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* 1959 - | * 1959 - Bekum founded in Berlin, Germany | ||
** Patent for “ring neck calibration” | ** Patent for “ring neck calibration” | ||
* 1960 - | * 1960 - First blow molding machine for production of PVC bottles for edible oils | ||
* 1963 - | * 1963 - Worldwide first “twin-station” blow molding machine | ||
* 1968 - | * 1968 - Bekum established facility in Traismauer, Austria | ||
* 1975 - | * 1975 - First commercial “3-layer co-extrusion” blow molding machine | ||
* 1976 - | * 1976 - First blow molding machine for “6-layer co-extrusion” | ||
* 1979 - | * 1979 - Bekum established North American facility in Williamston, MI, USA | ||
* 1984 - Gottfried Mehnert, | * 1984 - Gottfried Mehnert, Bekum’s founder received the “Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany” | ||
* 1985 - | * 1985 - Lifetime Achievement Award – Blow Molding Division of the Society of Plastics Engineers | ||
* 1991 - | * 1991 - Further development of “6-layer” technology to produce worldwide, the first automotive plastic fuel tanks | ||
* 1992 - | * 1992 - First continuous “6-layer” co-extrusion head for production of automotive plastic fuel tanks | ||
* 1995 - | * 1995 - First shuttle tandem blow demonstration at K-‘98 | ||
* 1999 - Martin Stark, | * 1999 - Martin Stark, Bekum America’s Chairman elected to the Plastics Pioneers Association | ||
* 2004 - | * 2004 - First multi-parison “6-layer” co-extrusion machine in tandem blow production | ||
* 2006 - Gottfried Mehnert, | * 2006 - Gottfried Mehnert, Bekum’s founder inducted into the PLASTICS HALL OF FAME. Mr. Mehnert was the first non-American to be honored as a member of the prestigious PLASTICS HALL OF FAME | ||
** Martin Stark, | ** Martin Stark, Bekum America’s Chairman received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Plastics Engineers | ||
* 2007 - | * 2007 - Introduction of the first “fully electric blow molding” machine | ||
* 2010 - | * 2010 - Patent for the “C-Frame Closing” unit for electrical and hydraulic blow molding machines | ||
* 2015 - | * 2015 - European production locations relocated to and focused in Traismauer, Austria | ||
* 2016 - | * 2016 - New world headquarters in Berlin | ||
* 2018 - Martin Stark, | * 2018 - First magnetic quick change system for blow molding machines | ||
* 2018 - Martin Stark, Bekum America’s Chairman elected to the PLASTICS HALL OF FAME | |||
* 2019 - Plant expansion Bekum America | |||
* 2019 - Presentation of the new machine generation Concept 808 | |||
* 2019 - 150 years experience: 60 years Berlin, 50 years Traismauer, 40 years Williamston | |||
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