| 1966 |
Max Sell advises Ross Parker that he intends getting out of the scrap metal business. Max agrees to sell the trucks for £2000, and also agrees to stay for 6 months to show Ross the business and introduce him to some customers. Max also agreed to lend Ross the money to buy the trucks! The trading name of Sell & Parker is adopted. |
| 1967 |
Max Sell retires and Ross Parker takes full control of Sell & Parker. As Max had a very good reputation in the business, Ross decides to keep the name as it is. At this time, the assets of Sell & Parker consist of just 2 trucks. Scrap is sorted between trucks in back lanes. |
| 1967 |
Sell & Parker rents its first property, in Dodie Street, Alexandria. The property is used to store, process and grade scrap. |
| 1969 |
Sell & Parker hires its 1st employee. |
| 1971 |
Sell & Parker purchase 1st mobile scrap crane. |
| 1972 |
Ross Parker realizes he can cut steel plate to prescribed shapes electronically without requiring an engineer to make a template. With access to a supply of plate, Ross starts a business called "Oxy Profile Cutting", which is eventually rebranded at “ Oxycut”. |
| 1977 |
Sell & Parker buys a site in Amelia Street, Waterloo, where both the scrap recycling and profile cutting are co-located. |
| 1979 |
250 tonne Iron Shark shear is installed at Waterloo. |
| 1980 |
Purchased minority shareholding in Oliver and Downing, a Sydney Based Fabricator. In time, business rebranded as Profab and Greenfield s factory in Chipping Norton acquired and developed. |
| 1980 |
All States Waste Pty Limited founded and commenced collecting and disposing waste in all Australian States (except Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania and the Territories). |
| 1985 |
All States Waste sold |
| 1989 |
Oxycut moves to a property owned in Yerrick Road, Lakemba. |
| 1990 |
800 tonne Lindemann Shear commissioned at Waterloo yard. |
| 1993 |
Shareholding in Profab to sold majority holder. |
| 1995 |
Ross’s son Luke Parker joins the business as Managing Director after having obtained Bachelor degrees in Law and Commerce (UNSW) and an MBA from Northwestern University in Chicago and having worked in management consulting for 5 years. |
| 1995 |
Sell & Parker purchase second property in Amelia Street, Waterloo and commences trading in Non Ferrous metals. |
| 1995 |
Oxycut moves to a 5000 sq m factory on property bought and redeveloped in Long Street, Smithfield. |
| 1996 |
Sell & Parker purchase a 7.5 hectare property at 45 Tattersall Road, Blacktown. |
| 1997 |
Blacktown recycling facility opened with an 800 tonne Lindemann Shear being commissioned soon after. |
| 2000 |
Ross’s son Morgan Parker joins the business as Group General Manager after earning a Bachelor of Economics (Actuarial Studies) at Macquarie University and having worked in the finance industry for 10 years. |
| 2001 |
Development Approval won for a metal shredder to be installed at the Blacktown site. |
| 2002 |
Sell & Parker’s Oxycut buys steel profile cutting business Precision Profiling. The businesses are merged to form Precision Oxycut. |
| 2002 |
Blacktown Shredder commissioned. |
| 2003 |
Metal for Miracles program for Sydney Childrens Hospital established. |
| 2003 |
Sell & Parker acquire a property at 11 Meadow Way, Banksmeadow. |
| 2004 |
Commenced buying properties adjacent to the Tattersalls Road site. Eventually landholding in the street grows to over 16 hectares. |
| 2004 |
Coffs Harbour site bought and collection yard opened – Sell & Parker's 1st Regional Yard. |
| 2004 |
Ross's Son-in-law Craig Ley joins the business to manage Northern & Regional NSW after running his own business for 15 years. |
| 2005 |
Sell & Parker open Ingleburn yard at site purchased in Bosci Road. |
| 2005 |
Sell & Parker acquire a brownfield property at Newcastle and immediately expands Precision Oxycut to this site. |
| 2005 |
Head Office relocated from Waterloo to current location at Banksmeadow and a 1250 tonnes shear and a high speed IPS non-ferrous baler installed. |
| 2006 |
Sell & Parker acquire property in Brisbane. |
| 2008 |
Sell & Parker buys a site at Nowra and opens a new yard to service Southern Regional NSW. |
| 2008 |
Franc Obal, Sell and Parker’s first employee, officially retires after 40 years of wonderful service. Retired, but not forgotten; Franc still comes in to help out from time to time. |
| 2009 |
Sell & Parker team up with the owners of Commercial Metal Traders to establish the joint-venture Commercial Metal Recycling Services in Queensland. |
| 2009 |
Sell & Parker build and opens a new yard in Carrington to service Newcastle and the Greater Hunter regions. |
| 2011 |
Sell & Parker sells shareholding in Commercial Metal Recycling Services. |