Admiral Metals

We are a fourth generation, family-owned and operated scrap metal recycling business located in Sterling Heights, MI.

In the mid-1930s, our great grandpa started out each day by renting a horse and buggy to travel to the manufacturing plants that had begun to sprout up around the city. This was at the time of the original Ford plants, and he collected oily rags and metal scraps from the assembly lines. This humble beginning is where our family business originated from. In the years after that, with WWII needing raw materials, scrap metal recycling became an entire industry and our small family business started to grow. From there, it was basically two men and a truck until 1999, when founding father Steven Foon decided to open up a physical yard location in Sterling Heights, Michigan. This location is still open to this day and home to Admiral Metals.

The current president, Michael Foon, began at Admiral Metals in 2007 and immediately started growing the yard operations to increase volumes in and out of the yard. Younger brother, Elliot Foon, joined the team in 2009 after graduating from Michigan State University and hit the ground running. The two boys implemented new technology and bigger, heavier equipment, as well as increasing the workforce to grow the business even more.