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Project 06 / 08 · Metal recycling · San Leandro, CA

A San Leandro metal yard since 1953, with a site that buys and sells.

Alco Iron & Metal Co. · San Leandro, CA
What we did
  • Website design
  • WordPress development
  • Local SEO
What we delivered
  • Sell to us and buy from us paths
  • Material we accept guide
  • Metal weight calculator
  • Fabrication and demolition pages
§01 / the build

Three decisions

01Two doors, one companySell to us and Buy from us lead the main menu, so someone with a load of scrap and someone buying steel each find their side in one click.
02Answers before the callThe material guide lists what the yard accepts and what it turns away, and the metal weight calculator works out weights online.
03A page for every serviceScrap metal, new metal and fabrication, bins and containers, appliance recycling and demolition each get their own page.
Alco Iron & Metal: Home page
Home · /
Alco Iron & Metal: Material we accept page
Material we accept · /material-we-accept/
Alco Iron & Metal: Metal weight calculator page
Metal weight calculator · /metal-weight-calculator/
Alco Iron & Metal: Scrap metal page
Scrap metal · /scrap-metal/
Alco Iron & Metal: New metal and fabrication page
New metal and fabrication · /metal-distribution-fabrication/
§02 / style sheet

Style sheet

Poppins, and one safety red.

Poppins carries the headings and the copy, on charcoal and white. The red comes from the logo and marks every quote button.

Logo
HeadingsPoppinsPoppins: Headings and body
Colour
#CB2027
#424345
#2C3137
#F7F7F7
#FAFAFA
#000000
ButtonRequest Quote
§03 / screens

Across screens

Built for the scrap metal recycling
search.

Sellers and buyers each have their own path, with the yard phone number and a quote button on every page.

Alco Iron & Metal homepage on a desktop
Desktop
Alco Iron & Metal homepage on a tablet
Tablet
Alco Iron & Metal homepage on a phone
Mobile
§05 / client

Who they are

Alco Iron & Metal is a family-owned company that started on a quarter acre in San Leandro in 1953. It buys scrap, sells new metal, fabricates, and dismantles demolition and transformer sites.

§06 / up close

Up close

Cut from the live site.

Alco Iron & Metal: Homepage hero, from the live site
Homepage hero
Alco Iron & Metal: Three services, from the live site
Three services
Alco Iron & Metal: Values band, from the live site
Values band
Alco Iron & Metal: Contact strip, from the live site
Contact strip
Services
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