IESI Grabs Texas Haulers and Transfer Station

Lynn Schenkman

IESI CORP., Ft. Worth, Texas, has completed several purchases in Texas from Waste Corp. of Texas, Houston. They include three hauling operations in Mineral Wells, Stephenville and Graham, and one transfer station in Granbury. The purchase included 14 municipal collection contracts, including the cities of Stephenville, Graham and Mineral Wells. The hauling operations IESI acquired serve approximately 26,000 residential customers and 4,900 commercial and industrial customers. Annual revenue is approximately $8.7 million.

“We are extremely excited about this acquisition,” says Mickey Flood, company president and CEO. “Our combined companies provide our customers west of Ft. Worth with a complete, vertically integrated service of residential, commercial and industrial collection that is augmented by our strategically located transfer stations in Bowie, Mingus and Granbury and disposal in our Weatherford Landfill,” he says.