MADISON, MS, Sept. 9, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The provider of the most environmentally friendly heavy duty equipment mats on the market, New South Equipment Mats, has made Inc. Magazine’s annual ranking of the top 500 fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S.
CEO Drew St. John co-founded New South Equipment Mats in 2007 with the sole focus on access solutions in challenging environments. After four months of research it was clear that while numerous companies were selling hardwood mats nationally, there was not a company focused on minimal site impact with maximum engineering guidelines and efficiencies deployed.
This discovery led New South Equipment Mats to focus on providing accessibility through wetlands, waterways, marsh, swamp, and other sensitive grounds by using emtek® hardwood engineered laminated mats, SureTrak™ and TuffTrak® composite mats, as well as EarthSafe™ bridging solutions.
Four years after launching, New South Equipment Mats has completed projects nationally in 34 states, and has offices and project management centers in Mississippi, Florida, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Illinois, Texas and Vermont.
"The company’s success is credited to an outstanding team of professionals who possess a commitment to providing the highest standard of affordable access products, services and solutions, while being responsible to the environment" says St. John.
About the Inc. 500
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About CEO Drew St. John
CEO and co-founder of New South Equipment Mats, Drew St. John, has enjoyed a 30 year career in environmentally focused construction and preservation. St. John has provided landscape design and installation services on large high profile corporate sites throughout the eastern US. Just a few of those clients were GTE, EDS, Walt Disney Co., PGA Tour, Federal Express, Nike, CBL Malls, Harrah’s Casinos, the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas, Ducks Unlimited and many others. He founded New South Equipment Mats after realizing there was not a company focused on minimal site impact with maximum engineering guidelines and efficiencies deployed for projects.
In 2007 St. John co-founded New South Equipment Mats, a company solely focused on access solutions in challenging environments. New South has completed projects in 34 states nationally and has offices and project management centers in Mississippi, Florida, Wisconsin, Kentucky, Illinois, Texas and Vermont.
About Co-Founder Thomas L. Oyler
Co-founder and senior partner of New South Equipment Mats, Thomas L. Oyler, has experience as a successful entrepreneur, real estate developer, business development specialist, and service contractor. Early in his career, Oyler realized a passion for service industries and founded and presided over Oyler Bros. Company, a Florida-based service and specialty construction company providing landscape construction and maintenance, interior and exterior pest management, and recreational & sports facility construction & maintenance. The company grew to include six operating divisions, including U. S. Lawns, the landscape industry’s only franchise organization, before being acquired by Environmental Industries Inc.
In 1987, Tom Oyler was selected from over 600 candidates to represent the city of Orlando as its "Businessman of the Year."