| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Injection Molding, Molded Wood |
| Founded | 1901 |
| Founder(s) | 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 |
| 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 also manufactures molded wood fiber based balls, which is commonly used in midway style arcade games, including Skee Ball. 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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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.
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]
Bemis is a part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Business: Family Business Center. [5]
Bemis Manufacturing Company is the manufacturer of the following toilet seat brands: