Ferrous

Press

Coverage, facts and a media contact who answers

Trade and regional coverage of Ferrous and the second-life battery economy, with everything a reporter needs below.

Pittsburgh Post-Standard

Ferrous turns Pittsburgh’s old steel corridors into a battery recycling hub

“We are not a software company pretending to do logistics. We have trucks, crates and a bench, and we can show you every kilogram.” — Lena Park

Cycle Wire

How Ferrous hit a 98.2% material recovery rate in under two years

“Grading honestly is the whole business. If a module is second-life, it earns reuse pricing. If it is not, we say so and recover the metals.” — Eli Whitfield

Volt Report

Seed-stage Ferrous raises $3.4M to scale EV battery pickup across 14 states

“Allegheny Ridge backed Ferrous because the unit economics work per crate, not per pitch deck.” — Allegheny Ridge Ventures

Midwest Logistics Quarterly

Shared hazmat routes make battery recycling viable for small repair shops

“A two-module shop should not pay for a dedicated truck. Shared routes fix that.” — Marcus Bell

Second Life Weekly

The grading bench deciding which EV batteries get a second life

“Capacity and internal resistance tell you most of the story. Thermal profiling tells you the rest.” — Eli Whitfield

The Keystone Review

Pittsburgh startup clears dealer lots of damaged EV packs, one monthly route at a time

“Our lot was a liability. Ferrous made it a line item with paperwork our OEM rep accepts.” — Monroeville dealer group principal

Company facts

Founded
2024, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Founders
Lena Park (CEO) and Marcus Bell (COO)
Funding
$3.4M seed, March 2025, led by Allegheny Ridge Ventures
Service area
14 states, from the Pittsburgh hub and a second driver base in Columbus, Ohio
Volume
4.81M kg of battery material processed since 2024
Recovery rate
98.2% across all lots, audited per lot

Media contact

For interviews, facility tours in Pittsburgh or high-resolution photography, contact Lena Park directly. She answers press email herself, and tour requests are usually confirmed within a week.

Email press@ferrous.eco Ferrous crew loading a crated battery module — available for press use

Facility and route photography available for press use on request.