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Company History

 
1926 Adler and Allan begin trading as coal and coke merchants in London
1934 Company registration
1967 Company diversifies into oil tank cleaning
1969 Oil distribution begins
1974 Ceased coal and coke sales
1977 Operations moved to the current Stratford depot
1982-87 Tank and vessel fabrication done at Stratford
1993 Mark Calvert (Managing Director) joined the company
1998 Henry Simpson (Commercial Director) joined
1999

David Whiskerd (Operations Director) and Peter Harcourt (Development Director) joined

Started fuel distribution operation in the West Midlands
2000

Acquired Environment Management Ltd., with oil spill response bases in Hartlebury, Stansted and Exeter; training facility in Stockton and pollution control manufacturing business in Birkenhead

Manufacturing business sold to the management

Established A&A Northern providing spill response and industrial services in the North of England
2002 Acquired the tank cleaning division of Shanks at Rainham, Essex
Acquired Tank Clean Group at Manchester including Pressure Clean and Kaytencourt (painting and decorating)
2003

Acquired Industrial Water Jetting Systems Ltd., with bases in Bury St. Edmunds, Lincoln, Grimsby and Maidstone; acquisition includes Branchand Tank Services and Aquaducks (domestic drainage)

Acquired CW Tankers at Thetford

Opened additional IWJS bases at Corby, Colchester and Guildford

Group restructured into two limited companies, Adler and Allan and IWJS, with all other companies changed into operating divisions
2004 Rainham depot granted a licence as a Special Waste Transfer Station
Branchand becomes a division of Adler and Allan
2005 A&A Yorkshire established with a base in Sheffield
IWJS (South) sold
2006

Appointed principle contractor for the clean up of the Buncefield oil terminal following the catastrophic fire that destroyed 20 tanks

Acquired the business of Cerva Ltd., a division of Conder Environmental plc, becoming the new Separator Services operation at Winchester

Set up a specialist Tank Services Division based in London providing OFTEC compliance audits, tank installations and maintenance

Established A&A South based at Crowborough, East Sussex with particular emphasis on spill response and hazardous waste handling

A&A North West established at Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria as regional spill base

 
 
   
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