Jean-Jacques Bienaimé is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Photo Chemical Machining Institute (PCMI). Jean-Jacques ‘JJ’ Bienaimé, Chairman and CEO of BioMarin Pharmaceutical, is not afraid of making mistakes. In fact, JJ – as he’s affectionately known by those around him – believes mistakes have been essential to his success at work.

The Photo Chemical Machining Institute (PCMI) is a collaborative, not for profit organization for manufacturers, suppliers and customers of the photochemical machining and electroforming industry.

“All my friends thought I had lost my mind,” he says. “But what I saw was that there were some good assets that could carry the company – good people and good technology. I thought I had a great chance to turn BioMarin around.”

PCMI represents a broad cross-section of all segments of the photochemical machining and electroforming industry’s technology. It includes companies that are manufacturers and companies that are users of photo chemically machined parts, as well as companies that supply raw materials, equipment and services used to produce its products.

Founded in 1967, the Photo Chemical Machining Institute (PCMI) is a collaborative, not-for-profit organization for manufacturers, suppliers and customers of the photochemical machining and electroforming industry.