1904  Sam Allen & Sons (later TBS Recycling) founded in Pontiac, Michigan

1914  Zalev Brothers established in Sarnia, Ontario, to collect and recycle rags, paper and metals. Relocates in 1925 to Windsor, Ontario, and develops into the largest integrated scrap processing operation in Canada.

1933  Zalev Brothers begins automation of scrap processing in the region with the first powered guillotine shear for cutting scrap into furnace-sized-pieces.

1936  Nate Schlafer, Schlafer Iron & Steel, installs the first high compression scrap steel baler in southeast Michigan to supply the open-hearth steelmakers.

1942  Detroit-area scrap processors initiate massive scrap iron collection efforts in support of wartime steel production.

1958  Alport Iron & Steel develops process for incineration, then crushing and shearing of scrapped automobiles to allow remelting in steelmaking furnaces.

1963  Zalev, and later Alport, install some of the earliest equipment for bonding iron borings and turnings into remeltable briquettes through rotary kiln heating and roll-forming.

1986  Ferrous Processing installs world's first Super Heavy Duty Shredder, enabling the processing of lower residual (higher quality) scrap items to broaden scrap supply and improve product quality.

1987  Zalev Brothers achieves Ford's first Q-1 Award for full-service scrap supply and becomes the first Q-1 supplier in Canada.

1988  Ferrous Processing begins development of the largest high-quality nuggetized furnace, ladle and tundish additive production facility in North America and becomes the largest supplier of these important steel production materials.

1992  Ferrous Processing implements SPC-based Scrap Quality Management, and begins expansion of raw material and product testing facilities to include a batch melting furnace.

1995  Zalev and Ferrous Processing are pioneers in the United States and Canadian scrap industries by earning ISO 9001 and QS 9000 certification.

1996 Construction begins for Strong Steel Products near downtown Detroit, a greenfield recycling facility, including one of the world's largest and most powerful mega-shredders.

1997  Ferrous Processing acquires TBS Recycling, Schlafer Iron & Steel, Mason I&M and Metal Alloys Corp., all located in southeastern Michigan.

1998  Ferrous Processing acquires Zalev Brothers Limited, including SLC Recycling Industries, becoming the largest ferrous and non-ferrous metals recycler in Michigan and southwestern Ontario.

1999  Ferrous Processing acquires the assets of Atlas Iron & Metal, including processing operations in Cleveland, Ohio, and Miami, Florida.

2000  SLC Recycling completes construction of the world's first completely automated non-ferrous metals processing facility in Warren, Michigan, including mass shredding, sizing, eddy-current separation and dry media separation

2007  Ferrous Processing acquires the assets and business of the M. Weingold Company, Northeastern Ohio’s largest industrial scrap purchaser/processor. With its main site located adjacent to the existing FPT Cleveland site, operations are consolidated for greater capacity and efficiency.