Stephen Greer hired the first general manager for his fast-growing company’s Mexican operations after several evenings drinking tequila with the man in Guadalajara. Impressed by the candidate’s industry contacts and apparent honesty, Greer thought he’d found the perfect person to help him expand his Hong Kong–based scrap-metal-processing enterprise, Hartwell Pacific—until nine months later, when he realized the new hire was scamming him for thousands of dollars. The second general manager in Mexico wasn’t in the job much longer before suppliers began telling Greer he was taking kickbacks. The third set up a fake supplier bank account in his wife’s name and siphoned off more money....

Zurich newspaper Finanz und Wirtschaft reviewed the book, I am told very positively. If you want to test your German see the link below. It is in the "Podium" section pg 23.

Not that many books have been written about the scrap recycling industry. This new title, Starting from Scrap, authored by a Pennsylvania native who built an international scrap processing and trading company, is one that many in the industry likely will enjoy.

The book chronicles the inception, growth and eventual asset sale of Hartwell Pacific. The story illustrates the entrepreneurial nature of the scrap industry and the tremendous opportunity present in rapidly growing Southeast Asia.