1929

OUR HISTORY

​

 

1929: RMR started as NC Hide & Fur Co.

​

1946: Willie Ward bought it and was joined by his brother TT in 1950

​

1951: Willie passed away

​

1970’s / 1980’s – Two of TT’s sons joined the business, buying fox furs was outlawed and we moved to our current location on Halifax Rd

​

1988 – Shifted focus to scrap and changed the name to Rocky Mount Recyclers, Inc.

​

1990’s / 2000’s - TT passed away, one of his sons retired, and Garry became the President.

​

2013 – Installed automobile shredder

​

Today – We ship out over 100,000 tons per year of processed scrap iron and metal.  We are still a family owned company.  We currently employ around 70 people.