Cdt, ptc platinum var announces name change to bwir

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CDT Announces Company Name Change to BWIR

ST. LOUIS — May 9, 2013 — CDT, a Platinum Value Added Reseller for PTC, announces a change in name to BWIR, effective immediately. This entails the full integration of people, infrastructure and solutions into BWIR, allowing the company to increase its solutions and services portfolio, strengthen its overall geographic footprint, merge back-end business and processes, and provide better solutions and offerings to customers through one company. “Operating together as one company provides our customers with new engineering software products and skilled resources to offer total solutions to increase productivity, reduce costs, and improve ‘time-to-market’, ultimately improving the performance of their business. The synergy of these companies consolidates the BWIR brand into a single cohesive global presence and offers the US manufacturing community world class engineering products and enterprise solutions,” said Jim Webb, Senior Partner and Vice President. Prior to this transition, the former PTC VARs known as Enser and Beacon Technologies were also acquired, bringing additional resources and talent to BWIR. BWIR is the engineering products and consulting business of Barry-Wehmiller Companies. BWIR delivers a global team for products and services and the breadth of experience needed to support even the most extensive and sophisticated enterprise through strong relationships built upon uncompromising service to clients. About Barry-Wehmiller International Resources

Barry-Wehmiller International Resources (BWIR) is a global provider of business and technology solutions to the mid-market manufacturing domain. With headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., and global delivery operations strategically located to meet customer needs throughout the U.S., Europe, Southeast Asia and South America, BWIR offers world-class engineering services and enterprise consulting solutions that enable its clients to achieve a competitive edge in their marketplace.

ABOUT BARRY-WEHMILLER

Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology

solutions in packaging, corrugating and paper converting across a broad spectrum of industries. Barry-Wehmiller’s

balanced approach to the market is made possible through nine interactive divisions: Accraply, Inc., a leading manufacturer

of automatic labeling and label converting and finishing systems; Barry-Wehmiller Design Group, Inc., a premier supplier of

manufacturing automation, facility design, and other engineering consulting services; Barry-Wehmiller International

Resources (BWIR), a global provider of business and technology solutions to the mid-market manufacturing domain;

FleetwoodGoldcoWyard, Inc., a leading producer and supplier of automated can end and product handling equipment,

advanced conveyance technology, palletizers, depalletizers, and process equipment; HayssenSandiacre, a form/fill/seal

technologies and services leader for more than 100 years; MarquipWardUnited, Inc., a leading manufacturer of equipment

for the corrugated and folded carton industries; Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), providing high-performance

converting machinery for the global tissue, nonwovens, package printing, and envelope manufacturing industries;

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PneumaticScaleAngelus, a global provider for filling, capping, can seaming, labeling, centrifugation, orienter and wet case

detectors; and Thiele Technologies, Inc., a leading producer of placing, feeding, bagging, cartoning, case packing, robotic,

premade bag and pouch, and palletizing equipment.

In fiscal year 2012, Barry-Wehmiller leveraged a strategic combination of organic and acquisition growth to achieve

revenues surpassing $1.5 billion. Barry-Wehmiller now employs nearly 6,000 team members in over 65 locations

worldwide.