Dan Garvin is the President of Colorado Iron & Metal, one of our region’s largest metal recycling centers with locations in Fort Collins and Loveland.  This was my first time really digging into the industry, and I was surprised by both the complexity of the operations, and the similarities to an industry I grew up around - grain elevators. They take in various commodities, sometimes clean it up or blend it for max value, and then sell to a limited number of potential customers.  

In 1995, Kent Garvin purchased Nelson Metals in Fort Collins, and renamed the business Colorado Iron & Metal.  Dan Garvin - Kent’s nephew - came to Fort Collins to work for a season after high school - and he fell in love.  Dan fell in love with metal recycling, fell in love with business, and fell in love with Northern Colorado, and in 2003 he moved to Fort Collins to be a part of Kent’s team, with hopes of becoming the transition plan - but no promises.  In 2014, he and his brother purchased the business from Kent and have subsequently grown the operations and team and added a second location.  Unless you’re already in the industry you’ll learn all kinda of things about metal recycling in this one, plus lessons on business and team and family and trust - so I hope you’ll make time for my very interesting conversation with Dan Garvin. 

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