When Don Onken took a job at a rendering company, he soon realized he’d joined a struggling industry. Many companies couldn’t afford to run their restaurant businesses with their current system of 55-gallon drums to store and collect used cooking oil. While others lamented the state of the market, Don set to work. Combining a natural talent for engineering plus nearly a decade of mechanic, body, fabrication and welding experience, he designed a solution and revolutionized an entire industry. While the company has continued to evolve from the grassroots business that started it all, our core mission remains the same: building better every day. It all started with a mindset to set the standard for the industry, and we still live by that today.