In an effort to strengthen its reach in providing document life cycle services for clients, St. Cloud, Minnesota-based Marco announced the acquisition of West Central Shredding Inc., a shredding specialist based in Willmar, Minnesota.
The employee ranks of West Central Shredding have joined Marco and are partnering with their new teammates to serve and support clients with expanded resources. The deal adds another tool to the belt for Marco, which provides convenient, reliable shredding and hard drive destruction services, along with an environmentally friendly disposal process in Minnesota, Missouri and Pennsylvania.
Buoyed by 30-plus years of document management experience and an AAA NAID Service Provider Certification, Marco has developed a reputation as a secure and safe choice to maintain the confidentiality of client information in a manner that is legally compliant. Marco CEO Doug Albregts felt West Central Shredding’s operational philosophy meshed well with the dealership.
“We are always looking for good opportunities to expand in our current markets and have appreciated West Central Shredding’s commitment to serving clients and the community,” Albregts said. “This enables us to continue to expand our shred business in communities we know well, while bringing our well-established expertise and solutions to both our new and existing clients.”
Jennifer Johnson, executive vice president of acquisitions and integration, underscored the role document destruction plays in closing the loop of information curation, particularly during an age of data infiltration.
“Marco’s shred services give our clients comfort that their end-of-life documents and data are properly handled and destroyed,” she said. “With security and data breaches at an all-time high, it has become vital to engage with a partner that is NAID-certified to provide organizations confidence that they are compliant with all known data protection and regulatory laws.”
Jay and Terri Bierbaum, the husband-and-wife ownership team of West Central Shredding during the course of the past seven and a half years, are looking forward to continuing to serve clients under the Marco banner. “Marco has been a great competitor to West Central Shredding, and I am excited to work for and with them to continue to bring Central Minnesota excellent service in the secure document destruction industry,” Jay Bierbaum said.
Marco has 1,200 employees in 12 states from the Midwest to the East Coast, serving clients in the areas of copy and shred, IT and security, and voice and managed services.
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Headquartered in St. Cloud, Marco’s technology teams break down complex solutions into simple terms to position clients for success. Marco helps organizations assess, implement and manage all parts of their office technology.
