2006
ASM hosts Materials & Medicine Summit with Cleveland Clinic, develops initiative to serve the industrial design community, and introduces the first online services based on the Integrated Enterprise!!!

2005
ASM Integrated Enterprise Solution launched.

2004
ASM International "Strategic Plan" developed and implemented.

2003
ASM introduces Alloy Center Online.

2002
Stanley C. Theobald becomes the fifth Managing Director in ASM history, ASM Handbooks Online and ASM Online Training Launched.

2001
American Council on Education recommends ASM courses for college credit.

2000
First "Materials Camp" a success as ASM Foundation hosts 30 high-school students for week of hands-on, lab-based learning.

1999
ASM International Foundation rededicated and W.H. Eisenman Garden completed.

1998
Leading corporate supporters of ASM pledge $2 million in contributed equipment for a new, state-of-the-art Training Center at Materials Park.

1997
First ASM Materials Solutions Conference held as part of "The Complete Metals & Materials Experience."

1996
Heat Treating Vision 2020 introduced. Dr. Michael J. DeHaemer became 4th Managing Director in ASM history.

1995
Vision 2001 strategy completed. First electronic product published.

1994
Affiliate societies formed.

1993
Vision 2000 strategy focused on member needs and electronic services.

1991
One-millionth abstract published by Materials Information.

1988
First World Materials Congress held in Chicago . ASM membership reached 53,000 with 280 chapters in 17 countries. Society observed 75th anniversary.

1986
Society name changed to ASM International.

1985
Advanced Materials & Processes -- inaugurated.

1983
New Strategic Plan for the Society initiated -- featuring quality, materials and international.

1981
First "Metals Week" held in Cincinnati , later to become "Materials Week." Data Program for Alloy Phase Diagrams initiated. Membership passed 50,000 level.

1978
Ninth Edition of Metals Handbook begun.

1977
Nine technical divisions established. Metals Engineering Institute enrolled its 50,000th student.

1974
Inaugural Heat Treating Conference/Workshop held.

1970
ASM membership passed the 40,000 mark with 165 chapters. First class of Fellows installed. First four technical divisions established.

1964
Combined two separate West Coast events, the first Western Metal and Tool Exposition and Conference (WESTEC) was presented.

1963
Society observed 50th anniversary with 35,000 members, 124 chapters.

1962
Member interest in materials other than metals became apparent.

1961
Volume 1 Metals Handbook, 8th Edition published.

1960
Full-scale operation of computerized information searching service announced.

1959
New World Headquarters at Metals Park  (now known as Materials Park ) completed.

1957
First educational courses offered for home study. Second World Metallurgical Congress held in Chicago . Eighth Edition of the Metals Handbook begun, the first multi-volume edition.

1955
Pilot operation began to determine feasibility of electronic searching of technical literature.

1954
Metals Engineering Institute established as educational arm of the Society.

1951
First World Metallurgical Congress held in Detroit.

1945
Membership reached 20,000 level.

1939
ASM membership surpassed 10,000 mark.

1933
Society changed name to American Society for Metals (ASM), formalizing a technical scope expansion in the late 20s to early 30s.

1930
First issue of Metal Progress published. Membership reached 6,000 level.

1929
First bound-edition of ASST Handbook published. Inaugural Western Metal Congress and Exposition held in Los Angeles.

1923
First handbook begun. Data sheets furnished for loose-leaf binder; issued through 1928.

1922
Society's first award, the Henry Marion Howe Medal, established.

1921
ASST membership grew to over 3,200 with 31 chapters.

1920
Two groups reunited. American Society for Steel Treating (ASST) became new name. Headquarters established in Cleveland . First issue of Transactions published.

1919
Chicago group seceded and formed American Steel Treaters Society. First Metal Show held in Chicago.

1918
Club became the Steel Treating Research Society. Membership reached 1,250 as sections were established in Chicago and Cleveland.

1915
Organization became the Steel Treaters Research Club as technical members were admitted.

1913
A small group of heat treaters convened in Detroit and formed the Steel Treaters Club.