| 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 and decides to keep the name as it is. At this time, the assets of Sell & Parker are 2 trucks. Scrap is sorted between trucks on the street. |
| 1967 |
Sell & Parker rents a property in Dodie Street, Alexandria to sort scrap. |
| 1969 |
Sell & Parker hire 1st employee. |
| 1971 |
Sell & Parker purchase 1st mobile scrap handler. |
| 1972 |
Ross Parker realizes he can cut steel to prescribed shapes without requiring an engineer to make a template using photo technology. Ross starts a business called "Oxy Profile Cutting" |
| March 1977 |
Sell & Parker buys a yard in Amelia Street, Waterloo |
| 1979 |
250 tonne Iron Shark shear is installed at Waterloo. |
| 1989 |
Oxy Profile Cutting moves to Lakemba. |
| 1990 |
800 tonne Lindemann Shear commissioned at Waterloo yard |
| 1995 |
Sell & Parker purchase second property in Amelia Street, Waterloo |
| 1995 |
Oxy Profile Cutting moves to Long Street, Smithfield |
| 1995 |
Ross’s son Luke Parker joins the business as Managing Director after having completed studies in law and commerce and an MBA from North-Western University in Chicago and having worked in management consulting for 5 years |
| July 1996 |
Sell & Parker purchase a property at 45 Tattersall Road, Blacktown. |
| 1997 |
Sell & Parker Blacktown is opened with an 800 tonne Lindemann Shear being commissioned soon after. |
| June 2000 |
Ross’s son Morgan Parker joins the business as Group General Manager after having completed studies in Economics (Acturial Studies) and having worked in the finance industry for 10 years |
| May 2001 |
DA is approved for a metal shredder to be installed at the Blacktown site |
| March 2002 |
Sell & Parker division Oxycut buys steel profile cutting business Precision Profiling. The businesses are merged to form Precision Oxycut. |
| July 2002 |
Blacktown Shredder commissioned |
| July 2003 |
Metal for Miracles programe for Sydney Childrens Hospital Begins |
| July 2003 |
Sell & Parker acquire a property at 11 Meadow Way, Banksmeadow. |
| November 2004 |
Coffs Harbour Yard Opens – Sell & Parker's 1st Regional Yard |
| November 2004 |
Ross's Son-in-law Craig Ley joins the business to manage Northern & Regional NSW after running his own business for 15 years. |
| January 2005 |
Sell & Parker open Ingleburn yard |
| January 2005 |
Sell & Parker acquire a property at Newcastle and begin Precision Oxycut, Newcastle. |
| October 2005 |
Sell & Parker move Head Office to current location at Banksmeadow and installs a high speed IPS non-ferrous baler. |
| July 2006 |
Sell & Parker acquire a property in Brisbane. |
| August 2008 |
Sell & Parker open new yard in Nowra |
| April 2009 |
Sell & Parker establish joint-venture Commercial Metal Recycling Services in Queensland |
| October 2009 |
Sell & Parker open a new yard in Carrington to service Newcastle and the Greater Hunter regions. |