Bakermet fonds

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a company information pamphlet (undated) and the text of a talk given by Elliott Levitan (uncle of Roger Greenberg) to the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society, June 3, 2008 on the scrap metal businesses in Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley. The talk was filmed and the recording on DVD can…

Scope and Content: Fonds consists of a company information pamphlet (undated) and the text of a talk given by Elliott Levitan (uncle of Roger Greenberg) to the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society, June 3, 2008 on the scrap metal businesses in Ottawa and the Ottawa Valley. The talk was filmed and the recording on DVD can be found within the Ottawa Jewish Historical Society fonds, Programs Series.

History Biographical: Bakermet Inc. is a scrap metal processing facility located within a large industrial park in the City of Ottawa. Successfully operating for over 50 years Barkermet has become a leader in the scrap metal recycling business. Bakermet receives scrap metal at their 4 hectare site and through a hammer mill shredding process, produces separated ferrous and non-ferrous scrap. The material is systematically identified, segregated, and re-packaged, providing quality recyclable products to foundries, smelters and steel mills throughout Canada, the United States, and the Far East. The principals in the business in the early part of the 21st century are Ron Levitan (Ronald Levitan) (Executive Vice-President), Richard Roth (Vice-President), Syd Kerzner (Secretary-Treasurer), Elliott Levitan (President), Steven Kerzner (Vice-President Non-Ferrous), and Joe Levitan (Vice-President). The Baker and Levitan families involvement in the junk and recycling business in Ottawa goes back to the earliest days of the 20th century.