Case Study: SA Recycling achieves faster, more resilient branch networks and lower costs with Palo Alto Networks Prisma SD‑WAN

SA Recycling accelerates branch transformation to deliver operational efficiency and performance

SA Recycling, a metal-recycling leader with 120+ centers and 3,000 employees across 15 states, depended on legacy T1/MPLS links that caused frequent disruptions at remote sites, strained bandwidth for video and cloud apps, and created heavy administrative overhead—compounded by the need to integrate systems from multiple acquisitions. The company needed improved bandwidth and resiliency, stronger visibility and security, and lower costs and staff time for network management.

By deploying Palo Alto Networks’ Prisma SD-WAN, SA Recycling gained a single-pane, cloud-managed solution with per-application policies, zero-touch provisioning and active/active WAN support. The team rolled out SD-WAN to 30 sites in four months, dramatically improving bandwidth, uptime and video reliability, simplifying deployments, strengthening security with an overlay VPN, and cutting support tickets by 97%—with the remaining sites currently being upgraded to extend these benefits company-wide.

SA Recycling

Victor Ludick

Director of IT Infrastructure and Cybersecurity