NationalShred: Document Shredding Service
About Us – National Document Shredding Service
Over 36 Years of Secure Document Shredding Experience
National Document Shredding Service (NationalShred) is proudly Australian owned and operated, with a history that began in the early 1990s with one entrepreneur, a small shredder and a simple business philosophy: give customers what they want.
Today, we have grown from humble beginnings into one of Australia’s largest secure document shredding companies and the largest wholly Australian-owned business in our sector. We provide secure, reliable and professional document destruction services to businesses and organisations across Australia.
But our story started in a very different place.
From the Sydney Stock Exchange to a National Busines
In the early 1990s, our founder, Mr Theo St James, purchased a small document shredder and began offering document destruction services from the back of his van.
One of his first opportunities came at the Sydney Stock Exchange, where Theo offered to shred unwanted documents directly on the trading floor. The management was so impressed by his initiative and service that they asked him to handle the secure destruction of documents across all six floors of the building.
Recognising the growing need for secure document destruction among Australian businesses, Theo saw an opportunity to turn his small operation into something bigger. He established National Document Shredding Service and began approaching other businesses, offering a practical, dependable solution for disposing of confidential paperwork securely.
Growing with Our Customers
As demand increased, the van and small shredder could no longer keep up.
Theo knew the business needed a permanent base and greater processing capacity. After searching for the right location, National Document Shredding Service established its home on Phillips Road, Kogarah, NSW.
It was here that the business took another major step forward. Moving beyond small commercial shredders, Theo invested in a large industrial shredding machine capable of destroying thousands of documents every hour.
This investment allowed us to serve more customers, handle larger volumes and build the foundations for the national operation we have today.
Over the years, National Document Shredding Service has continued to expand its reach, technology and capabilities, while remaining committed to the service principles on which the business was founded.
