How Scanmetals Transformed a Challenge into Profit

Discover how Opus helped transform the toughest challenges into powerful opportunities.

For the recycling industry, residual waste is the enemy of profit. Every valuable piece of material lost to landfill isn’t just an environmental setback—it’s a missed opportunity. But at the crossroads of environmental responsibility and financial gain, Scanmetals found a way to turn waste into wealth.

Scanmetals is redefining recycling with its innovative system that extracts valuable metals from waste-to-energy incinerator ash. By skillfully retrieving, storing, and selling these hidden treasures, they maximise profits while drastically reducing waste. This visionary approach proves that environmental responsibility and financial success can go hand in hand.

Even the most valuable metals are vulnerable to a silent enemy: moisture. During storage, moisture can cause oxidation, diminishing the value of the metals. Relying on plastic bags proved to be inconvenient, costly, and unsustainable. Scanmetals knew they needed a better solution to protect their profits and ensure long-term growth.

Enter McGregor Group’s Opus—the ultimate safeguard against moisture. Specifically designed for the recycling industry, Opus keeps materials dry with its advanced air vent and neoprene seal technology, ensuring that oxidation is no longer a threat. Its multifunctional design offers flexibility, while the 5-year guarantee and modular construction make it a smart, long-term investment.

By investing in Opus, Scanmetals transformed a storage challenge into a strategic advantage. Not only does it protect their valuable metals, but it also streamlines operations and boosts profitability. This smart investment allows Scanmetals to continue growing while staying true to its commitment to sustainability and profitability.

We did extensive research to find a storage solution and chose Opus because its high quality and long-lasting.

Marcus Hawes

Operations manager at Scanmetals

Main Features

Why Scanmetals chose Opus

Modular

Opus can be specified as a single or multi-bay structure. The modular design allows an existing building to be joined to an established structure with low effort and reduced investment - aggregate storage bays can be easily added as a site expands.

Safely Constructed

By offering specific product sizes, our teams install the same structures repeatedly with little variation, meaning our construction process is safe and predictable, and the ongoing maintenance of every structure can be effectively carried out.

Dry Environment

Opus forms a protective environment with features that control moisture. A gable vent with integrated water management maintains airflow. A tensioned side skirt forms a waterproof barrier, and where multi-bay structures connect, a deep-section steel gutter manages rainwater to on-site drainage.

Protection

Opus is engineered for strength and longevity. Specified and tested for wind and snow loadings to European standards BS 6399-2:1997 & BS 6399-3:1988 2. BS EN 13782:2005. The framework is constructed from 76.2mm MagnaTube steel, creating a robust, hard-wearing aggregate storage bay.

Opus Covered Bays for Aggregate Industries

Aggregate Industries turned to McGregor Group to create covered aggregate storage bays that provide the ideal sheltered spaces for ensuring efficient asphalt production.