in. We’ll take it from here.