Infoshred Celebrates Move Into New Facility in East Windsor

More than a year and a half after a severe snowstorm caused the roof of their 50,000-square-foot building to partially collapse, Infoshred officials held a ribbon cutting Friday.

Stacey DiPiazza, owner of , said the ribbon cutting ceremony is symbolic of the company’s new beginning.

“Fortunately, we had an amazing team of hardworking employees,” DiPiazza said. “Our staff pulled together working nights and weekends to try to save our company.”

Earlier this year, the company, located in the East Windsor Industrial Park, moved in its final container into the newly constructed storage facility. The company, devoted to secure off-site and on-site document destruction and document storage, suffered the roof collapse on Feb. 4, 2011.

Determined to protect their client’s sensitive and entrusted material, Infoshred enacted its comprehensive disaster recovery plan and hired an around-the-clock security guard while arrangements were made to move the documents to a more secure and permanent location, officials said. The staff at Infoshred worked for 47 consecutive days to ensure that there were no client interruptions.
 
The company rented a facility to keep the documents safe while construction on its new storage facility began. At times, clients didn’t have access to their files,  Jack DiPiazza, general manager, said. Of the 200,000 boxes in the facility, about five percent were damaged, because of the collapse. All of those were restored, he said.

Because of their efforts and clients's faith, 100 percent of the companies who had documents stored in the building have remained with Infoshred, Jack DiPiazza said.

One year later, a new state-of-the-art, 50,000-square-foot facility was completed and includes a permanent ladder leading to usable roof access for efficient snow clearing, as well as heated gutters and down spouts.

The new facility not only meets, but exceeds code requirements.  For example, the building’s roof can maintain up to 40 pounds per square foot - 10 pounds more than what is acceptable.

“The re-building of this new building signifies the strength and determination of our Info shred family not to accept failure and to persevere,” Stacey DiPiazza said.

Catherine Smith, commissioner of the state Department of Economic and Community Development, said the company’s new building is an amazing effort.

Smith said the company’s ordeal is also shows the importance of having a disaster recovery plan in place for such events.

“I’m just delighted to be here,” Smith said. “We want to wish you the best.”

Denise Menard, East Windsor First Selectwoman, thanked the company for being a rock in the community. Menard said she remembered driving by the facility when the roof collapsed and having that image etched in her mind.

“Congratulations on having weathered this terrible, terrible time,” Menard said.

Stacey DiPiazza said Feb. 4, 2011 will be etched in all of their minds as one of the worst days in Infoshred’s history.

“What we learned on that day and through the months that followed, is when your staff and partners can pull together as a family anything is possible . . . and I am proud of that,” DiPiazza said.