Maintenance & hydraulic tools for bearings and transmission parts

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 Bega Special Tools

Vice President Smart Maintenance Tools, Schaeffler Lifetime Solutions

 

Dennis Wildeboer

Director Operations

 

Carol Poelma        

Director Product Management

 

Oliver Massa    

Director Sales

 

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