United Scrap’s Serlin among hall of fame inductees

Marsha Serlin, founder CEO of Cicero, Illinois-based United Scrap Metal, is one of 15 inductees to the inaugural class of the Women in Manufacturing Association (WiM) Hall of Fame. The group will be welcomed to the Hall of Fame with an online ceremony on Oct. 1, 2020, as part of the group’s 10th annual SUMMIT event.

Serlin founded United Scrap Metal in 1978 and began building her company with $200 and a rental truck, according to the biography posted on the company’s website. Her 40 years of leadership have guided United Scrap Metal into becoming a firm with some 6,500 customers that, in addition to its facility in Cicero, serves industrial accounts from locations in Charlotte, North Carolina; Indianapolis, Indiana; Philadelphia; Richmond, Virginia; and St. Louis.

The Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame has been designed to honor women who have made exceptional contributions to the manufacturing industry and to the advancement of women in the field. “The inductees embody WiM’s mission of supporting, promoting, and inspiring women in the manufacturing industry,” says the Independence, Ohio-based association.

“The 15 honorees who will make up our inaugural class are a prestigious group, each of whom has made significant, lasting contributions to our industry,” says WiM President Allison Grealis. “They are true trailblazers whose work has created opportunity for countless other women. We are thrilled and honored to recognize them in this special way.”

Other WiM Hall of Fame inductees joining Serlin in the inaugural class include representatives from Boeing, GE Appliances, John Deere, Novelis and Toyota.

WiM says inductees were nominated by their colleagues and industry peers and selected by a panel of WiM and Women in Manufacturing Education Foundation (WiMEF) board members, as well as WiM staff.