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Wright Service history
Wright Service company history timeline
With the acquisition of Target Rock Corporation in 1961, the Company laid the foundation of what is now our industrial valves business.
1961 Wright Service Corp. was formed
Bob Bursiel began flying for Wright Air Service in 1966.
The Company's Surface Technologies division began with an acquisition made in 1968 that took the corporation into the industrial service field.
The Company owned the North American rights to the Wankel Rotary Engine and development of this was carried on. It finally came into its own by the end of the 1970's, powering the highly successful Mazda RX-7 sports car, and adapted by Ingersoll-Rand for a series of highly reliable rotary compressors.
Through its Target Rock subsidiary, a supplier of valves for nuclear applications in the United States Navy and the commercial nuclear power industry, Curtiss-Wright entered the commercial fossil power market in 1980 for similar critical steam valve applications.
Shortly thereafter, the company began scheduled service in 1986 from Fairbanks to villages in Northern Interior Alaska, carrying passengers, mail and freight.
The next milestone came when the company acquired a Cessna Grand Caravan in 1991, becoming the first air service to operate the Grand Caravan in Alaska.
1993 Residential division Wright Tree Care was formed
Another sign of our diversification efforts was the 1998 acquisition of Curtiss-Wright Drive Technology.
2006 Heard Gardens was acquired
With the merger of the two companies in 2007, Central Iowa had one company to turn to for all of their landscaping and tree care needs.
2008 Terra Spectrum Technologies was founded, and Wright Tree Service of the West formed
2012 Sustainable Environmental Consultants joined the family of companies as joint venture with Wright Tree Service
In 2013, Wright Outdoor Solutions purchased a local Des Moines company called The Growing Concern to operate as a division.
2017 A partnership with Spectrum Resource Group was formed, expanding the Wright Service Corp. footprint to Canada
2019 Wright Tree Service acquires ArborCare based out of Calgary, Alberta.
2020 Wright Foundation for Sustainability and Innovation launched as a separate nonprofit organization outside of the family of companies focused on fostering innovative solutions in renewable agriculture and vegetation management
2021 Transcon Environmental was acquired, adding to our family of companies
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| Company name | Founded date | Revenue | Employee size | Job openings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hooper | 1913 | $199.0M | 200 | 68 |
| Hemphill Services, Inc. | - | $62.0M | 350 | 14 |
| California Pacific Homes | - | $6.7M | 50 | - |
| CruzCompanies | 1948 | $8.6M | 75 | 7 |
| Gregory | 1956 | $4.7M | 20 | 13 |
| O'Connell Electric | 1911 | $110.0M | 550 | 39 |
| Redmond | 2004 | $16.8M | 2 | 20 |
| Walton & Company | 1989 | $44.1M | 100 | 6 |
| Cortez | - | $1.2M | 50 | 6 |
| Boyer Inc. | - | $7.0M | 50 | 2 |
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