Delivering recycled metals – globally, efficiently, responsibly.
ABOUT INTERCO
Our Business
For nearly three decades, we have developed trading relationships around the world with the ultimate goal of returning recycled raw materials back into the global supply chain.
Established in 1996 as an electronics recycling company, Interco has since grown with the focus of providing recycling & trading services to industrials, scrap dealers, OEMs, shredders, governments, smelters, refiners and mines across a wide range of nonferrous metals, electronics, and battery materials.
Interco leverages its expertise in secondary metals to place materials into optimal markets, thereby maximizing value for our clients. We take pride in being a dedicated, trusted recycling partner to our suppliers and consumers.
Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, Interco operates two recycling facilities in the Greater St. Louis area. Interco strives to grow its business through trading partnerships and investment in mid-stream processing.
HOW WE DO IT
Our Approach
For nearly three decades, we have developed trading relationships around the world with the ultimate goal of returning recycled raw materials back into the global supply chain.
The Interco platform is built on robust:
- Purchasing
- Logistics
- Trading
- Midstream Processing
- Financing
- Lifecycle Metal Management
Actively Trading in
COUNTRIES
SOURCING FROM
SUPPLIERS
SUPPORTING
CONSUMERS
HOW WE GOT HERE
Our History
1996
ESTABLISHED
Interco began by purchasing memory modules and electronics for placement into secondary smelters.
HOW WE GOT HERE
Our History
2001-2006
Early Stages
Throughout the early 2000s Interco grew its electronics materials list with a focus on supplying secondary smelters.
HOW WE GOT HERE
Our History
2007
Expansion
Interco moved to its current nonferrous facility in Madison, IL and began handling the full spectrum of nonferrous metals.
HOW WE GOT HERE
Our History
2013
A New Market
The introduction of lithium-ion batteries created a new opportunity to trade, process, and recover battery materials.
HOW WE GOT HERE
Our History
2018
Invested in batteries
Interco was the first North American company to produce mixed metal concentrate from li-ion battery scrap.
HOW WE GOT HERE
Our History
2022
Further Expansion
Interco opens an electronics-specific recycling facility. Additionally, Critical Mineral Recovery (CMR) is formed as a battery-specific affiliate and breaks ground on its Fredericktown, MO processing plant.
HOW WE GOT HERE
Our History
2023
Balanced Business
Interco continues to solidify its position across its three lines of business; nonferrous metals, electronics, and battery materials.
HOW WE GOT HERE
Our History
2025
Partnership
Interco enters into a strategic commercial partnership with Evolution Metals and Technologies to supply and market metals and rare earth elements critical to U.S. supply chains.
OUR #1 PRIORITY
Safety and Compliance
Protecting the health and safety of Interco employees, suppliers, customers and those in our surrounding communities is a priority in everything we do.
Interco has developed and implemented robust environmental health and safety programs in accordance with local, state, and federal regulations.
Certifications
Management Systems
Standard Certification
ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety Management Systems
ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems
Associations
WE’RE HERE FOR YOU
CONTACT US
Interco’s commercial team and operations & processing facilities are headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri and located in the greater St. Louis area.