The BECHEM History

 

BECHEM was founded in 1834 by Carl Bechem and is today managed in the sixth generation as family-owned company. In times of the industrial revolution our founder had the vision to use a vegetable raw material from the Rhus flower (staghorn sumac) to produce lubricants. The BECHEM symbol of the Rhus flower emblematises the processing of vegetable raw materials in the period of foundation to the use of renewable raw materials today and in the future. Thus the oldest German oil factory presents itself with continuity and feels committed to environment.

Today the company which has developed from Oel BECHEM to BECHEM Lubrication Technology stands for an international network and the translation of visions into practice. With our long history and our business culture tailored to the future BECHEM is facing the forthcoming challenges.

 

 

With Tradition into the Future

• Our company, family owned for generations, excels by continuity and reliability.

 

• The long experience of our employees is the basis of permanent development and guarantees the proximity to our customers.

 

• Independence offers all of us the certainty and possibility to strongly realise our mutual targets.

 

 

A Strong Family with Confidence and Responsibility

 

• Confidence and responsibility are the basis of short decisions and offer us, our partners and customers, advantages in the market.

 

• For us, as family-owned company, the responsibility towards all employees lays the foundation for the future.

 

• For us, openness and tolerance among each other and our customers are just a matter of course.

 

 

Full Performance for our Customers

 

• Proximity to our customers means the global provision of our performances and the individual compliance with our customers‘ requirements.

 

• Our services consist of reliable solutions for our customers.

 

• We permanently work on the further development of our performances for our customers and markets.

 

 

Virtues

 

• To be an example: Thanks to our engagement and reliability we set an example for our colleagues and employees.

 

• Cooperation: Openness and honesty form the basis for the trustful inter-divisional cooperation.

 

• To Have Conversations: We take the time to talk with each other. Praise and criticism are very important for us.

 

• To be Human: We accept and respect each other. As members of the BECHEM-Family we meet in a fair and proper way.