Company Profile
KImble Companies
Company Overview
Energy, Materials, Recycling and Disposal done right.
Energy Services
Integrity in energy services. Kimble companies provide clean and environmentally safe fuel to a broad base of satisfied customers. Penn-Ohio Coal and Central Fuel are major suppliers of coal to users throughout the state of Ohio. Red Hill Development drills, operates and services oil and gas wells in East Central Ohio.
Kimble Clay & Limestone
Your source for state approved aggregate. A State of Ohio pre-qualified aggregate supplier, Kimble Clay and Limestone operates mining sites using advanced, high production machinery and processing equipment for enhanced quality, consistency and availability.
Kimble Clay & Limestone supplies a full array of crushed limestone and clay products for commercial and retail markets. And, to better serve our extensive retail and commercial customer base, we also provide rip rap, sandstone (crushed or chipped), landscaping stone, agricultural lime, mulch, topsoil and road cinders.
Waste Disposal & Recycling
Environmentally responsible services and solutions. For cost effective, yet ecologically sound, waste management solutions, rely on the Kimble family of companies. From our refuse handling companies, J&J Refuse and Ace Disposal, to our disposal and recycling operations, Kimble Sanitary Landfill and Kimble Transfer and Recycling, we are proud to service our neighbors throughout eastern Ohio.
Waste Collection Services
Reliable. Responsible. Because we live here, too. You can rely on the Kimble family of companies for residential, commercial and industrial waste collection and disposal. We offer an array of dependable, cost-effective and environmentally responsible services throughout eastern Ohio. Use our interactive map to visit your local service provider site.
Company History
The Kimble Story
A history of innovation and success. In 1948, Floyd Kimble returned from World War II and started mining coal with hand shovels and a single truck. At that time, much of the available equipment was inefficient and short-lived. This prompted Floyd to modify his machinery, which was very successful. In fact, thanks to his design improvements, some of that early machinery is still in use today. With better equipment, it was possible to mine the extremely hard stone materials of east central Ohio, which had previously been unusable. This led to the formation of Kimble Clay and Limestone in 1970.
Over the years, Floyd and his wife Doris continued to innovate, and expanded the business into a number of diversified enterprises including mining coal, limestone and clay; operating modern recycling and collection centers; maintaining an active 250-acre landfill for local communities; and drilling, operating and servicing a large number of deep gas wells.
Today, the mining operations continue to serve as a core business for the company, producing high quality and durable stone products for local contractors and the general public, and providing coal to electrical power generators. Originally known as the Kimble Coal Company prior to 1970, the Penn Ohio Coal Company continues to produce and market coal to various fuel users. One of the reasons Kimble’s coal remains in demand is prior to being marketed, most of the coal products are enhanced through a cleaning and processing plant known as Central Fuel, a Kimble company located near New Philadelphia. Here, sulfur and unwanted contaminants are removed, making Kimble’s coal one of the cleanest and highest BTU coal products available in Ohio.
After providing solid waste disposal services to local communities for over 40 years at the Kimble Sanitary Landfill, the Kimble family entered the waste collection and recycling business in 1994, in order to provide a local competitive alternative to the national waste conglomerates who had aggressively consolidated the market and reduced customer choice. Today, through its affiliated companies, J&J Refuse and Ace Disposal, the family offers competitive waste collection, disposal, and recycling operations to communities and businesses throughout Northeast and Southeast Ohio.
Since its inception in the early 1950s, the Kimble Sanitary Landfill has been continually upgraded to meet all Best Available Technology Standards of the Ohio EPA. The facility is double lined, combining a poly-lined system with natural clays. The landfill is geologically sound and environmentally secure with layers of impermeable shale and clay between the fill floor and water aquifers. In 1998 the Ohio EPA issued a new permit increasing the landfill’s airspace to assure long-term disposal for local communities, and making the landfill one of the most technologically up-to-date sites in Ohio.
With its broad base of assets, experience, and knowledge in the mining, oil and gas, land reclamation, and waste industries, the Kimble Companies have also completed numerous multimillion-dollar excavation and remediation projects.
Innovation and excellence are still the cornerstones of our business. Throughout our history, we have also made our commitment to our customers a priority – providing expert help and unmatched personal attention. We believe this solid foundation has been the key to our success.
Today, the Kimble family of companies includes Kimble Clay and Limestone, Penn-Ohio Coal, Red Hill Development, Central Fuel, Kimble Sanitary Landfill, Kimble Transfer and Recycling, Ace Disposal and J&J Refuse.