Plastics Hall of Fame
The Plastics Hall of Fame is reorganizing and wants to make a push for more global inductees. In its 50-year-history, 80 percent of honorees have been from the United States.
Nominations are open for the class of 2024 of the Plastics Hall of Fame.
Gottfried Mehnert started Bekum Maschinenfabriken GmbH in Berlin in 1959 and built a global group of companies that has delivered more than 18,000 machines to more than 100 countries in addition to innovations that resulted in more than 40 patents.
Joseph Prischak, a Plastics Hall of Fame member who founded Plastek Group in 1956, died May 21 at age 91.
Martin Stark, who retired as chairman of Bekum America earlier this year, played a key role in developing Bekum's European-style apprenticeship program.
Jay Gardiner, a Plastics Hall of Fame member known for volunteering for numerous plastics industry causes, died Oct. 15 after a battle with cancer. He was 70.
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