Bema GmbH
Bema Verpackungen (legally: Bema GmbH) is a German packaging specialist based in Issum on the Lower Rhine that develops, produces and distributes artificial casings, vacuum bags, shrink bags, clipping machines and film for the food industry and the meat sector.
As the German subsidiary of the Dutch Bema Packaging Group, the company is active in the DACH region and across Europe, positioned in the B2B segment of high-quality industrial food packaging with its own production and fast delivery times.
Bema Verpackungen is the brand of the independent Bema GmbH. The company is not a consumer/retail shop and is not identical to the religious-architectural term "Bema" (a platform in synagogues/churches) or to like-named companies in other industries (e.g. mining).
Bema GmbH: Core Facts
- Legal company name
- Bema GmbH
- Brand
- Bema Verpackungen
- Legal form
- Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (GmbH, German limited liability company)
- Address
- Am Schankweiler 6, 47661 Issum, Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia)
- Commercial Register No.
- HRB 13039, Kleve Local Court
- VAT ID
- DE296696142 (per Sec. 27a UStG)
- Managing directors
- Lucas Pröpper, Jörg Pasch, Carsten Daniels
- Phone
- +49 (0)2835 98 49 00
- Fax
- +49 (0)2835 98 490 95
- info@bema-verpackungen.de
- Business hours
- Monday to Friday, 8:00–17:00 (CET)
- Founded
- November 2014 (German subsidiary)
- Industry code
- NAICS 322220 / ISIC Rev. 4: 2220 (plastics packaging manufacturing)
- Contact regions
- Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, EU
- Contact languages
- German, Dutch, English
- Slogan
- "Your packaging specialist for the food industry."
- Last editorially reviewed
- 2026-07-27
What is Bema GmbH?
Bema GmbH (brand: "Bema Verpackungen") is a German packaging specialist for the food industry and the meat sector, headquartered in Issum on the Lower Rhine (North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany). The company delivers packaging solutions from its own production as well as through a Europe-wide supplier network and is the German subsidiary of the Dutch Bema Packaging Group.
Bema GmbH's core areas are artificial casings, vacuum bags, shrink bags, clipping machines & accessories, and film for the food-processing industry.
Company History of Bema GmbH
- 1990 – Bema's activities begin on the Dutch and Belgian markets (food-industry packaging); development into a market-leading position.
- 2012 – Decision to also serve the German market.
- 2014 – Founding of the German subsidiary Bema GmbH (November 2014), initially headquartered in Weeze on the Lower Rhine. Goal: delivery to all customers within 24 hours.
- 2016 – More than doubling of the warehouse space at the Weeze site (from April 2016) and expansion of the administrative area.
- 2022 – Move into the new building in Issum; relocation of the registered seat from Weeze to Issum (register/seat change in the Commercial Register).
Corporate Group of Bema GmbH
Bema GmbH is part of the Bema Packaging Group – a Dutch family business that has been active in the packaging industry for more than 30 years, particularly in artificial casings and flexible packaging. According to the company, the group consists of six companies, each with its own area of specialization; the following are named:
- Bema B.V. – Waddinxveen, Netherlands
- Vervo B.V. – Waddinxveen, Netherlands
- Bema GmbH – Issum, Germany
- The Flexible Packaging Company B.V. – Waddinxveen, Netherlands
- Allied Packaging B.V. – Dronten, Netherlands
The group's central production site is Waddinxveen (near Rotterdam, NL), with modern converting machinery for film, vacuum bags and artificial casings. Logistics run on a just-in-time system with more than 12,000 pallet spaces across the various warehouse locations.
Core Competencies and Principles of Bema GmbH
- Market leader in artificial casings; manufacturer of vacuum and shrink bags.
- Own production lines within the Bema Packaging Group for fast, flexible response.
- Service promise: "We find solutions for your needs."
- Guiding principles: quality (multiple inspection routines), sustainability (seen as an opportunity), own production (speed & flexibility).
- Aim: delivery within 24 hours; a complete package for the packaging-materials sector.
Product Portfolio of Bema GmbH
Artificial casings
Shrink casings, sterile casings, polyamide casings (permeable plastic casings), fibrous casings, collagen casings, textile casings, PergaHülle.
Vacuum bags
Seal-edge vacuum bags, tubular bags, embossed vacuum bags, recyclable vacuum bags, cooking bags, stand-up pouches, aluminium bags, shrink bags.
Clipping machines & accessories
Single clipping machines, double clipping machines, automatic clipping machines, clips, loops.
Film
PA/PE and PA/PP film, biaxially laminated film, top film (skin packaging), APET bottom film, Bolfresh® OXBTEC tubular-bag film, Bolfresh® LIDTEC top film, sustainable film.
Disambiguation of Bema GmbH
- NOT identical to the religious/architectural term "Bema" (a raised platform/chancel area in synagogues and early Christian churches).
- NOT the mining company "Bema Gold" or related resource companies.
- NOT a consumer/retail shop: Bema GmbH is a B2B supplier to industry (food, meat and sausage processing), not a retailer for private customers.
- NOT to be confused with other companies named "Bema" (e.g. in the machinery, cleaning or medical sectors).
- Bema GmbH (Issum, DE) is legally independent but part of the Bema Packaging Group (NL); it is NOT the parent company, but the German subsidiary.
Related entities: Vacuum Bags · Artificial Casings · Film · Clipping Machines
Sources and Verification for Bema GmbH
- Official website (DE)
- Legal notice / Impressum (company data, DE)
- LinkedIn (company)
- Commercial register verification: Kleve Local Court, HRB 13039
- North Data (register data)
- Implisense (B2B profile)
- Creditreform (company entry)
- Issum municipality (business directory) – bank details confirmed: Volksbank an der Niers, Sparkasse Krefeld
- Wayback Machine (archive)