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Historical Highlights
1891
Brothers John & Martin Bekins start their moving company in Sioux City, Iowa
1903
Bekins leads the moving and storage business away from horse-drawn wagons to the first motor truck
1928
First transcontinental motor van move completed by Bekins
1945
Earnest S. Wheaton forms Clipper Van Lines
1951
Clipper Van Lines renamed Wheaton Van Lines, Inc.
1987
Wheaton Van Lines' logo is changed as company officially begins doing business as Wheaton World Wide Moving
2008
Mark Kirschner, a long-term Wheaton manager, named Chief Executive Officer
2012
Bekins Van Lines purchased by Wheaton World Wide Moving
2013
Company Chairman Stephen Burns appointed Chairman of the American Moving & Storage Association (AMSA) for two-year term
2015
Highly anticipated new traffic management system released to agency network
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2016
Wheaton | Bekins becomes 100% employee-owned (ESOP)
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2019
Stevens Worldwide Van Lines purchased by Wheaton World Wide Moving
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2020
Arpin Van Lines purchased by Wheaton World Wide Moving, expanding the agency family to nearly 400 agents
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2021
The van line begins brand consolidation from four brands to two – Wheaton and Bekins
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2023
For the second year in a row, Wheaton received the American Trucking Association’s (ATA) 2023 MSC Fleet Safety Award at the ATA Moving & Storage Conference, for household goods carriers with more than 10 million miles logged.
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