__________________________________________________________________________ BenchMark Wireline Products
LEADING THE WIRELINE REVOLUTION
How BenchMark Wireline’ s products have become the global standard
BenchMark Wireline Products( BenchMark Wireline) was founded in 1978 by Wayne Kerr and at that time, named Kerr Measurement Systems. Current co-owner Joey Mayhugh outlines the company’ s history:“ Steve Beck and I bought the business in 2000, and we had already been working together for nine years or so by that point. We actually met in 1992 working for Atlas Wireline, which is now owned by Baker Hughes. I worked in engineering, and Steve worked in field operations, and after we met, the two of us worked together as a team traveling the world to learn the customer’ s requirements and then redesigning their entire fleet of wireline units.
Steve continues:“ I was tasked with investigating Kerr Measurement Systems as a potential business to acquire. When the company that we were working for at that time decided they didn’ t want to buy it, Joey had the idea that we should buy it ourselves, and in fact we did go on to do so. Combined, we have 94 years of experience in the wireline industry. Since we both left college, we had always worked in the oilfield wireline industry, so we had the experience, and in fact, Joey had previously worked with Kerr products, so he was very familiar with them. He thought we could do something with the company. When we bought the business, it was in the process of being shut down. There were only four employees remaining.
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