[>] Retrievex Expands Midwest Region Entering Omaha Market
CONSHOHOCKEN, PA - Peter Pierce, Founder, President and CEO of Retrievex, Inc., a leading Records and Information Management Services provider announced today the acquisition of Benson Records Management Center. Benson is the premier provider of records and information management services in Nebraska's largest city, Omaha.
This transaction represents an expansion of the record management company's Midwest Region created earlier this year with the acquisition of companies in Cincinnati, Ohio and Evansville, Indiana. In addition to its three-city Midwest Region, Retrievex provides records management and document storage services to an ever-widening customer base throughout New England, the New York metropolitan area, including northern and central New Jersey, Philadelphia, Northern Virginia and Washington DC.
Pierce is the former CEO of Pierce Leahy Corporation whose career has centered on the development and advancement of the information management industry. "Benson is the largest independently-owned records management provider in the Omaha market and is well positioned to continue its impressive growth. Benson's talented and committed staff complements the Retrievex focus on the customer and on providing the highest quality services every day. Retrievex will continue to exceed customer expectations in Omaha while bringing to this market the finest, most up-to-date information management systems available in the industry today."
Steve Westerfield, President of Benson Records Management Center stated, "My brother and I pride ourselves on integrity and fine service. Peter and his Retrievex team are well-respected innovators in information and records management and will maintain the reputation we've built over the years. This is, then, the very best way we could have provided for our customers' future requirements because they will now have the most sophisticated, efficient and continuously-upgraded document management systems available to them. Jeff and I couldn't be more pleased with this opportunity."
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About Retrievex
A partnership of Peter Pierce and Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe, Retrievex emphasizes the same outstanding commitment to customer service that was the hallmark of Pierce’s building of, and leadership at, Pierce Leahy Archives. Retrievex was formed in 2007 to provide the necessary financial resources and leadership to meet today’s diverse customer needs for records information management services that now span a broad range of record types.
The Retrievex FileLine™ System, as the company’s proprietary records information management systems and processes are called, is recognized as the industry’s most comprehensive solution and best-practices approach to records management.
About Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe (www.welshcarson.com)
Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe ("WCAS") is the largest private equity investor in the information / business services and healthcare industries. Since its founding in 1979, WCAS has organized 14 limited partnerships with total capital of over $16 billion. The firm is currently investing Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe X, L.P. ("WCAS X"), a $3.4 billion equity fund, and WCAS Capital Partners IV, L.P., a $1.3 billion dedicated subordinated debt fund.
The firm’s strategy is to acquire growth businesses in its target industries and build value through both internal growth and acquisitions. WCAS differentiates itself from other private equity firms by its industry specialization, operational investment focus, and the retention of industry experienced management teams supported by the experience of its General Partners.
About Benson Records Management Center
Benson Records Management Center (Keystone Storage Services Inc.) is an Omaha, Nebraska -based records management business owned by Steve and Jeff Westerfield. The Company was originally founded as a household moving and storage business in 1926. The records management division of the business was created in 1988.
The Company provides comprehensive document management, magnetic media protection and document shredding services to customers within a 75-mile radius of Omaha from modern storage and office facilities located within ten miles of the center of the city.
