Episode 4 | Wichita Chamber Business Accelerator

Sometimes junk and scrap just finds its way into your blood. Co-hosts Don Sherman and Ebony Clemons-Ajibolade are joined by AllMetal Recycling’s Clint Cornejo to talk about how leading a recycling and scrap business has turned into his passion. In the episode, Clint talks about growing up around the family business and their support of the Kansas Honor Flights. AllMetal Recycling was established in 2009, building on what brothers Marty & Ron Cornejo had been doing in the construction and demolition business in the 1970’s. Today Clint and Kolby Cornejo, sons of Marty and Ron, own and operate AllMetal Recycling as well as offering new and reusable steel products out of its sister company, AMR Steel & Supply. As the area’s leader in metal recycling, the company buys, processes, sells and brokers ferrous and non-ferrous recycled materials.

AllMetal Recycling
800 E. 21st Street North
Wichita, KS 67214
(316) 262-1475
AllMetal-recycling.com
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Number of employees: 65
Chamber member since 2012

On this episode we discuss:

• Desiring to be involved in the family business and the expectations that come with that
• Being around the family business from a young age and learning the value of hard work
• How the recycling business shifted from working with individuals to businesses
• The key to a personal touch
• How marketing changes when working with industrial businesses instead of individuals 
• Growing transparency in a business to increase trust
• Dealing with copper theft
• Providing direct solutions and help for industrial customers
• The value of integrity in business and how that impacts reputation
• How AMR has grown through acquisition
• The local history of recycling yards and keeping that alive
• Building a family legacy in business
• How to hire the right people into your business
• Managing growth by taking the right incremental steps
• Getting involved and supporting the community through Kansas Honor Flights

Learn more about AllMetal Recycling on their website and like them on Facebook and  Instagram. Check out these links that feature the company and provide more information about their successes :

AllMetal Recycling Expansion
Striving to be ‘the New Image’ in Recycling 
Winning the Chamber Small Business Award in 2018

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Wichita Chamber Business Accelerator is a weekly podcast devoted to supporting and learning from area business owners. Released every Wednesday, it's produced by Forge Podcast Co, managed by the Wichita Regional Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Evergy.

Learn more about this podcast series by visiting our January 7 blog post.