Significant Dates

  • January 5, 1949  Society “concept” meeting held at Newark, NJ Athletic Club; 35 attendees, mostly manufacturing and vendors.

  • February 25, 1949  “Organizational” meeting help in Public Service Co. auditorium, Newark, NJ: 80 attendees, Constitution and By-Laws approved, Officers and Directors elected.

  • March 16, 1949  Material Handling Society of New Jersey (MSHNJ) first ‘Official” dinner meeting held at Military Park Hotel, Newark.

  • April 4, 1949  American Material Handling Society (AMHS) established as a Society for both users and vendors.

  • June 1949  AMHS chartered its first eight local chapters.

  • November 15,1949  MHSNJ first plant tour – Allen B. Dumont Co., East Paterson (now Elmwood Park), NJ.

  • November, 1950  MHSNJ approved affiliation with AMHS.

  • January 1951  MHSNJ received its charter from AMHS; now knows as “American Material Handling Society, New Jersey Chapter.”

  • January 13, 1966  AMHS changed its name to “International Materials Management Society” (IMMS).

  • 1972  New Jersey Chapter held its first “Mini-Expo” table top exhibit.

  • 1972  New Jersey Chapters conducts its first of many “Safety Fork Truck Rally” (in 1983 and 1985, the Chapter hosted the International Competition).

  • 1979  New Jersey Chapter with Middlesex County College developed a “pre-Apprentice Training Program for Fork Lift Mechanics.”

  • 1981  Bloomfield College with the help of the New Jersey Chapter, developed a “Certified Program” in Materials Management.

  • May 19, 1983  New Jersey Chapter held its first annual “Golf Outing” at Forest Hills Country Club, Bloomfield, NJ

  • 1986/1987  New Jersey disaffiliates from IMMS and returned to independency as the “Material Handling Society of New Jersey, Inc.”

  • June 1992  MHSNJ established a College Scholarship Fund program, financed primarily by the annual Golf Outing. Awards go to colleges for students who include material handling studies in their college program.

  • September 8, 1999  MHSNJ celebrates it’s 50th Anniversary at Forsgate County Club, Jamesburg, New Jersey.

  • March 24, 2009  MHSNJ celebrates its 60th Anniversary at The Crowne Plaza, Monroe Township, New Jersey.