Manufacturing 2025: BEAUCHAMP, BRADFORD ‘BRAD’

In 1950, E. Rhodes Carpenter launched his namesake company as a distributor of Goodyear latex products. A few years later, Carpenter pivoted to pouring flexible polyurethane foam.

Celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, Carpenter now has a product portfolio that includes bonded, molded and technical foams, chemicals and chemical systems, expanded polystyrene systems, consumer products, furniture and bedding, polyester fiber and pet bedding.

Now with presences in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia, Carpenter employs about 7,000 people and reported 2024 revenue of $2.4 billion. Beauchamp joined Carpenter in 2008 as national sales manager of its chemicals division. In 2020, he was appointed CEO.

In October 2024, Carpenter announced it had acquired Casper Sleep, a bed-in-a-box company, from Durational Capital Management, and that has resulted in the addition of 400 employees and 45 Casper stores nationwide.

Beauchamp, a graduate of Bethel University in Minnesota and Southern Methodist University, will serve as vice chair for the steering committee of the Center for the Polyurethanes Industry through 2026.

WHAT I DO FOR FUN: I like to compete, so I play in several sports leagues, which include ice hockey and softball.

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