Henry Beck, the founder of Tessy Plastics, was born in Germany, and at the age of 14, he began an apprenticeship as a toolmaker. He stayed with the same employer after graduating in 1953 for another two years before accepting a job teaching clients how to run tool-making machines in Brazil in 1955. Henry was keen to travel the world and accepted the assignment. After spending two years in Brazil, Henry moved to the United States and began working as a service engineer for the country's largest importer, installing and instructing at businesses for 20 years, including NASA.

Henry founded the Beck Machinery Inc. in 1968 in Skaneateles, New York, and supplied Swiss-made automatic screw machines to renowned business Welch Allyn. Welch Allyn urged Henry to launch an injection molding business based on their mutual confidence and trust.

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