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General Information
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Edw. C. Levy Co. was founded in 1918 by
Edw. C. Levy Sr. and incorporated in Michigan in 1946. The company continues to be owned
and operated by members of his family. His son, Edward C. Levy Jr. heads the modern Edw.
C. Levy Co., and its affiliate companies.
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The company's major emphasis is in the quality production
of construction materials, produced naturally or as a by-product of steel manufacturing.
Edw. C. Levy Co. serves the largest companies in the
domestic steel industry.
Edw. C. Levy Co. processes and sells more than ten
million tons of slag per year.
Edw. C. Levy Co. digs, loads, hauls, stockpiles, feeds,
and ships several million tons of various other steel producing raw materials and
products.
The companies recover, prepare, and return more than one
and one half million tons of metal per year to the mills and foundries they serve.
Edw. C. Levy Co. began the use of rubber-tired slab
carriers with a 150 ton capability.
An innovator in the slag industry, Edw. C. Levy Co.
introduced rubber-tired end loaders to slag pit digging operations.
Edw. C. Levy Co. developed and patented the first self
loading, self dumping, slag pot carrier.
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Sensitive to environmental concerns, Edw. C. Levy Co. has
developed and patented heat and dust sensing equipment and systems.
Edw. C. Levy Co. has designed, built, and patented
chemical sprays to neutralize the hydrogen sulfide odor of blast furnace slag.
Due to Edw. C. Levy Co.'s technical and marketing
expertise, the Detroit steel making district is one of the few places in America to
commercialize all slag produced.
Edw. C. Levy Co. has expanded slag operations to many
states, and the slag products produced are marketed in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Ohio,
and South Carolina.
Edw. C. Levy Co. has entered the international scene with
steel mill service operations in Australia and Thailand.
Edw. C. Levy Co. owns and operates Australian Metal
Recovery Pty Ltd an electrolytic detinning facility in Port Kembla, New South Wales,
Australia.
Edw. C. Levy Co. has diversified and is involved in
ready-mix concrete production, paving material production, and asphalt paving.
Edw. C. Levy Co. affiliates operate extensive natural
aggregate facilities and trucking companies in Michigan and Indiana.
Edw. C. Levy Co. has sand and gravel, granite, and
rhyolite quarries, asphalt paving and asphalt production operations in Colorado's front
range.
From a one man enterprise in 1918, we have grown to a group
of companies, still privately owned, with about 3000 dedicated, loyal and hard working
employees. Our Mission Statement and Excellence
Benchmarks point the way to a future of growth with a social consciousness.
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