Greer Spill Control, Inc.

Greer Spill Control was opened for business in Suwanee, Georgia, U. S. A. by Allen Greer. The company was founded on the principles Allen learned from growing up in the “first family” of the oil and chemical spill cleanup industry. Allen’s father, Barry, was the first salesman of oil absorbent pads and booms in 1969. This was when Conwed Corp invented the process of reclaiming oil from water with a product made of a mixture of cellulose based natural fibers in boom, pad and roll product configurations. Later, in 1972, 3M was issued a Use Patent for their innovation of replacing the Conwed cellulose product with meltblown polypropylene as an alternative for the application of oil spill absorption. During this time, Allen was in elementary school while his father continued to work for Conwed and compete against 3M. The 3M, melt blown polypropylene product is what continues to be in place now in industry around the world.