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Over 25 years ago, eleven members of a major engineering firm realized a new and better way to satisfy customers. Their vision was to shed the traditional way of thinking and created a partnership with their clients - helping in the short-term while crafting a long-term vision.

From that vision emerged C&I Engineering. A fully staffed design and engineering firm that is flexible and responsive to meet your individual demands with an unsurpassed level of talent and commitment to results.

10/1983	C&I officially incorporates. In early 1983, eleven founders, most of who worked for Bechtel Petroleum, Inc., decided to form C&I, rather than uproot their families as Bechtel relocated their Louisville office. Each investing their own capital, operations humbly began in the basement of one of the founders.
11/1983	First project awarded from Procter and Gamble.
1/1984	First employee hired - Tom Gerstle.
5/1984	1,000 square foot office rented as the basement outgrown.
6/1984	First refinery project awarded from Ashland Oil. C&I by-laws adopted.
11/1984	First shareholders meeting held - new Directors elected.
12/1984	Company logo adopted. Cincinnati office opened.
6/1986	Moved into 12,225 square foot office.
11/1987	Registered as Chemical & Industrial Engineering DBA C&I Engineering.
2/1987	Tom Ash elected Chairman of the Board.
11/1990	Jim Kerr elected Chairman of the Board of Directors.
2 /1994	Moved into 22,887 square foot office - Watterson Towers (current offices).
12/1995	An Executive Council appointed to lead the company. Members appointed: Jim Kerr, Jamie Ghazi, Steve Harstern.
1/1996	Business segmented into three divisions: Refining & Chemical, Utility & Industrial, and Food & Beverage.
1/1998	Proposed merger with One Engineering Inc. in Houston, TX dissolved.
1/1999	C&I converts into an S Corporation.
1/2003	20th Anniversary celebrated with record profits and client hours.
2/2003	C&I recognized as the Nations 13th largest firm providing engineering for Food Processing plants.
6/2003	C&I recognized as the Nations 19th largest firm providing engineering for Refineries and Petrochemical plants.
7/2004	Employee Stock Ownership Plan formed.
7/2005	C&I acquired and remodeled the entire 7th & 8th floors of the Watterson Towers to handle growing workload.
11/2006	Over 2.5 million engineering project refining hours recorded.
6/2007	C&I recognized as the Nations 22nd largest firm providing engineering for Refineries and Petrochemical plants.
10/2007	C&I surpasses 300 employees.
11/2007	Office expanded to the 1st, 4th, 6th & 9th floors of the Watterson Towers to handle growing workload.
1/2008	25th Anniversary year!

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