1988: | Formed an ESOP, which currently owns 100% of the common stock |
1989: | Acquired General Trailer Company in Indianapolis, Indiana, creating our Indianapolis branch |
1994: | Acquired Budget Mobil Storage in Cincinnati, creating our Cincinnati branch |
1995: | Formed Added Space division, which rented ground-mounted storage containers to customers in Columbus, Ohio and Nashville, Tennessee |
1996: | Built current headquarters facility in Columbus at 4080 Business Park Drive |
1999: | Opened new branch in Atlanta, Georgia |
1999: | Sold interest in the Nashville Added Space operation to a partner |
2000: | Elected Subchapter S status and changed the fiscal year end to September 30 |
2001: | Sold remaining interest in Added Space to Mobil Mini of Tempe, Arizona |
2001: | Opened new branch in Cleveland, Ohio |
2001: | Purchased Independent Trailers Service, Inc. forming the Dayton branch |
2001: | Built a new facility in Cincinnati and moved the branch from downtown to the northern suburbs nearer our customers |
2001: | Built new facility in Indianapolis greatly expanding our service capabilities and trailer parking capacity |
2001: | Opened a facility in Marysville, Ohio to serve our increased customer needs in that area, splitting off a piece of the Columbus branch |
2004: | Formed Lakeside Trailer Sales, LLC to aid in the expansion of our trailer sales business |
2004: | Opened a facility in Talladega, Alabama to meet the growing needs of a customer in that market in 2005 |
2005: | Surpassed 10,000 trailers in our fleet and $50 Million in revenue |
2007: | Surpassed 12,000 trailers in our fleet and $65 Million in revenue |
2008: | New facility opened in Charlotte, North Carolina |
2009: | Moved into a new six-bay facility in Cleveland, Ohio |
2009: | Launched StarCare, “Our 100% employee owned commitment to provide the most complete, best value in the semi trailer industry” |
2010: | Introduced PMPLus maintenance program |
2010: | Launched new Star Leasing Company website |