Mark Lewon
Chair
Utah Metal Works
Salt Lake City, UT
Mark Lewon is among the 4th generation of his family to work in the scrap metal industry. In the summers between high school years, and also college years, he worked for his family’s business, Utah Metal Works, in Salt Lake City, learning to sort metal.
After graduating from Northwestern University, Mark went to work for LMC Corporation, as a non-ferrous
metal buyer. LMC was bought by Sims while Mark was working there. After two years, Mark headed home to Salt Lake to rejoin the family business. He is the President of Utah Metal Works, which means he does some of everything, with operations heading the list. Mark is national Chair of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, the trade association of the scrap recycling industry.