Carl Ronald Marschke passed away on Oct. 14, 2018, just short of his 77th birthday. Marschke founded Marquip, Inc. in 1968 as a manufacturer of custom-designed automated machinery for the building materials industry. He and his business partner, Richard Thomas, eventually refocused the company to provide machinery for the corrugated industry.
In 2000, Barry-Wehmiller acquired Marquip. The name was changed in 2002 to MarquipWardUnited after the additional acquisition of Ward Machinery Co. and United Container Machinery. MarquipWardUnited, a BW Papersystems Company, designs and manufactures corrugating, finishing sheeting and sheet packaging machinery for the corrugated, paper converting and packaging industries. The company is headquartered in Phillips, Wisconsin.
Marschke is survived by his wife, Gay (Turnquist) Marschke; children: Karl, Dean, and Lynda; and grandchildren: Thomas, Carolin, Christian, Elyse, Jazlynn, Jessica, and Suzanne. He was preceded in death by his son Steven.
