Headquartered in Houston, Texas with offices in North Dakota, Toronto, North Carolina, and Chicago, Scrap Metals and Plastics International excels in customer service and providing quality materials and quick payments. As seen below we are well diversified and we have 44 years + experience in the Scrap Industry. Scrap Metal Recycling Services and Products Scrap Metal Exporting Metal Demolition Services Plastic Recycling Jet Fuels and Diesel Fuels SMPI Scrap and Miscellaneous Worldwide Inspection Services IN THE BEGINNING Oscar Winski (1) Scrap Metals and Plastics International is a 6th generation company. In 1907 my great-great Grandfather Oscar Winski, a Lafayette policeman who became one of Indiana’s first metal recyclers, started Oscar Winski Co. of which we have no affiliation. He started his business by pushing carts through streets and alleys, collecting scrap metal from industries and residences. He sorted the scrap in his home garage and resold alloy-specific metals by the truckload to regional mills and foundries. They were also in the poultry business for a very short time, until a few carloads of chickens caught the “croup” and forced him to declare bankruptcy. Years later after much success, his son and grandchildren paid every creditor in full to the heirs. THE FAMILY BUSINESS In 1938, my great grandfather Louis Winski, Oscar&＃039;s Son, had joined the business, formed a Corporation and continued to expand in the scrap industry. A third generation, Nate Winski, Henry Winski, Mort Winski and Jack Winski, decided to relocate to Northern Indiana. They were headquartered in Michigan City, Indiana under the name of Northern Indiana Steel Company and AMI Metals.