Bekum America Welcomes Bryce Schafer

Bekum America welcomes Bryce Schafer to the Bekum team! Bryce comes on as our newest service technician providing technical service as well as support for Bekum customers. Bryce graduated form Ferris State University with a degree in Plastic and Polymer Engineering technology and has more than four years of hands-on manufacturing experience.

Doug Pawlowski Promoted to Engineering Manager

Doug Pawlowski has been promoted to Engineering Manager. Doug first joined Bekum over 24 years ago and has been an integral part of the Bekum team. Doug has a bachelor’s degree in Plastics Engineering from Ferris state University and has over 38 years of technical experience.  

Obituary for Gottfried Mehnert

Gottfried Mehnert passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on August 01, 2022 at the age of 87. The Bekum Group mourns the loss of its company founder and the plastics industry loses an outstanding personality who, with his inventiveness, decisively changed extrusion blow moulding over decades and left a lasting mark on it. Gottfried Mehnert was a pioneer in …