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
Established in 1856
Pacific Storage Company’s origins date back to 1856 when it was known as Pacific Leather Tannery. German-born Charles and Jacob Wagner, attracted to the riches of California during the Gold Rush, established this business in Stockton on June 25th, 1856. Captain Charles M. Weber, the founder of Stockton, deeded an entire square city block for the Wagner family and Pacific Tannery.
Leather processed by the Pacific Tannery was shipped to all parts of the United States, as well as Japan and China for use in making shoes, harnesses, and other leather goods.
The tanning industry grew exponentially in the Asian Pacific, causing a sharp decline in operations at Pacific Tannery. As a result, Pacific Tannery ceased operations in the middle of the 1920’s. With the tannery business behind them but the infrastructure still standing, the Wagner’s found a new use for the original Stockton buildings: commodity storage. Thus, in 1928 after purchasing a truck to assist in the transportation of goods, Pacific Storage Company was born.
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.
Since then, Pacific Shredding has increased its pounds of paper shredded and recycled every year. In 2022 alone, Pacific Shredding shredded and recycled over 17.5 million pounds of paper.
In 2016, after noticing the increased demand for the destruction of large volumes of data storage devices and electronics, Pacific Storage created Data Destroyers. While other data destruction services require sending in electronic equipment to be destroyed, Data Destroyers sends a state-of-the-art destruction vehicle that utilizes Gigabiter TM technology to a specified location, allowing the customer to directly hand off and supervise the destruction of hard drives, solid state drives, and other electronic devices.
After deciding to exit the Interstate Household Goods moving business and its affiliation with Bekins Van Lines in 2017, Pacific Storage sought to reimagine their office and relocation department. Spurred on by the gradual shift in demand towards logistics and distribution services, Pacific Logistics and Relocation was created in 2018. Operating out of Sacramento, this division specializes in office and warehouse relocation, distribution services, logistics and project management, decommissioning and final mile delivery throughout Northern California.
