Bethel Engineering and Equipment, located in North West Ohio is a full service manufacturer of turnkey finishing systems specializing in Electrocoating and Powder coating systems.

Founded in 1995 by David Whitaker, Bethel was originally an engineering company designing electrocoat and powdercoat systems. As his reputation in the marketplace grew so did his business. Soon, Mr. Whitaker was not only designing systems but also supervising the installation of his designs. Due to manufacturing restrictions in the metal fabrication industry, Mr. Whitaker was soon fabricating, as well as designing and supervising the installation of systems.

Moving from offices in the basement of his home to a 3,000 square foot building in 1998 was a major expansion for Bethel Engineering. Today the company is located in over 70,000 square feet of manufacturing area and over 4,000 square feet of engineering and administrative space.

Since the beginning, Bethel Engineering has shown unprecedented growth. Shortly after moving into their new facilities in 2000, Bethel Engineering purchased Young and Bertke Corp. of Cincinnati, Ohio. Founded in the 1920's, Y&B is one of the oldest continually operated system houses in the United States. In 2002, Bethel formed a subsidiary to service the coating industry and named it Finishers Supply Warehouse. “Finishers” is a full service industrial paint company that specializes in color matching and aerosol loading of spray paint. They also distribute paint, painter supplies, protective clothing, safety glasses and a large variety of paint shop related items to the finishing industry.

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