BW Packaging companies merge to form BW Integrated Systems

BW Integrated Systems and Accraply, both part of global equipment supplier BW Packaging, have merged to form BW Integrated Systems to strengthen the alignment of BW Packaging’s labeling, end-of-line and integration solutions.

Accraply will now go to market as BW Labeling with brands including Graham + Sleevit, Harland, Stanford and Trine, while BW Integrated Systems will go to market as BW End-of-Line and BW Integration with brands including Ambec, Fleetwood, Goldco, Nigrelli and SWF.

“We are excited to create this combination within BW Packaging to deliver market-leading labeling, end-of-line and integration solutions,” Pete Carlson, president of BW Integrated Systems, said in a news release.

“Our combined teams will be better positioned to grow and innovate to meet the needs of our customers around the globe.”

Accraply leader Seamus Lafferty will became executive vice president of labeling for BW Integrated Systems.

BW Integrated Systems works alongside BW Packaging’s primary packaging businesses, which include BW Flexible Systems, Pneumatic Scale Angelus and Synerlink.

BW Integrated Systems has nine manufacturing facilities and more than 800 employees worldwide.