Located in Tacoma, Wash., Schnitzer Steel Industries is a recycler of ferrous and nonferrous metal. The company is also a recycler of used and recycled auto parts and a manufacturer of finished steel products. It operates three business units, including metals recycling, auto parts and steel manufacturing businesses. Its metals recycling business purchases, collects, trades, brokers, processes and recycles metal by operating a metal recycling business in the United States. The company s auto parts business operates a self-service and full-service used auto parts network. Additionally, its steel manufacturing business purchases recycled metal from the metals recycling business and uses its minimill to process the recycled metal into finished steel products.