The Pacific Story

Pacific Storage History

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1852

Spurred by the California Gold Rush, brothers Charles and Jacob Wagner arrived from Germany and settled in Stockton, California.

1856

Pacific Tannery was founded.

1879

Pacific Tannery expanded to cover four blocks of downtown Stockton and had over 100 employees - making it one of the largest companies in California.

1885

Pacific Tannery, operated by Kullman and Wagner Leather Co. was one of Stockton's most successful manufacturing establishments. Located at the head of McLeod Lake, hides and tanbark could be transported by ship directly into the plant by passing through the El Dorado Street drawbridge.

1928

Due to a decline in leather sales to foreign countries and a rise in freighting charges, Pacific Tannery converted its tanning facilities and entered the commodity storage business.

1932

To reflect its current business, the company updated its name to Pacific Storage Company. Pacific Storage Company also became agents for the Bekins Moving and Storage Company, thus entering the moving business.

1962

Pacific Storage Company entered the record storage business.

1975

Pacific Storage Company introduced its office and relocation division, eventually becoming Pacific Logistics and Relocation.

1977

Robert Foy was named President and CEO of Pacific Storage Company.

1979

Pacific Storage entered the document shredding industry.

1982

Charles W. Wagner named Chairman of the Board of Pacific Storage Company

1982

Pacific Storage expanded north and opened it's first Sacramento office.

1995

Chet Turney named President and CEO of Pacific Storage Company

1998

Richard Steed named Vice President of Pacific Records Management.

1998

Acquired Hussey Moving and Storage.

1998

Greg Tudor named President and CEO of Pacific Storage Company

2000

Pacific Storage Company became Bekins Shareholders

2004

Acquired Auburn Van & Storage.

2004

Pacific Records Management surpassed 1 million cubic feet of records storage.

2006

Pacific Shredding reached the milestone of 2.5 million lbs. of paper shredded and recycled.

2007

Pacific Records Management built their first media vault in accordance with NFPA 232 Standards for the Protection of Records.

2010

Pacific Records Management surpassed 2 million cubic feet of record storage

2011

Pacific Storage Company expanded business operations south into Fresno by acquiring Cen-Cal.

2012

Pacific Shredding reached the milestone of 25 million lbs. of paper shredded and recycled.

2012

Acquired DOCUstor Central Valley.

2012

By 2012, the company was shredding and recycling over 4 million lbs. of paper on an annual basis.

2016

Pacific Shredding reached the milestone of 50 million lbs. of paper shredded and recycled.

2016

Pacific Storage Company founds Data Destroyers, offering on-site destruction of data storage devices and electronic waste.

2017

The office and industrial relocation service of Pacific Storage Company is reimagined into Pacific Logistics and Relocation.

2019

Acquired American Mobile Shredding, increasing their shredding presence in Central and Northern California.

2021

Acquired American Document Destruction, expanding the shredding business into Nevada.

2021

Pacific Shredding hit the milestone of 100 million lbs. of paper shredded and recycled.

2021

Phil Johnson named Chairman of the Board of Pacific Storage Company

2022

Pacific Storage Company moved their headquarters from the original tannery site.

2023

Charles W. Wagner anointed Emeritus Board Member of Pacific Storage Company

2023

Acquired Offsite Data Depot in Nevada

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1879

In 1932, Pacific Storage Company became a Bekins Moving and Storage agent where they were the second-oldest and third-largest Bekins agent in the United States, with warehouses throughout Northern California.

In 1956, Pacific Storage entered the record storage business and began to increase their service offerings. These services include paper storage, media storage, document shredding and document imaging. To better reflect the numerous product and service offerings, the name of the record storage division was changed to Pacific Records Management. Expanding throughout Northern California, Pacific added locations including Sacramento, Modesto, and Fresno.

After entering the record storage business, the natural progression for Pacific was to enter the document destruction industry. Shredding became such a success for Pacific Records Management that it eventually became its own division in 1979 known as Pacific Shredding.

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Pacific Storage Company occupied the original tannery site in Stockton as both a warehouse space and as their corporate headquarters until the end of 2022. They have since moved out.

Pacific Storage Company was founded with an old truck and a marvelous dream. While the old truck is long gone, the dream still lives on.