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, ...

Williamston, Mich. — Would I still be a journalist if I had been more exposed to the skilled trades growing up? That question popped into my head a few weeks ago during a visit to Bekum America Corp., ...