Bemis Manufacturing celebrates 100 years. (News: bath & kitchen).(Brief Article)

Supply House Times, October, 2001 by Lenius, Pat

A child's wooden wagon figures prominently in the history of Bemis Manufacturing Co. Arthur White, an inventor, launched the business that would be the precursor to Bemis in 1901 when he incorporated White Wagon Works in Sheboygan Falls, Wis.

Two years later Otis Trowbridge bought an interest in the company. He was the husband of Luella Bemis Trowbridge and brother-in-law to Albert Bemis, who is considered the founder of Bemis Manufacturing Co.

The Trowbridge family led the company from 1908 to 1924. Al Bemis and George Riddell, partners in Bemis-Riddell Fibre Co., of Sheboygan Falls, Wis., acquired the majority share in White Wagon Works in 1924. They renamed it White Coaster Wagon Works.

Bemis Manufacturing Co. was founded in 1925 to act as...

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