About Globe Metal
Globe Metal is a family-owned and operated business built on long-term relationships and practical problem-solving in industrial metals.
We have grown over decades by showing up, doing the work properly, and finding better ways to recover value and supply materials that manufacturers can rely on.
Today, we operate at the intersection of recycling, processing, and raw material supply. Our role is straightforward: help industrial partners recover value from metal-bearing streams and supply clean, production-ready material aligned with real manufacturing requirements.
A story that still shapes how we work
Globe Metal was founded by Jeff Solomon with a small pickup truck and a simple idea: build something through hard work and consistency. Early on, Jeff learned it was better to earn regular customers than to chase one-off loads. That shift built the foundation of Globe Metal’s long-standing industrial relationships.
As the business grew, the trucks got bigger, the customer base expanded, and Globe Metal developed deep experience with the realities of industrial scrap and materials handling.
In the late 1990s, the company recognized a major shift in North American manufacturing. More production was moving offshore, and scrap rates were declining. Instead of waiting for the market to squeeze the business, Globe Metal adapted. We moved into specialized material streams that many companies did not want to handle, including powders, sludge, slag, and other metal-bearing by-products, often destined for landfill.
That evolution helped industrial partners turn a recurring cost into recovered value, while diverting valuable metal units into viable downstream use.
Greg Solomon
Buyer / Sales, Globe Metal
The Next Generation Brought In a New Focus
Greg Solomon grew up watching his father build Globe Metal into something that lasted — and he joined the business with a clear sense of where he wanted to take it next.
Greg’s focus has been on the materials and markets that were just beginning to emerge when Globe Metal was founded: metal powders for thermal spray coatings, titanium scrap from additive manufacturing operations, and the high-temperature hard scrap that the aerospace and advanced manufacturing industries generate at scale. These aren’t the materials that defined Globe Metal’s first decades, but they’re the ones defining its next chapter.
As Buyer/Sales, Greg is the relationship at the centre of most of Globe Metal’s day-to-day commercial activity — sourcing material, qualifying customers, and building the supplier and buyer network that keeps the supply chain moving. His approach reflects what he learned from Jeff: that the long-term relationship is worth more than the short-term transaction, and that knowing your material well enough to actually help your customer is what brings them back.
Brad Solomon
Buyer / Sales, Globe Metal
Building on the Foundation Jeff Started
Brad Solomon came into the business with the same foundational belief his father built it on: that the value is in the material, and that the job is to make sure it gets to where it’s actually useful.
Brad’s focus sits at the operational core of Globe Metal’s recycling business — the tungsten carbide scrap, the high-temperature alloys, the high-speed tool steel, the metal-containing powders and sludges that most companies either don’t know how to handle or don’t want to deal with. Globe Metal has built its reputation on handling exactly these materials, and Brad is the one making sure the process runs from end to end: the assessment, the logistics, the documentation, and the payment.
He’s also driven by something that has always been central to how Globe Metal thinks about its work — that turning material that would otherwise be disposed of into something with commercial and industrial value is genuinely worth doing. The customer who discovers their waste stream has real value. The manufacturer who closes the loop on expensive materials. Brad has seen this play out hundreds of times, and it’s still what gets him out of the warehouse in the morning.
What we do today
Globe Metal supports manufacturers, processors, and industrial partners through two connected capabilities:
- Responsible recovery and processing of metal-bearing materials
- Raw material supply of minor and primary metals, alloy reverts, and certified ingot formats aligned with production needs
We source, process, and supply metals and alloys for demanding manufacturing environments, including elemental metals and specialized alloy families. Our focus is on practical supply formats, disciplined handling, and documentation aligned with program requirements.
Built to support growth
In early 2024, Globe Metal purchased a new building in Châteauguay, Quebec, to support company growth and expansion. This investment increases our capacity to receive, sort, analyze, and prepare materials, and strengthens our ability to support manufacturing programs with consistent supply and clear documentation.
Industries we support
We work across industries where performance and consistency matter, including aerospace, additive manufacturing, mining, medical, automotive, and other advanced manufacturing environments.
How we work
We keep it practical and relationship-driven:
- Clear, responsive communication
Program-minded problem solving - Disciplined handling and documentation where requirements demand it
Globe Metal is ISO certified and maintains documented procedures aligned with standardization and quality assurance.
Looking ahead
Globe Metal continues to evolve, but the goal remains the same: turn metal-bearing material streams into viable, valuable outcomes, and help industrial partners secure the materials they need to keep production moving.
If you want to talk through a material requirement, a sourcing challenge, or a recovery program, we are always happy to have the conversation.