Bodam International’s roots reach back to 1970 when Werner C. Petzold started selling Italian made broom manufacturing equipment throughout the Americas, the Caribbean, Africa as well as in Australia and New Zealand. From these beginnings and learning from his father, Carlos Petzold founded Bodam in 1986, representing Borghi brush manufacturing machinery and also continuing to serve his father’s customers regarding broomcorn processing and broomcorn broom manufacturing equipment.

Not forgetting its humble beginnings, Bodam grew in the late 1980’s and throughout the 1990’s setting record sales year after year up through the turn of the century and millennium. However, with a dozen record years of growth, Bodam needed more than just an increased customer base; Bodam required a world class service company to take care of its customers.

In the year 2000, a sister company was born to help with the machinery sales that Bodam had made in the prior decade; a sister company dedicated to service the existing customer base and all future customers with the very best technical support and spare parts service for the USA and Canada as well as, where convenient, for customers in Mexico and the Caribbean. Hence the birth of Borghi USA! (please visit www.borghiusa.com).

Bodam’s product offers also grew over the years. Today Bodam represents the following companies…
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