11/02/2026
Thank you to Cary Lewis at Lewis Salvage for taking us on a tour of their Rochester location. It is quite the impressive operation!
For nearly 100 years, the Lewis Family has served Northern Indiana's metal recycling needs. From aluminum can recycling to container transportation and steel processing, Lewis Salvage has been an integral part of servicing Indiana’s communities.
Individuals and business are welcome to their drop off lanes where your metals get unloaded and weighed for payment with the assistance of their friendly staff. Please call or refer to their rules page for the best ways of preparing your material and call them for daily pricing at 574-267-6781.
Lewis Salvage specializes in the purchasing and processing metals from the orthopedic device and implant industry. They additionally purchase steel, copper, aluminum, brass, and all other ferrous and non-ferrous scrap. Lewis Salvage will quote any items that contains recoverable metals and pay based on the value metal using a wide range of processing/sorting methods. They offer container drop off service, building demolition, metals removal and mixed metals sorting. They additionally have developed processes to destroy and unpack cobalt, titanium and stainless orthopedic implants.