Metalico Adds New Scrap Location in North Suburban Pittsburgh

CRANFORD, NJ, February 7, 2013

Metalico, Inc. (NYSE MKT: MEA) has opened its sixth scrap metal recycling facility in the Greater Pittsburgh area in north suburban Conway, Beaver County.

The new facility, located sixteen miles north of Metalico's Pittsburgh shredder, is ideally situated to provide further penetration into the local scrap market and to augment the Company's scrap flow in a strategically desirable market.

Metalico, Inc. is a Ferrous as well as a Non-Ferrous scrap metal processor operating in New York, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Texas, and also in Mississippi.

Through our Mayco Industries division, we are the nation's largest fabricator of lead based products other than batteries. We operate, through Mayco, the world's largest lead rolling mill in Birmingham, Alabama.

We are the leading manufacturer of lead sheet and lead based radiation shielding products. We sell our products on a nationwide basis to a diverse industrial customer base. We also have lead fabrication facilities located in Illinois and California.

We hold a high standard for customer service and aim to meet every one of our customers' needs.

We are a publicly traded company under the symbol MEA which is listed on the American Stock Exchange.

Our corporate headquarters is located in Cranford, New Jersey.