by Jared Trausi | May 22, 2014 | Case Studies
When John Bauknight and partner Nick Wildrick founded Shred First, LLC in June 1997, they could not have imagined some of the unusual products they would end up destroying for customers. “We started with a 30 Hp shredder,” John recalls. “By May 1999 our volume...
by Jared Trausi | May 22, 2014 | Case Studies
It’s fascinating for anyone in the shredding industry to talk with an experienced owner of a contract shredding service about the differences between shredding “in the old days” as opposed to today. Tim and Paula Oberst, Co-Owners of Ohio Mobile Shredding in...
by Jared Trausi | May 22, 2014 | Case Studies
“I called Allegheny and right away found ‘The Allegheny Attitude.’ Everyone was helpful and encouraging to someone just fresh in the business.”After returning from the Middle East, where he worked for a number of years as an accountant, David Walsh became a...
by Jared Trausi | May 22, 2014 | Case Studies
“We had our fingers crossed. Everything we’d done for the past two years was hinging on the Allegheny shredder. We transported it to the warehouse, wired it up, hit the power switch—and it ran like a charm.” Over the last two years, Bob Frankland has put in a...
by Jared Trausi | May 22, 2014 | Case Studies
“Allegheny has its own internal standard of excellence, and maintains that standard even when customers would be satisfied with less. John Wagner is driven by the reputation of his company.” When Ron Mason, President of Rohn Industries in St. Paul, Minnesota,...