Milestones

2007

Cascade Hard Drive Crusher introduced. First mission in Phoenix to destroy over 350 hard drives at customer site is successful
Received Outstanding Achievement in Recycling from the Associated Recyclers of Wisconsin
9,000 square foot office and training area expansion completed at Madison facility
Cascade installs a new VecoPlan shredding line to Madison facility to increase throughput and automate recovery of ferrous metals from low-value e-scrap.
Indianapolis facility independently certified for ISO 14001 and as a Certified Electronics Recycler by the IAER
Awarded grant by state of Indiana to support expansion of e-scrap recovery capacity in the state
Named by Inc. Magazine as one of the fastest growing private companies in the U.S. (#12 in Wisconsin and in the top 25 of all firms in the Computers & Electronics industry)
Ninety-seven Employees (as of Oct 1, 2007)
Processed over 5,121,300 pounds of equipment in first 6 months of 2007

2006

Opened first out-of-state processing facility in Plainfield, Indiana - a 24,700 square foot state-of-the-art facility outside of Indianapolis
Achieved ISO 14001:2004 Registration for our Environmental Management System
First company to receive designation under the 2006 Certified Electronic Recycler® program of the International Association of Electronics Recyclers (IAER)
Introduced the Rapid Deployment Team (RDT) - Cascade's premier national logistics and on-site technical service solution
Kevin Myrant, Cascade’s Security Manager, named Member of the Year by the National Association for Information Destruction.
Cascade implements new data wiping technology
Seventy-three Employees
Processed over 9,781,300 pounds of equipment

2005

Cascade opens new 32,000 square foot corporate headquarters and processing facility in Madison
Cascade accepted as first for-profit recycler into the MARs program allowing us to install low cost, licensed software on refurbished computers destined for donation to charities
Awarded Waste Reduction and Recycling Demonstration Grant by Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for research into expanding markets for domestic plastic recovery and recycling for scrap electronics
Cascade becomes first computer recycler to be named a “Champion for Change” by Hospitals for a Healthy Environment
Forty Employees
Processed over 6,394,500 pounds of equipment

2004

Cascade adds second shift
End of Lease return program introduced
Cascade chosen to process equipment for the Dell sponsored Milwaukee Community Collection Event (more than 175,000 pounds collected) -- Best Buy sponsors Cascade's Madison Round-up
Cascade named as IT Retirement Service Provider for Consorta, a health care GPO representing more than 2,000 health care sites across the country
Twenty-three Employees
Processed over 4,487,271 pounds of equipment

2003

On-line Employee Sale program introduced: Cascade Marketplace
eBay Store opened
Cascade receives Customized Labor Training Grant to assist with costs for ISO 14001 training and certification
Cascade recognized with Dane County Small Business Award and Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce Business Friend of the Environment Award.
Retrofit Recycling begins shipping equipment to Cascade, expanding our geographic reach through their hubs in Minnesota and Indiana.
Twenty-one Employees
Processed over 3,140,000 pounds of equipment

2002

Shredder installed in Seiferth Facility for electronic media destruction
Established relationship with Paragon Development Systems, thereby providing customers with Life Cycle Management Solutions
Moved from 10,000 square foot Jonathan Drive location to 20,000 square foot Seiferth Road processing center in Madison
Cascade is an original signer of the Pledge of True Environmental Stewardship
Re-started CRT cutting operation at 6001 Femrite Drive in Madison
Sixteen Employees
Processed over 1,500,000 pounds of equipment

2001

2000

Opened 20,000 square foot processing facility in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Received Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Waste Reduction and Recycling Demonstration Grant for CRT processing technology - Began CRT glass-to-glass recycling on site
Eleven employees
Processed over 750,000 pounds of equipment

1999

Cascade Asset Management registered as a Limited Liability Company in Wisconsin on April 20, 1999
Received $400,000 in start up financing
Moved into 10,000 square foot processing facility at 1009 Jonathan Drive in Madison on July 1st
Purchased first truck for hauling in August
Open House in November
Three employees
Processed 103,000 pounds of equipment in first 6 months of operation