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In The Beginning:
1916: Julius Salitsky buys one of the first trucks in Worcester. At first, he was a rubbishman cleaning ashes from cellar furnaces.
1918: Julius shifts his focus to scrap metal and lays the foundation for what would become Salitsky Alloys.
1937: Julius' son Irving joins the business.
1940: Prior to World War II the scrap business was thriving and J Salitsky and Son became a major steel scrap dealer in New England at their Millbury Street yard.
Shift to Alloys; the Next Generation
1941: J Salitsky and Son starts buying metal from major manufacturers in the area, some of whom are using a new alloy called stainless steel.
1956: J Salitsky and Son became Salitsky Alloys in order to better reflect the new focus of the company.
Embracing New Technology
1956, a local Heil salesman stopped by to demonstrate a new invention: a truck that can pickup, dropoff, and carry containers - the load lugger. Irving was immeadiately impressed and purchased one, becoming one of the first in the region to own the first generation of rolloff trucks.
1957/1958, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts decided to build the Worcester Expressway / Route 290 which was routed to go through the main Salitsky Alloys yard on Crescent Street.
1962: Salitsky Alloys relocates to Putnam Lane in Worcester and then Gardner Street, and began to focus on insulated wire and non-ferrous metals.
Wire Chopping Begins
1971: Andy Salitsky became the 3rd generation to join the business and urged his father to look into chopping wire.
1972: To expand the business, Salitsky Alloys purchases wire chopping equipment and begins "chopping" insulated copper wire.
1985: The wire chopping business is booming and Salitsky Alloys purchases another line, devoted entirely to #2 copper.
1990: Large addition added to the Gardner Street building.
1997: Salitsky Alloys completely outgrows Gardner Street and moves to its new home at 35 Industrial Drive in Holden.
2011: Ira Salitsky joins the business as the 4th generation.
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