US scrap firm David J. Joseph Company (DJJ) is opening a brokerage office in Switzerland, Steel Business Briefing learns. “The new office represents another step in DJJ’s strategy to expand its global presence while striving to become closer to its worldwide customers,” according to a statement from the company.

The company already has an overseas office in Hong Kong; the Swiss office will be its second international location.

The Switzerland office is to serve current and potential European customers, focusing on ferrous and ferroalloy scrap, the company said. It will be staffed by Brad Ford, who joined DJJ in 2001 and served as a brokerage representative in thePittsburgh and Philadelphia trading offices prior to being promoted to Pittsburgh District Manager in 2006.

DJJ, with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a subsidiary of USmini-mill firm Nucor.

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