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, a responsive service and total customer satisfaction.
Given our commitments, it's not surprising that the past 20 years has been a period of tremendous growth and accomplishment. We have seen our organisation grow to more than 140 branches, servicing over 150,000 customers on 5 continents.
UK and Ireland 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 |
| 1998 |
Shred-it starts operations in Europe |
| 1999 |
Shred-it opens its first franchise in the UK on the M4 Corridor |
| 2000 |
Shred-it opens the West Yorkshire franchise |
| 2001 |
Shred-it opens branches in Manchester, Birmingham, North East of London and Northern Ireland |
| 2002 |
Shred-it opens branches in Glasgow, East of Scotland, London West and Newcastle |
| 2003 |
Shred-it opens branches in Exeter and Portsmouth |
| 2004 |
Shred-it Foundation established |
| 2005 |
Shred-it is assessed and certified as meeting the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 |
| 2007 |
Shred-it is assessed and certified as meeting the requirements of ISO 14001:2004
Shred-it is assessed and certified as meeting the requirements of BS8470 |
| 2008 |
Shred-it opens branches in London City and Milton Keynes Shred-it shreds and recycles over 35,000 tonnes of paper Shred-it introduces it’s first static shredder in London West |
| 2009 |
Shred-it opens the Nottingham branch in July Shred-it customer base grows to over 17,000 businesses in the UK and Ireland Shred-it is assessed and certified as meeting the requirements of EN 15713
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