Düsseldorf, Germany — At K 2016, Michael Mehnert had just joined the upper management ranks of Bekum Maschinenfabriken GmbH, an extrusion blow molding technology business started by his father, ...

Eighteen-year-old Briona Moss has always liked building Lego sets and tinkering alongside her grandpa as he produces niche parts in his garage for Michigan International Speedway race cars. In her ...

Last year, Bekum America welcomed more than 200 students to tour its facility in Williamston, MI, on Manufacturing Day to see its blow-molding machinery in action and learn about career opportunities.

Williamston — Martin Stark keeps plastic bottles next to family photos in his office. His company, Bekum America, builds plastic blow molding machines. Some of them can churn out thousands of shampoo ...