A person who purchases a vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl for processing into a form other than a vehicle, junk vehicle, or vehicle cowl for remelting purposes only, who from a fixed location utilizes machinery and equipment for processing or manufacturing ferrous or nonferrous metallic scrap into prepared grades, and whose principal product is metallic scrap and who records the purchases on a weight ticket.
625 ILCS 5/1-182.3