Manufacturing baling products since 1971 has put VulcanWire.com right in the middle of a notable change in waste management. When the company was founded, the Environmental Protection Agency had just been established the year before, along with the inauguration of Earth Day. Today, with so many policy and technology advancements, the nation's recycling standards and outcomes are far beyond what they once were. And we've been there all along, providing high quality hi tensile wire, straightened and cut for baling or ceiling applications or continuous, galvanized, annealed, many gauged, in a range of quantities, single or double loop wire. We've grown from one to three locations, with warehouses located strategically to serve our customers best. It's how we continue to be part of cleaning things up and holding them together.
Only six years before Vulcan Wire, wire tie manufacturer was founded, the Solid Waste Disposal Act was passed by Congress. It was the first significant recognition of the disposal issue facing the nation and a watershed change in policy from which the federal, state, and city governments could not turn back. The products we make here, from our double loop wire to our continuous coils for Ram balers, support local, state, and national efforts to move toward a cleaner more conscientious approach to the use and reuse of materials. We also supply acoustical ceiling wire to commercial contractors and vineyard wires to winemakers. No matter what products we manufacture, you can count on our commitment to the best for everyone involved.
It was in 1986 that the California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act was passed. By the mid 1990s, as a result of this act, beverage container recycling had jumped to 80%. And perhaps more directly significant to our clients is the change in California purchasing policies that created an increased demand for recycled paper. Which points to how protecting the environment can actually be good business. Because our wire, straightened and cut for acoustical ceiling wire is made with the materials we use for our baling wires, we have been able to not only grow our business, but the businesses of contractors, acoustical tile makers, baler manufacturers and recycling facilities have all been fortified by the policies that have mandated recycling.