GREEN BAY, WI, Sep 18, 2026 – BW Converting will bring flexographic printing, print inspection, anilox roll cleaning, surface treatment, mailing and bag-converting technologies to PRINTING United Expo, with a focus on automation and process control across production workflows. The company will exhibit Sep 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center (Booth #N7265).
The exhibit will include bag and pouch converting equipment for applications like flexible packaging and mailing bags.
“PRINTING United gives us an opportunity to talk with customers about the bigger production challenges they are trying to solve, rather than looking at one machine or process in isolation,” said Michael Ring, vice president of sales, Americas, converting technologies, BW Converting. “Whether the priority is improving quality and consistency, reducing manual intervention, expanding into new applications or creating a more efficient production environment, many of the challenges are shared across industries. ‘Many Industries. One Purpose.’ reflects both the breadth of what BW Converting offers and the common goal behind it: helping customers operate more effectively.”
Admiral Packaging installed its first BW Converting Hudson-Sharp pouch machine in 2025 and has since continued investing in BW Converting technology as it expands pouch production.
“Since installing our newest Hudson-Sharp pouch machine, we’ve more than doubled our throughput,” said Robert Hummell, vice president of operations, admiral packaging. “The difference has been the uptime and changeover performance we’re achieving, and it’s given us the confidence to keep growing our pouching division. Sales may have sold the first machine, but BW Converting’s engineering and support teams sold every machine after that.”
The breadth of BW Converting’s portfolio also allows conversations to extend across traditionally separate areas of production. A packaging converter evaluating productivity, may also be looking for ways to augment print inspection capabilities, improve web surface printability, automate cleaning or gain greater control over other parts of the workflow. A mailing or bag-converting operation may be focused on many of the same fundamentals, including automation, throughput, labor efficiency and repeatable quality.
That perspective has become relevant as manufacturers contend with labor challenges, higher expectations for consistency and productivity, evolving materials and applications, and pressure to get value from existing production resources. Across industries, automation and process control are playing a larger role not only in increasing output, but in reducing reliance on manual intervention and helping operations achieve repeatable performance across shifts.
Source: BW CONVERTING
ABOUT BW CONVERTING
BW Converting Solutions, a division of Barry-Wehmiller Corporation, specializes in designing and manufacturing precision machinery for tissue, hygiene, print, packaging, mailing, and textiles. Formed as an alliance, it unites brands including Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), Winkler+Dünnebier (W+D), Baldwin Technology Co., Hudson-Sharp, STAX Technologies, and Northern Engraving and Machine. These brands offer converting and packaging machinery tailored to industrial applications. With a global presence, BW Converting Solutions operates production facilities in WI, Italy, Serbia, Germany, and England. BW Converting Solutions employs over 1,580 team members worldwide.
