BW Packaging is the packaging machinery division of Barry-Wehmiller, a multinational industrial technology and engineering firm founded in 1885 in St. Louis, Missouri. BW Packaging offers packaging equipment, integrated packaging lines, automation systems, and aftermarket support to firms in the food, beverage, dairy, pet food, agricultural, chemicals, home goods, personal care, pharmaceutical, medical, and life science sectors.

The portfolio covers filling, sealing, seaming, capping, labelling, sleeving, flexible packaging, bag filling, flow wrapping, palletising, end-of-line packaging, container handling, and full packaging line integration. Barry-Wehmiller defines BW Packaging as its global packaging machinery business, offering solutions for flexible and rigid packaging systems, labelling, end-of-line equipment and complete line integration.

Brand and Product Capabilities:
BW Packaging's portfolio includes equipment and technologies from brands such as Angelus, Arcil, Burt, Consolidated, Continental/Closetech, Dairy Pack, Hema, Mateer, Pneumatic Scale, Zepf Solutions, Hayssen, Rose Forgrove, Sandiacre, Schib, Simionato, Streamfeeder, SYMACH, Thiele, Accraply, Ambec, Fleetwood, Goldco, Harland, Nigrelli, Sleevit, Stanford, SWF, Tisma, and Trine. These brands cover primary packaging, flexible packaging, labelling, sleeving, container handling, end-of-line packaging, palletising, and whole packaging line integration.

BW Packaging creates and manufactures machines for bags, pouches, bottles, cans, cups, jars, labels, and entire packaging lines. Its equipment includes bottle filling systems, can seamers, cappers, craft beverage canning lines, dry product fillers, liquid and viscous fillers, cup fill-seal machines, cup form-fill-seal machines, bag filling systems, vertical form-fill-seal machines, horizontal flow wrappers, labellers, shrink sleeve applicators, case packers, palletisers, depalletizers, conveyors, and integrated automation systems.

The firm caters to manufacturers who want single packing machines, replacement parts, machinery upgrades, technical support, or fully integrated production lines. BW Packaging has more than 40 global sites, 24 production facilities, and over 50,000 installations globally, providing clients with new equipment, aftermarket service, spares, and technical support.

History & Aquisitions: 

Barry-Wehmiller’s packaging platform expanded significantly in 1989 with the purchase of Pneumatic Scale Corporation, a company known for filling, capping, and packaging machinery. In 1995, Pneumatic Scale moved its headquarters to Stow, Ohio. In 2007, Barry-Wehmiller acquired Angelus Sanitary Can Company, combining Pneumatic Scale filling technologies with Angelus can seaming capabilities to form Pneumatic Scale Angelus, a business focused on filling, seaming, capping, labeling, centrifuge applications, change parts, and aftermarket support.

In 1997, Barry-Wehmiller acquired three packaging machinery businesses from Bemis: Accraply, Bemis Packaging Machinery Company, and Hayssen Manufacturing Company. These acquisitions helped build the foundation for the company’s labeling, flexible packaging, and end-of-line machinery capabilities.

In 1998, Barry-Wehmiller formed Thiele Technologies through the acquisition of Bemis Packaging Machinery Company and the integration of Thiele Engineering, Master Palletizer, Frontier Packaging, Edmeyer Dairy Systems, Slidell Machinery, and Streamfeeder. Thiele later expanded through additional acquisitions such as SWF Companies in 2007, Nigrelli Systems in 2008, Hudson-Sharp Machine Company in 2009, SYMACH, and the Sure-Feed Product Line in 2015. These businesses added case packing, cartoning, bag filling, palletizing, robotic packaging, pouch equipment, feeding systems, and end-of-line automation capabilities.

In 2006, Barry-Wehmiller agreed to acquire Sandiacre Rose Forgrove in the United Kingdom and integrate it with Hayssen Packaging Technologies, creating a broader flexible packaging equipment business with vertical form-fill-seal and horizontal flow wrapping capabilities.

In 2012, Accraply expanded its shrink sleeve labeling business through the acquisition of Turpins Packaging Group, known for the Sleevit shrink sleeve applicator product line. In 2016, Accraply acquired Harland Machine Systems, a UK-based manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labeling machinery.

In 2013, Barry-Wehmiller acquired Arcil SA, a France-based supplier of form-fill-seal packaging technology for fresh dairy and food products. This acquisition expanded Barry-Wehmiller’s position in yogurt, dairy, and fresh food packaging. Arcil later became part of Synerlink, which developed as Barry-Wehmiller’s integrated packaging line business for fresh dairy and food markets.

Between 2014 and 2016, Synerlink expanded through acquisitions including Axone Systems, Dinieper, Dairy Pack, and Sogameca, adding capabilities in integrated packaging lines, form-fill-seal equipment, dosing, end-of-line automation, precision tooling, and spare parts support. Arcil SA was renamed Synerlink in 2016, while Arcil remained a product brand for form-fill-seal lines.

In 2015, Barry-Wehmiller acquired Hema, a French manufacturer of filling systems for complex liquid foods, dairy products, sauces, edible oils, cosmetics, and related products. In 2022, Hema was aligned with Synerlink to strengthen rigid packaging and food filling capabilities.

In 2016, Barry-Wehmiller introduced BW Packaging Solutions as an initiative bringing together several packaging-related businesses, including Accraply, BW Container Systems, Design Group, Hayssen Flexible Systems, Pneumatic Scale Angelus, Synerlink, Thiele Technologies, and others. In 2018, Barry-Wehmiller adopted the BW Packaging Systems name to reflect collaboration across packaging machinery companies. In 2023, the organization shortened the name to BW Packaging.

In 2025, BW Packaging announced that its BW Filling & Closing, BW Flexible Systems, and BW Integrated Systems divisions would operate as a single unified organization under the BW Packaging brand, moving from separate business units to a product-line-oriented structure focused on integrated packaging solutions and aftermarket service.