ABOUT HENRY MATHUSEK
Just 19 years old when he graduated from City College of New York, Henry Mathusek Jr. signed on as a product analyst with General Foods for a time. But it wasnât long before his entrepreneurial spirit stirred a desire to build a business of his own, leading young Henry to become a manufacturerâs rep supplying chalk and tackboards to schools.
While peddling his wares, Henry met architect Leon Urbane, who had done some work for an exhibit at the 1933 Chicago Worldâs Fair. During the fair, the wood flooring laid for Urbaneâs exhibit had flooded.As a result of this unfortunate event Urbane invented the clip-and-channel flooring system, which was designed to withstand water, and Henry secured a position as a manufacturerâs rep for the product. The pair became pioneers in clip-and-channel flooring, a technology still in use today.
Henry settled in New York City and traveled back and forth to Upstate New York to sell flooring during the 1950s. In 1965, he organized as Mathusek Incorporated and became a dealer for Horner Flooring. That same year, he chose the phrase âQuality and Serviceâ to summarize the mission of his new company.
BROTHERLY BUSINESS
In the beginning, Henry employed only himself and carpenters as needed while raising his family in New York and later New Jersey. All five of his sons grew up in the business, often spending their weekends and âdays offâ from school working for their father. One by one, they became permanent employees, and by 1984 the team was complete.
Warren, Jeff, Fred, Robert, and Phillip Mathusek, with help from their children, carry on their fatherâs legacy to this day. Through the years, Mathusek Incorporated has grown and developed into a full-service sports and commercial flooring company. Their relationship with the MFMA has remained a constant, and they take pride in offering superior wood flooring products.
In 1988, a new product line caught the brothersâ attention: Mondoâ rubber flooring. In that year, we installed our first Mondo floor. Since then, Mathusek has added more of the worldâs finest flooring manufacturers as partners, including AACERTM, HAROâ, Actionâ, , Mateflexâ, Art-Ice, and Herculan to meet customer demand for wood, rubber, commercial, synthetic, and multi-use flooring systems.
While the five brothers have taken Mathusek to new heights â servicing a growing roster of high-profile sports organizations and educational institutions â they have never lost sight of their fatherâs commitment to quality and service. Longtime Mathusek customers still mention Henry from time to time, recalling the honesty and integrity with which he conducted business.
Today, Mathusek Incorporated rests squarely on a foundation fashioned from its founderâs entrepreneurial spirit and stellar character, which served as the catalysts that propelled the company from a one-man shop to one of the Northeastâs leading sports flooring companies.
History
APRIL 1965
Organization of Mathusek incorporated.
AUGUST 1965
First wood floor installation.
1980
Robert and Phillip enter the business.
1984
I. Warren enters the business
II. First computer accounting program installed for Mathusek Incorporated
III. West Point Crystal Arena (Hollander Center) installation.
1985
Founder Harry Mathusek retires.
1993
Mathusek Inc. begins use of Maximizer CRM
1999
I. Reebok World Headquarters Installation
II. Reebok Outdoor Mondo Track
III. Reebok Indoor BB Track
IV. Reebok Weight Room
2001
I. Philadephia Eagles Installation
II. Eagles Weight Room & Training Rooms
2002
I. Mathusek Inc. Becomes a Union Shop
2014
Mathusek launches Mathusek Global Sales, Inc. to handle wholesale distribution to floor contractors and end users.