History

Bega International e.g. was founded in 1978 by Bernard Garritsen. The name Bega is a contraction of the first two letters of Bernard Garritsen.Bega Special Tools is the trade name under which we operate. The company started with a unique puller TRACTA  for the dismantling of ball bearings. This expanded into a program of high-quality tools for maintenance and production work. The bearing is central, the heart of all rotating equipment.

Bernard Garritsen’s corporate philosophy: Plan maintenance and work safely and damage-free with the right tools. We find that very common now, but at the time this was very innovative!

Ownership

1978 - Bernard Garritsen

1988 - son Frank Garritsen takes over business

1999 - Carol Garritsen-Poelma becomes co-shareholder

2012 - Henk van Essen becomes co-shareholder

2018 - September: Frank Garritsen retires and ceases all activities for Bega

2019 - January: Henk van Essen acquires 100% shares

2019 - January: Carol Poelma remains as Communications Director, CIO

2021 August: Schaeffler acquires BEGA International bv

         Henk van Essen continues as Managing Director

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