Corporate History
Shred-it was founded by the late Greg Brophy in 1988. Shred-it's success has been built on the strengths of our people and an uncompromising commitment to compliance, responsive service and total customer satisfaction.
Given our commitments, it’s not surprising the past 20 years has seen tremendous growth and accomplishment. We have seen our organization grow to more than 140 branches, servicing over 180,000 clients on 5 continents.
Corporate Timeline
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| 1988 |
Shred-it is founded in Toronto, Canada |
| 1990 |
Shred-it expands across Canada |
| 1993 |
Shred-it enters U.S. market |
| 1995 |
Shred-it starts operations in Asia |
| 1996 |
Shred-it starts operations in South America |
| 1996 |
Shred-it installs inherently biodegradable hydraulic fluids in shredding trucks |
| 1998 |
Shred-it starts operations in Europe |
| 1999 |
Shred-it starts operations in United Kingdom and Ireland |
| 2000 |
Shred-it starts operations in South Africa |
| 2002 |
Shred-it starts manufacturing industrial shredding equipment |
| 2004 |
Greg Brophy Charitable Foundation established (formerly called the Securit Foundation) |
| 2005 |
Shred-it starts manufacturing secure consoles |
| 2007 |
Shred-it adopts automated-routing technology to improve service efficiencies |
| 2007 |
Shred-it client base grows to over 150,000 |
| 2007 |
Shred-it introduces new fuel-efficient trucks and auto-shutdown technology |
| 2008 |
Shred-it upgrades enterprise technology to SAP in United Kingdom |
| 2009 |
Birch Hill Equity Partners acquires Shred-it |
| 2010 |
Shred-it trucks transition to new clean-burn diesel engines |
| 2011 |
Shred-it launches customer website portal myshredit.com |
| 2011 |
Shred-it upgrades enterprise technology to SAP in North America |
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