Extrusion International 1-2020

Extrusion International 1/2020 New Production Hall in the USA The Bekum Group has recently celebrated three anniver- saries – 60 years of Bekum in Berlin, Germany, 50 years of Bekum in Traismauer, Austria and 40 years of Bekum in Wil- liamston, USA. As part of the celebrations at the American location, the groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of the production capacities was held on November 26, 2019. A new building with a production area of 3,700 m² and almost 700 m² of office space is being built. This increases the site’s operational area to more than 15,000 m². Michael Mehnert, Managing Partner, who traveled to the United States for the laying of the cornerstone and celebra- tions, comments proudly on the historical events: “My father founded this company 60 years ago. Today I am standing here and laying the foundation stone for a new production hall to serve the continuously increasing demand in the USA in the future! “ “This is a historic week for Bekum America,” Steven London, COO and President of Bekum America Corporation, said. “With this cornerstone laid our new plant has a great start to our 40th anniversary with our dedicated employees. The Be- kum team always offers its customers state-of-the-art prod- ucts. This event is a perfect opportunity to celebrate with ev- eryone who supports Bekum in its development.” Bekum America was founded in 1979 with the goal of intro- ducing the highest quality extrusion blow molding machines for the manufacture of plastic bottles, containers and other large plastic parts to the North American market by combin- ing German design and technology with American skill and ingenuity. BekumMaschinenfabriken GmbH www.bekum.com The managing partner Michael Mehnert (2nd from left) at the groundbreaking ceremony with the managers of the US subsidiary: CFO Owen Johnston, Chairman Martin Stark, President & COO Steven London (from left) Please visit us: Stand G03, Hall 14 A dosing unit for all extrusion and compounding tasks. Perfect and constant dosing SPECTROPLUS motan-colortronic gmbh - info@motan-colortronic.de www.motan-colortronic.com