Bemis Manufacturing Company
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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Founder | Albert Bemis / Arthur White |
| Headquarters | Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, United States |
| Key people | Peter Bemis, President and CEO, Bemis Manufacturing Company Norm Giertz, COO/President, Proprietary Group |
| Industry | Injection Molding, Molded Wood |
| Website | www.bemismfg.com |
The Bemis Manufacturing Company is based in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin and is best known for its toilet seat products. Bemis also manufactures suction canisters, sharps containers, gas caps, gauges, fluid management systems, and various contracted plastic parts from extrusion and injection molding for companies such as John Deere and Whirlpool Corporation. The company is a pioneer of coinjection molding, a process in which virgin resin is injected with scrap plastic.[1] Bemis' plastic work has won a number of awards in the SPI Structural Plastics Div. design competition, particularly with the John Deere 7000 tractor, which is believed to represent the first instance of coinjection molding "to large parts where a recycled engineering material (ABS) is used in the core".[2][3]
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[edit] History
In 1901 Arthur White incorporated the White Wagon Works, the precursor to Bemis. The companies first location was a modest building on Walnut street in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, formally a manufacturing site for pumps and milk safes. White Wagon Works produced children's wooden wagons with a patented steering device.
In 1915 Albert Bemis partnered with George Riddel to from their own company, the Bemis-Riddell Fibre Co. of Sheboygan, producing Fibre furniture that was the rage of the 1920s. In 1924 Al Bemis and George Riddel buy the majority of shares of White Wagon Works while in 1928 Al takes controlling interest.
In 1932 Bemis purchased toilet seat machinery and patents from Crocker Chair Company and in 1935 wins the account to make seats for Kohler Company toilets.
- (July 2001) Be Seated by Bemis. Times Printing Co. Inc., 3-14. ISBN 0-9711791-0-7.
[edit] Corporate Management
Bemis CEO and part owner Peter Bemis has inducted into the Plastics Hall of Fame on June 19, 2006 for innovative techniques for coinjection and other advance molding processes. [4]
[edit] Memberships
Bemis is a part of the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business: Family Business Center. [5]
[edit] References
- ^ Bregar, Bill. (June 19, 2006). Bemis emphasizes value of continuous reinvention Plastic News. Accessed October 26, 2007.
- ^ Knights, Mikell. (June 2004} Structural plastics exploring ways to make molds & parts faster Plastics Technology Online. Accessed October 26, 2007.
- ^ Plastic industry honors innovative parts. MachineDesign.com (May 6, 2004). Accessed October 26, 2007.
- ^ SPI: Southern Region
- ^ Family Business Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Members, Bemis Manufacturing Co
