Metal recycler wants to expand
While Chrysler and GM decide how to cope with production woes, Tom Malone is at the other end of the metallic food chain: deconstructing cars and trucks, separating out metals, fuels, batteries, glass and plastic that once dazzled customers in the showroom and then reselling recycled materials for productive re-use.
Brookfield Resource Management Inc., based in Elmsford since the 1980s and where Malone has been president since 2006, is expanding both in Westchester and, in a big way, into Orange County.
The company is a repository for ELVs (end-of-life) vehicles and other scrap metals that have outlived their usefulness. When Malone’s father and uncle wanted to retire, they turned to their children and asked them to take over what was and continues to be a successful business. “It wasn’t exactly what I had planned,” said Malone, who spent a decade in the financial industry before returning to the family business, “but I’m enjoying it.”
While dismantling vehicles and dealing in scrap metal may not be the business some envision as the ideal business next door, Malone said Brookfield takes every opportunity to be a positive community partner. “We know ours is not a legacy company,” said Malone. “That’s why it’s so important to have good relations with your neighbors.”
Currently, Brookfield is in the process of spending $3.5 million to upgrade its Westchester facility, bringing much of its recycling into a new, enclosed addition.
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