North American Industrial Services Inc history

1956: Tri-City Waste and Sanitation Company is founded.

In 1961, he moved into manufacturing by acquiring Anchorpac, a maker of compactors for the waste industry.

1965: Tri-Pak is formed as a division of Tri-City.

In 1969, it became the first company in the waste industry to go public, when it acquired and merged with Alson Manufacturing, a publicly held, but inactive, corporate shell.

In 1979, ISA acquired Computerized Waste Systems (CWS), a Boston company that managed solid waste and recycling services for companies.

Since 1980, field service centers have been strategically located across North America to provide emergency response services and perform planned work on customer locations.

These divestitures allowed ISA to emerge from bankruptcy in 1985.

In 1986, our laboratory chemical packing services, CleanPack®, was formed to provide industries, schools and universities, and communities with vital services to manage the collection, packaging and disposal of laboratory chemicals and household hazardous waste.

In 1989, Clean Harbors purchased Chem Clear, Inc., an industrial aqueous waste treatment company.

1990: Acquisitions and Leadership Changes

North American Industrial Services (NAIS) was founded in 1994 by Frank and Tim Zilka and grew from a start-up to a large regional provider servicing power generation, paper, mining, refinery, petrochemical and industrial clients in the Northeast, Midwest, Southeast and Western regions of the US.

In 1995, it upgraded its facilities, increasing productivity by adding new scrap processing and recycling equipment.

Garber had joined ISA in 1996, coming from a vice-president's position at OmniSource Corp., a metal recycling business in Fort Wayne.

In 1997, the company acquired The Metal Center, a metals recycling facility operated by TMG Enterprises, of Louisville.

In 1998, Clean Harbors formed its Industrial Services division.

ISA rebounded in 1999, however.

Evergreen Industrial Services (EIS) was founded in 2000 by Jon Hodges and grew from a start-up to a large, regional provider.

2001: ISA completes Phase 1 of a major facilities renovation.

In 2002, Clean Harbors acquired the assets of the Chemical Services Division of Safety-Kleen.

In 2007, Clean Harbors acquired Teris, LLC, with its 550 employees, several field locations, incineration facility in El Dorado, Arkansas, and a treatment, storage and disposal facility in Wilmington, California.

In 2008, the Company acquired two solvent recycling facilities in Chicago, Illinois, and Hebron, Ohio.

In 2009, Clean Harbors acquired Eveready Inc., a Canadian company that provides industrial maintenance and production, lodging and seismic services.

In 2011, Clean Harbors acquired Peak Energy Services, bringing on the capabilities to service oil and gas drilling operations by providing surface rentals and specialized liquid, solid and sludge processing.

In 2012, Clean Harbors made its largest acquisition in Company history with the purchase of Safety-Kleen.

In January 2015, EIS acquired GEM Mobile Treatment Services to expand its services to include vapor combustion, vapor scrubbing, thermal oxidation, water treatment and custom engineered customer solutions.

With over 30 locations, Evergreen North America was formed in June 2016 when The Sterling Group purchased Evergreen Industrial Services and North American Industrial Services to create a national footprint capable of supporting its customers throughout the United States.

Also in 2017, Clean Harbors acquired Lonestar West, further broadening its daylighting and hydro excavation services throughout the United States and Canada.