When the war ended in 1945, Fred Vandemark became the official Clark sales agent in Memphis and the Mid-south. In 1947 he and Richard Buchignani, a service engineer, opened their office in downtown Memphis in the Dermon Building. The Fred J. Vandemark Company included a full time sales representative, a mechanic, parts personnel, and a parts inventory.
During the post war years, the forklift was a revolutionary product for the warehouse uses because it required few labor hours to move large amounts of materials or products. One of the first users of the forklift was Federal Compress and Warehouse Company, which purchased its first unit in 1948 to handle large bales of cotton. Since 1948 Federal Compress has purchased more that 700 units from Delta Materials Handling and is still one of Delta's largest accounts.
By 1949, the company moved into a modern forklift facility at 1110 Union Avenue. Six years later, with both Clark Equipment Company and the Fred J. Vandemark Company growing, another move was necessary. So in 1955 they moved to 185 E. Butler Avenue.