Business View Magazine | December 2019

236 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE DECEMBER 2019 also beefed up our surveillance equipment for fire and theft, as well as for traffic across our different scales. We’re also able to take advantage of technology that allows us to get instantaneous, real-time market reports: Is copper up; is it down? Has there been an embargo in place, somewhere? Are the tariffs higher? We couldn’t do our job without it.” Another important source of information for the company is the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), of which M. Gervich & Sons is not only a longtime member but a constituent of its Circle of Excellence for its strict adherence to certain ethical and safety standards. “We rely on our trade association for keeping us abreast of what might be happening in the world of exporting scrap, which has been on a hot burner, particularly lately. We export a lot of material – mostly non-ferrous. The ferrous scrap can move economically from the east and west coasts, but it doesn’t economically move from the central plains of the United States. But the non-ferrous Auto • Home • Business • Farm • Life • Health Marshalltown, IA (641) 752-4618 Toledo, IA (641) 484-2140 W. Des Moines, IA (855) 752-4618 www.InsureCentralIowa.com OFFICES LOCATED IN: Find Us on Facebook