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In addition to its eight recycling and scrap yards throughout California, A&S Metals, Recycling and Demolition also operates an aggregate plant.
Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4 Aggregate & Recycling Section . . . . . . . . . . . . .19-23 Attachments & Parts Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31-35 Truck & Trailer Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43-47 Auction Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49-55 Business Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Advertisers Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Sandwiched halfway between the affluent neighborhoods of Silicon Valley and the high-end resorts of Pebble Beach and the Monterey Peninsula lies a somewhat less glitzy success story. While a scrapyard and recycling business in Castroville, Calif., might lack the name recognition and star power of its neighbors to the north and south, it is nonetheless making a name for itself in the growing recycling and demolition industries. A&S Metals, Recycling and Demolition is a thirdgeneration, family-owned recycling business. Founded on April 1, 1969, by father and son, George R Silva and Stanley G Silva. The company is celebrating its 55th anniversary this year and is now managed by the next generation under the direction of Stan Silva Jr., who serves as president and CEO. The company has established itself as a leader in scrap metal recycling, demolition and concrete aggregate crushing. The recycling business keeps each of the Mike Smith (L), waste and recycling specialist company’s eight locations and their 170 employees of Bejac Corporation, and Stan Silva Jr., presisee METALS page 36
dent and CEO of A&S, in front of the Liehberr LH30.