Founded in 1826, C. Brewer & Co. was one of Hawaii's leading corporations with wide interest in the growing of sugar cane and macadamia nuts, and in other international agri-business activities. In early 2001, the shareholders of C. Brewer & Co. liquidated the company�s assets, primarily for estate planning purposes. One of the companies in C. Brewer�s portfolio included Brewer Environmental Industries, LLC which was founded in 1890. Under C. Brewer�s ownership, BEI had been a $100 million dollar business which included an agricultural and industrial chemical distribution division, a trucking and truck sales division, and an independent power plant.

With the leadership of two of BEI's former executives, a group of local investors acquired substantially all of the assets of BEI. Despite the challenging economic environment, the investment group purchased the 100-employee distribution division in January 2002 and renamed the business BEI Hawaii. The truck sales and service division was acquired in July 2002 and renamed HT&T Hawaii.

Marathon Group was formed in January 2003 to hold the ownership interests of BEI Hawaii and HT&T Hawaii and to pursue further acquisition opportunities in the Hawaii market.

Today, Marathon Group includes the following companies:

• BEI Hawaii, Hawaii's largest distributor of industrial chemicals and agricultural fertilizers
• HT&T Hawaii, Hawaii's largest full-service heavy and medium-duty truck dealer with exclusive state-wide Peterbilt, Isuzu, Autocar, McNeilus and
  E-One dealerships