The Bemis Manufacturing Company is based in Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin

Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin

Sheboygan Falls is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States whose population was 6,772 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

 and is best known for its toilet seat

Toilet seat

A toilet seat is a hinged unit consisting of seat and lid which is bolted onto a toilet bowl for a flush toilet. A toilet seat consists of the seat itself, which may be contoured for the user to sit on, and the lid, which covers the toilet when it is not in use.If the toilet is located in a home...

 products. Bemis also manufactures suction canisters, sharps

Sharps

Sharps may refer to:* Medical instruments etc which are disposed of as Sharps waste* Sharps, Virginia, unincorporated community in USA* Sharps Rifle Manufacturing Company firearms company* Sharps Buffalo Rifle* Sharps Carbine...

 containers, gas caps, gauges, fluid management systems, and various contracted plastic parts from extrusion and injection molding for companies such as John Deere

John Deere

John Deere was an American blacksmith and manufacturer who founded Deere & Company, one of the largest and leading agricultural and construction equipment manufacturers in the world...

 and Whirlpool Corporation. The company is a pioneer of coinjection

Coinjection

Coinjection is a polymer injection technology in which different polymers are injected into the same mold.Reasons for using coinjection are:# reducing cost by using a cheaper fill material as the non-visible core of a product...

 molding, a process in which virgin resin is injected with scrap plastic. 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".

History

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

Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin

Sheboygan Falls is a city in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, United States whose population was 6,772 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Sheboygan, Wisconsin Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

, 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

Kohler Company

'The Kohler Company is a manufacturing company in Kohler, Wisconsin best known for its plumbing products. Kohler also manufactures furniture, cabinetry, tile, engines, and generators.-History:...

 toilets.

Corporate Management

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.

Memberships

Bemis is a part of the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

School of Business: Family Business Center.

Toilet Seats

Bemis Manufacturing Company is the manufacturer of the following toilet seat brands:

• Bemis (Wholesale and Retail)
• Church (Wholesale)
• Mayfair (Retail)
• Westport (Retail)
• Olsonite (Wholesale)