Ellefson Transportation Group Celebrates 50 Years in the CSRA
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1950s–MervinEllefson gothisstartinthetruckingbusinessintheFortiesandFiftiesasadriverandmanagerforGreyVanLinesoutofCharleston,SC.
1960s– IntheEarly60’sMerv wasjoinedbyhisSon,DonwhoalsobecameadriverunderthesameVanLine.
1967– TheEllefson FamilyrelocatedfromCharleston,SCtoAugusta,GAandfoundedM.A.Ellefson &Son,nowEllefson TransportationGroup.PicturedaboveisanaerialshotoftheiroriginalwarehousespaceinAugusta.
1988- AsanagentunderGlobalVanLinesfrom1977-1977,theEllefson FamilywasactivelyinvolvedwithDonservingontheBoardofDirectorsandtheirorganizationwinningAgentoftheyearinboth1988andagainin1995.
1992– AugustaDataStorage,therecordsmanagementandshreddingsegmentoftheEllefsonTransportationGroupportfolioofcompanies,isfounded.
1996- IntheSpringof1996,constructionbeingsonanewmainofficefacilityonMikePadgettHighwayinAugusta,GA.Theprojecttookover10monthstocompletewithincreasedofficeandstoragespacefortheirgrowingbusiness.
1997- In1997theEllefsons celebratedthegrandopeningandribboncuttingoftheirnewfacilityandlaterthatyearjoinedUnitedVanLinesasanagent.
2002- AugustaDataStorageexpandstoincludeasecuredocumentshreddingservice,anoperationwhichhasgrowntoinclude3shredtrucksandanon-siteshredprocessingfacility.
2006- TheEllefsons becomeafranchiseeofGo-Mini’sPortableStorage,withtheopeningofAugustaGo-Minis.
2015– AugustaDataStorageaddsE-WasteSolutionstotheirserviceofferings,allowingtheircompanytogrowwiththedigitalage.
2016– Ellefson TransportationGroupcelebratesthegroundbreakingoftheirnew26,000sq.ft.facility,adjacenttotheircurrentofficespaceonMikePadgettHighway.TheNewSpacewillbringadditionalofficesandwarehousestoragefortheirgrowingbusiness.