Business View Magazine | November 2020

32 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2020 business to being much more balanced. And rentals is one of those solutions for both contractors and municipalities. “Our next expansion in 2016, is when we were assigned the Caribbean territory. As luck would have it, we had a friend in the industry living in the Dominican Republic. We added him to our team because of his knowledge of the industry and the Caribbean Islands. Starting Environmental Products Caribbean, we service this territory from our South Florida and Atlanta locations. In 2016, we also rebranded our business as Environmental Products Group to better identify our business with its larger footprint and product breath. “In 2017, we were awarded the Arkansas and Western Tennessee territory. We were excited to have this territory because the City of Memphis is a great Vactor user and there are many opportunities in that territory. We opened up our shop in Memphis to further expand our parts, service, and rental outreach. It’s a centrally located branch to support the mid-south area.” “At that time, the economy was flourishing, and we experienced fantastic growth. We continued to invest into our rental business and, in 2018, we expanded into the vacuum excavation world with Vac-Ex trucks. We hired a specialist for Florida, and a specialist for Georgia to specialize in the utility business segment. So now, we’re dealing with the telecom groups, power utility – both electric and gas, as well as clean water utility. With the TRUVAC trucks, you can dig safely with vacuum trucks because you’re using high powered air and/or water to expose various underground utilities. And once you’ve vacuumed down and removed the earth, you