From the earliest days of this family-owned business, we have excelled at building long-term partnerships with our customers. We work with you to spell out your distinctive needs, then we create environmentally sound solutions that meet your ongoing requirements.
From the Beginning
In the late 1920s, William Mervis and his sons opened scrap yards in Arcola, Illinois, and Veedersburg, Indiana. Since then the scrap business has progressed from basic handling of iron, metals, hides, rags, and paper to the total recycling of many industrial by-products.
That evolution is reflected in the growth of Mervis Industries. We are now a four-state network of 16 corporate divisions and 8 affiliated companies, with operations in 12 cities throughout the Midwest and in Texas' Rio Grande Valley.
For more than 70 years, we've been helping industry reuse valuable materials instead of depleting the precious natural resources we all share. Our commitment to recycling has always gone beyond the processing of materials. Throughout the nation the Mervis family has put new life into unused land and abandoned facilities, creating innovative ways to add services and avoid waste.
At Mervis Industries, we specialize in recognizing needs and meeting them. We have a track record of upholding our responsibilities to customers, employees, our local communities, and the environment.
We believe that the wise use of our land and other resources is more important now than ever before, and the almost 400 men and women of Mervis Industries intend to carry that commitment forward.
