relies largely or entirely upon a single source . relevant discussion may be found on the talk page . please help improve this article by introducing citations to additional sources . december 2014 asplundh tree expert co. type private industry utility line clearance and infrastructure services founded august 28 1928 founder asplundh brothers griffith lester and carl hjalmar sr. headquarters 708 blair mill road willow grove pa 19090 willow grove pennsylvania united states ; area served united states canada new zealand and australia key people chairman christopher b. asplundh ceo scott m. asplundh president george graham jr. cfo joseph p. dwyer revenue 3.150 b 2013 number of employees 34 000 divisions utilicon solutions ltd. subsidiaries asplundh brush control co. website http www.asplundh.com asplundh tree expert co. is an american company which specializes in tree pruning and vegetation management for utilities and government agencies . the company also performs utility line construction and maintenance electrical systems testing traffic signal and highway lighting construction and maintenance automated metering infrastructure and home energy management program implementation . 1 history edit the asplundh tree expert co. was founded in 1928 in pennsylvania by brothers griffith lester and carl asplundh members of a swedish american family who combined their educations and experience in arboriculture electrical engineering and finance . 2 the company specialized in trimming trees around power and telephone lines . 2 it was the first company to specialize in utility line clearance and vegetation management instead of residential services . 3 4 in 1940 the first issue of the asplundh tree magazine was issued to crews ; the magazine is still being published . 2 by this time the company had expanded from pennsylvania to the midwest and the middle atlantic states . in 1956 a subsidiary company asplundh brush control co. was established . in 1990 asplundh acquired new york based b & j maintenance co. inc as well as l. fulcher electric which was over five small clearance firms in france which became asplundh s french subsidiary . also during this year the company expanded to new zealand acquiring electrix limited which changed its name to electrix asplundh . 1 by 1994 it had become the us s largest firm in utility clearance and one of the nation s largest privately held companies . 5 references edit a b profile at answers.com a b c our history at asplundh.com o bryan christopher m. ; straka thomas j. ; templeton scott r. ; caldwell judith d. 2007 . economic patterns in u.s. arboriculture pdf . arboriculture & urban forestry . 33 4 292 299 . about at asplundh.com chung sharon july 8 1994 . strong family roots help asplundh grow as tree expert business . los angeles times . p. 7 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title asplundh tree expert company & oldid 743597238 categories companies based in philadelphiacompanies established in 1928privately held companies based in pennsylvania1928 establishments in pennsylvaniahidden categories articles needing additional references from december 2014all articles needing additional references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 09 57 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view