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MPW company history timeline

1972

Company Established in 1972

Only one large industrial cleaning company retains its original management — MPW. The same entrepreneurial spirit and customer-driven commitment that characterized MPW in 1972 continues to serve as its driving force today.

1977

By 1977, Black had six trucks and 14 employees and was successful enough to build his first office.

1993

1993: MPW enters the industrial container cleaning business.

1995

Less than a year later, he accepted the position at MPW. Two of his colleagues at OHM, Daniel P. Buettin and Brad A. Martyn, joined Kane at MPW in December 1995, after OHM merged with a subsidiary of Waste Management.

1997

In December 1997, MPW completed its IPO, issuing nearly 4 million shares of stock at $9 per share and netting $32.1 million.

2000

In April 2000, Black announced his intention to buy MPW's outstanding shares at $8 per share and take the business private once again.

2001

2001: The company's filtration business is sold.

2002

Revenues fell further in 2002, to $92 million, but cost-cutting measures helped to return MPW to profitability, posting net income of $2.7 million.

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Founded
1972
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Headquarters
Hebron, OH
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Founders
Monte R. Black
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