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'''Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc.''' is [[privately-held company]] provides services such as collecting and recycling oil, providing industrial cleaning, and handling [[industrial waste]]. In addition, their products include cleaning equipment, [[antifreeze]] and [[coolant]], windshield cleaner, and re-refined oil products<ref>[http://www.safety-kleen.com/products/Pages/Products.aspx Safety-Kleen.com - Products]</ref>.
'''Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc.''' is [[privately-held company]] provides services such as collecting and recycling oil, providing industrial cleaning, and handling [[industrial waste]]. In addition, their products include cleaning equipment, [[antifreeze]] and [[coolant]], windshield cleaner, and re-refined oil products<ref>[http://www.safety-kleen.com/products/Pages/Products.aspx Safety-Kleen.com - Products]</ref>.


Safety-Kleen was started in the 1950s when Ben Palmer invented the parts washer which he decided to [[lease]] it to customers and services them by removing and replenishing the solvent in the machines. Throughout its history, Safety-Kleen underwent many changes, including being acquired by Chicago Rawhide, becoming a [[public company|publicly-traded company]], merging with Laidlaw, and filing for and re-emerging from [[Chapter 11]] bankruptcy.<ref>[http://www.safety-kleen.com/AboutUs/Pages/OurStory.aspx Safety-Kleen.com - Our Story]</ref>
Safety-Kleen was started in the late 1950s and early 1960s when Ben Palmer invented the parts washer which he decided to [[lease]] to customers and service by removing and replenishing the solvent in the machines. Throughout its history, Safety-Kleen underwent many changes, including being acquired by Chicago Rawhide, becoming a [[public company|publicly-traded company]], merging with Laidlaw, and filing for and re-emerging from [[Chapter 11]] bankruptcy.<ref>[http://www.safety-kleen.com/AboutUs/Pages/OurStory.aspx Safety-Kleen.com - Our Story]</ref>


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Revision as of 04:12, 2 October 2008

Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc.
Company typePrivate
IndustryIndustrial Waste Management
FoundedUnited States Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA (1963)
FounderBen Palmer
HeadquartersUnited States Plano, Texas, USA
Key people
Frederick J. Florjancic, CEO
ProductsParts Washers, Oil Re-refining, Recycling
RevenueUS$More than 1 billion[1]
Number of employees
4,500[1]
Websitewww.safety-kleen.com

Safety-Kleen Systems, Inc. is privately-held company provides services such as collecting and recycling oil, providing industrial cleaning, and handling industrial waste. In addition, their products include cleaning equipment, antifreeze and coolant, windshield cleaner, and re-refined oil products[2].

Safety-Kleen was started in the late 1950s and early 1960s when Ben Palmer invented the parts washer which he decided to lease to customers and service by removing and replenishing the solvent in the machines. Throughout its history, Safety-Kleen underwent many changes, including being acquired by Chicago Rawhide, becoming a publicly-traded company, merging with Laidlaw, and filing for and re-emerging from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[3]

References

Safety-Kleen Web site