Friedland Industries, Inc.

Happy Manufacturing Week from all of us at Friedland Industries! We hosted over 4 tons (see scale indicator) of high school students from the Wilson Talent Center's welding program for a tour of our facility yesterday. It's great seeing such a large group of young adults interested in the trades, and we'll be here ready to help with any recycling needs they may face in their future careers!

It's officially day two of running both balers simultaneously, and boy are we running them. The idea of adding a second baler has been on our minds for years, and after weeks of planning and installation, we are kicking out the bales! Not only does the addition of the second baler free up valuable non-ferrous baling time, it also gives us the capacity to continually grow our fiber processing capabilities to continually exceed our customers' expectations for years to come. So with that, cheers and happy 4th of July from all of us at Friedland Industries!

Demolition season is here in Michigan! From structural steel in buildings, to rebar in the roads that lead you there, steel is EVERYWHERE. The team at Friedland makes the monumental task of transporting and recycling all that steel painless and profitable for your business. Give us a call to learn more. #demolition #steel #recycledmaterial

We are proud to welcome this years first sponsor, Friedland Industries, Inc. !! They been the beating heart of ScrapFest since the beginning. All of the scrap metal material used for each ScrapFest sculpture is 100% sourced from Friendland Ind. located in Old Town Lansing. Without them, none of this would be possible. So please take a moment and drop a comment below for Friedland Industries, Inc. and give them a follow. . FESTIVAL DATES Friday July 12, 2024, 5-9pm ET Saturday July 13, 2024, 11am-7pm ET #FriedlandInd. #FriedlandIndustries #ScrapMetal #Lansing #OldTownLansing #RecyclingCenter #Recycle #ScrapMetal #Michigan #MI #ScrapFest14 #ScrapFest #MetalArt #Art #Sculpture

For jobs big and small, we have containers to fit 'em all! Spring is officially here, and if your spring cleaning list for your home or business has a lot of scrap on it (pun intended), give us a call! Our dedicated team has the experience and know-how to accurately gauge the right sized container to fit your needs and optimize the value of your scrap! #scraprecycling #gondolas #luggers #recycle

Document Destruction Month 2024 is fast approaching! This event has grown so much over the past few years, and we hope this year will be the biggest one yet! So what is it? DDM started as a one day event the Saturday after taxes are due in April. Back then, we would have customers drive their vehicle right into our facility, and our staff would assist them in throwing their documents directly onto our shredder line, where they could blissfully, and sometimes aggressively, watch all of their old dusty documents they've been forced to hang onto for years vanish into an unrecognisable bale. We've seen everything from customers with a small bag of old tax forms, to U-Haul trailers loaded down with hundreds of boxes. They get piece of mind witnessing their sensitive documents get destroyed, we get paper to bale and sell, and a tree can take a sigh of relief knowing paper commodities are recycled. Fast-forward to today. Expansions on our plant have made it impossible to have the drive through service, but we have adapted! By splitting the event to every Wednesday in April during normal business hours, not only have we alleviated the long lines we use to experience (for the most part), but also stress on our employees and machinery. We still allow customers to walk into the plant to witness their documents being destroyed on either of our shredders, and have a full crew ready and willing to help folks unload their vehicles and get their documents inside to the shredders. That's not the best part. In recent years, DDM has teamed up with ScrapFest in supporting local charities in our area! The same charity we help sponsor with the sale of the sculptures and activities from ScrapFest, we also sponsor during DDM. We have been honored to assist some great local organizations in the past few years, and this year we are sponsoring Lansing SAVE. This organization helps local kids create and establish savings accounts to put towards higher education, and helps create a foundation for financial wellbeing at a young age. See the link below for more information! How do we do this? By asking for a small, $5 minimum donation for UNLIMITED shredding per trip, truly as much as you can haul into us. Of course people can donate more if they'd like, but we ask for at least $5, which is a pretty good bargain! That's Document Destruction Month! Pretty neat eh? Tell your friends and visit these links below for more info! #recycle #lovelansing #scrapfest #documentdestruction #recycledpaper https://lnkd.in/dXXARz9j https://lnkd.in/eBCXv42

ScrapFest Documentary Season 1 Premiere. Join us for an exciting time at Struk Studios in Lansing, MI, USA! Come and be the first to witness the personal stories of some of the artists who participate in ScrapFest — their ups and downs, happiest moments and toughest obstacles — while following along as they create their sculptures. Season 1 features artists @ivan_iler @kellyoart @angela.larson.50 and @kenneth_wesner_ When: January 20th from 11am - 12pm ET Where: Struk Studios, 2916 Turner Road Lansing, MI 48906 Click here to register for free! (https://lnkd.in/eFqekZRB) The in-person release party at Struk Studios is free with a $10 suggested donation. For those who can’t be there in person, we’re also releasing the Season 1 Premiere on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@scrapfest at the same time! (Stay tuned for the link to the full documentary.) Check out the trailer for the documentary! 👇⚙️ www.YouTube.com/@scrapfest Many Thanks To Our Sponsors. We couldn’t have done this without them. Friedland Industries, Inc. Lincoln Electric Rathbun Insurance Auto-Owners Insurance The Lenick Company Michigan Creative Render Studios #scrapfest #scrapfestartfestival #scrapfest13 #metalart #metalartist #friedlandindustries #lincolnelectric #strukstudio #scrapmetal #art #oldtownlansing