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Part of the global Barry-Wehmiller organization, BW Converting( BW) delivers converting machinery and solutions across multiple industries. The company unifies six historic brands: Paper Converting Machine Company( PCMC), Winkler + Dünnebier( W + D), Baldwin Technology Co., Hudson- Sharp, STAX Technologies, and Northern Engraving and Machine. Since coming together in 2023, they represent quality and innovation across industries including hygiene and personal care, tissue, print, packaging, textiles and nonwovens.
With key product categories comprising of converting machinery, coating and surface treatment systems, packaging and end-ofline automation and digital printing presses, BW continues to launch new and innovative products. Group President, Stan Blakney, joins Manufacturing Today to tell us more about BW’ s mission, recent investments and exciting technological advancements.“ Our tagline,‘ Change for the Better,’ reflects the duality in our mission,” he begins.“ The equipment we develop transforms raw materials into finished goods that benefit humanity but also aligns with Barry-Wehmiller’ s purposedriven approach that measures success by the way we touch the lives of people. Being incorporated within that global enterprise means we share values, common systems and collective expertise, a structure which provides distinct competitive advantages – with a presence in over 100 countries, we have increased reach and resources. Additionally, this alliance combines over a century of collective engineering knowledge, peoplecentric leadership, cross-industry innovation and financial stability.”
Recently, BW launched a truly revolutionary product called TexCoat G4, bringing sustainability to the textile industry by replacing large baths of chemical waste with minute amounts of precision-sprayed chemicals.“ TexCoat G4 utilizes a non-contact textile finishing system that enables high spray intensity and deep impregnation, even
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