Sturgis Iron and Metal was purchased in this past year by Fort Wayne based steel giant Steel Dynamics. SDI bought quite a few of the assets of Sturgis - now in bankruptcy - but they didn't buy a gigantic metal shredding machine in Elkhart that can cut up three cars a minute.
Tomorrow, that shredding machine will be sold at auction online by Hilco Industrial. Hilco refers to it as the Mega Shredder. The machine was featured in a History Channel show called "Modern Marvels".
Sturgis Iron & Metal, which owns the huge machine that dismantles junk cars into scrap metal, ceased operations in June and is in bankruptcy proceedings.
It isn't clear what will happen to the shredder, which drew the ire of neighbors upset by noise, dust and vibration since it began operation in 2006. Auction documents say the shredder must be removed from the site by Jan. 15.But that could depend on the buyer. [ ... ] Steel Dynamics ... has an option to purchase the site, but didn't buy the shredder. The [Elkhart] Truth [newspaper] reported the company could keep the shredder in Elkhart if it exercises its option on the site.
Elkhart city officials would just as soon the machine go away.
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