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-- 1863 |
Joseph Joseph emigrates from Germany and settles
in
Cincinnati, trading hides and
wool. |
| Civil War ends |
1865 -- |
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| Transcontinental railroad complete
(the golden spike) |
1869 -- |
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| First Kentucky Derby |
1875 -- |
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US Centennial
Telephone
patented |
1876 -- |
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| Statue of Liberty arrives from
France |
1885 -- |
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-- 1885 |
Joseph Joseph & Bros. Company focuses on scrap
iron |
| Spanish American War |
1898 -- |
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| Wright Brothers fly (12
seconds) |
1903 -- |
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-- 1904 |
First sales to American Rolling Mill Co. (AK Steel)
Joseph
Joseph dies |
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-- 1905 |
David Joseph becomes manager of scrap trading |
| RMS Titanic Sinks |
1912 -- |
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-- 1914 |
Offices in most major cities, 7 yards |
| First Transcontinental phone
call |
1915 -- |
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| World War I ends |
1918 -- |
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-- 1921 |
Company renamed: The David J. Joseph Company |
Lindbergh crosses the
Atlantic
First talking motion picture (The Jazz Singer) |
1927 -- |
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| Great Depression begins |
1929 -- |
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-- 1932(e) |
Began export operation |
| Hitler annexes Austria |
1938 -- |
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-- 1938 |
David J. Joseph, Jr. graduates from Yale and joins the
Company |
| TV introduced at New York World's
Fair |
1939 -- |
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| World War II ends |
1945 -- |
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-- 1945 |
David J. Joseph, Jr. becomes Company President
7offices, 1
yard |
| First computer (30 tons - 5,000
calc/second) |
1946 -- |
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-- 1948(e) |
Senior officer team developed with
experienced
professional
businessmen |
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-- 1950 |
5 offices, 2 yards |
| Polio vaccine |
1954 -- |
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-- 1954 |
David Joseph Sr. dies |
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-- 1956 |
DJJ's first mini-mill agency account established |
| The Edsel |
1958 -- |
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| First televised Presidential
debate |
1960 -- |
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-- 1960 |
6 offices, 4 yards |
| John Glenn orbits Earth |
1962 -- |
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| DNA discovered |
1963 -- |
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-- 1964 |
DJJ installs its first shredder in Tampa, FL |
| First man on the moon |
1969 -- |
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-- 1970 |
Brokerage volume doubles since 1963
DJJ operates 9
offices, 6 yards |
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-- 1971 |
Installed NCR Century 100 computers |
Watergate
US exits
Vietnam |
1975 -- |
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-- 1975 |
Company sold to SHV Holdings, N.V. of Utrecht,
The
Netherlands |
| US Bicentennial |
1976 -- |
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| Cellular Phone Invented |
1979 -- |
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-- 1980 |
DJJ becomes the largest U.S. scrap company
NF Division
formed
14 offices, 14 yards |
| First IBM PC |
1981 -- |
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-- 1981 |
Railroad Equipment Marketing division formed (now
Joseph
Transportation) |
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-- 1982 |
U.S. steel industry operates at 48% of capacity but
DJJ
remains profitable |
| AIDS virus discovered |
1984 -- |
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-- 1985 |
DJJ Centennial celebration
DJJ returns to deep sea trading
after ~45 year hiatus
DJJ Quality Department organized (evolved
into Mill
Service Group) |
| Berlin Wall falls |
1989 -- |
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-- 1990 |
Brokerage volume doubles again
DJJ operates 12 offices, 7
yards |
DJIA Tops 3000
Gulf War |
1991 -- |
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-- 1991 |
David J. Joseph Jr. honored as a "Great Living
Cincinnatian" |
| Internet chartered |
1992 -- |
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| Tiger Woods turns pro |
1996 -- |
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-- 1996 |
Western Metals Recycling, LLC formed |
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-- 1998 |
River Metals Recycling, LLC & Trademark Metals
Recycling,
LLC formed
David J. Joseph
Jr. dies |
NASDAQ falls 39%
George Bush loses
popular vote but elected President |
2000 -- |
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-- 2002 |
Brokerage volume doubles again
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First
commercial suborbital space flight
Hurricanes Charley, Frances,
Ivan, and Jeanne |
2004 -- |
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2004 |
TMR acquires 3
Orlando facilities
RMR acquires Somerset, KY
facility |
Pope
John Paul II succeeded by Cardinal Jos. Ratzinger of Germany (Pope
Benedict XVI)
Hurricane Katrina wreaks havoc on the Gulf
Coast
Earthquake in Pakistan kills over 55,000 people |
2005 -- |
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--
2005 |
U-Pull-&-Pay, LLC established with
purchase of Orlando property
RMR acquires
Owensboro, KY facility |
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--
2006 |
U-Pull-&-Pay
opens first store in West Palm, FL
Texas Port Recycling
(TPR) is formed
RMR acquires Paducah, KY and Metropolis,
IL facilities
TMR acquires Tampa (Ybor) and Sarasota, FL facilities
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Minimum wages increase to $5.85 ($0.25/hr in 1938)
Harvard names its first woman as President
in its 371-year history |
2007 -- |
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-- 2007 |
TPR installs Mega Shredder
RMR acquires Xenia, OH and Greensburg, IN facilities
UPAP stores in Cincinnati, OH and Orlando, FL open
UPAP acquires stores in Albuquerque, NM and Colorado Springs and Aurora (Denver),
CO
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-- 2008 |
Nucor Corporation purchases DJJ
11 District Offices
6 LLC's (14 Shredders) total 53 yards
5 Mill Service Sites
Metals Group
Rail Equipment Group
Ferro-Alloy Group
Gemini
6 U-Pull-&-Pay Stores (1 under construction)
Advantage Metals Recycling (AMR) formed
Metal Recycling Services (MRS) acquired |
