ISCO INDUSTRIES, INC.
LOUISVILLE, KY

The Louisville, KY-based ISCO Industries was established in 1962 by Jim Kirchdorfer Sr. as the Irrigation Supply Co., a company that originally specialized in underground golf course irrigation. In 1975, the family-owned company became a distributor of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe, evolving into ISCO, an HDPE pipe and fittings specialist. Today, ISCO is a total piping solutions company with more than 30 facilities in the United States, as well as in Canada and Australia - inventorying large stockpiles of pipe, usually within a one day delivery of most projects. ISCO Industries stocks and sells a wide variety of piping materials and provides piping solutions for various environmental, geothermal, golf, industrial, landfill, mining, municipal, waterworks and culvert-lining applications throughout the United States and internationally. ISCO also offer custom HDPE fabrication including the fabrication of various HDPE structures such as manholes, tanks, fittings, geothermal vaults and more. Mr. James Kirchdorfer, Jr. (Jimmy) is the chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of ISCO Industries. Prior to becoming CEO, he also served as president for 10 years (2000-2010) and general manager from 1995-2000. Kirchdorfer began his career at ISCO in the early 90s, working summers at the company during college. In 1993, he became one of the first salespeople for ISCO to live outside of Louisville, covering Ohio and Michigan. With humble beginnings in a family hardware store, ISCO has seen tremendous growth over the years. The Louisville location remains the corporate headquarters for a company that has become a global leader in HDPE piping products, with more than 40 locations on three continents. Kirchdorfer currently serves on the board for The First Tee of Louisville, Valhalla Golf Club, Golf Course Builders of America Foundation, and is a Trustee for the Kentucky Golf Foundation. He earned a business degree from Miami University in 1991. He resides in Louisville with his wife, Dana, and their two children. Mark Kirchdorfer is the President of ISCO Industries. He began at ISCO in 1991, serving as a pipe fabricator in the fabrication shop. In 1996, he moved to Michigan where he served as a regional sales manager. At that time, he started the first ISCO distribution center apart from the company’s corporate headquarters in Louisville, Ky. In 1999, Kirchdorfer became the director of operations, in charge of three locations and 19 operations employees. Since that time, ISCO has grown from a small, family business to a global leader in supplying total piping solutions with more than 40 locations on three continents. Company History ISCO Industries was founded in 1962 as the 'Irrigation Supply Company.' Jim Kirchdorfer, Sr. began the company in the same location as his father's hardware store in Louisville, Kentucky. At that time, Jim Kirchdorfer owned and operated a contracting company called Kirchdorfer Irrigation Company. Specializing in golf courses, the company installed the first automatic irrigation system in the state. Then in the early 1970s, Kirchdorfer felt the need to diversify Irrigation Supply Co. He entered the municipal supply industry and started referring to the company as ISCO. In 1975, Phillips Petroleum approached Kirchdorfer to become a municipal distributor for a new product called Driscopipe, a high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe. Kirchdorfer immediately recognized the potential of the product for applications such as sewer sliplining, force main sewers and stream crossings for water lines. He accepted the Driscopipe distributorship and in the same year became a distributor for McElroy Fusion Equipment. ISCO experienced tremendous success with Driscopipe. Kirchdorfer, along with the local Phillips Driscopipe representative, Jim Fletcher, frequently visited engineering offices to discuss the unique advantages of the pipe. A critical year for ISCO was 1980. The Driscopipe product line had changed the business immensely. While the irrigation business remained strong, Kirchdorfer made the decision to phase out the commodity products that a typical municipal supply house carried. Kirchdorfer hired Jim Fletcher as a salesperson dedicated solely to the sales of Driscopipe. ISCO expanded sales into the industrial market and added a fabrication plant for HDPE fittings. In the 1980s, the company's first international project was to supply pipe to a salt mine in Saudi Arabia. Demand for ISCO's products grew. Kirchdorfer further increased his portfolio of businesses by building an 18-hole public golf course, which later led to a total of four public courses in a 100-mile radius. In the 1990s, to meet increased customer demand, ISCO purchased the assets of a company in Missouri. This included the Canadian and U.S. patent for Snap-Tite®. This was an ideal product for sliplining deteriorated highway culverts. A Family Business Also in the early 90s, both of Jim Kirchdorfer's sons, Jimmy and Mark, joined him in the fast-growing business. Later, in January of 1995, Jimmy Kirchdorfer, Jr. took over as general manager of ISCO, then CEO. In 1998, Mark Kirchdorfer became the director of operations, eventually becoming COO and now serves as President of the company. At the beginning of 1999, the company officially changed its name to ISCO Industries, LLC. Looking to expand into the Southeast, ISCO acquired Fluid Controls, a Driscopipe and McElroy distributor based in Alabama. The Fluid Controls acquisition positioned ISCO as the nation's largest distributor of HDPE piping products. ISCO also opened a distribution facility in Alabama as well as sales locations in Tennessee, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Northern Florida. In 2000 ISCO expanded into the west coast to market its Snap-Tite® product line and broke ground on a new Snap-Tite® production facility in California. At this time, ISCO also enhanced its South Carolina and the Alabama distribution sites to handle the increased business. On January 1, 2001, ISCO acquired Fife Industrial Pipe Company from U.S. Filter. Fife was a distributor and fabricator of HDPE pipe in Florida. Fife brought additional fabrication capacity, a facility in the large Florida market, additional fusion equipment, a strong reputation in the state, and a group of talented professionals with years of experience in the HDPE piping industry.