Barry-Wehmiller Design Group Names Two New Partners
ST. LOUIS - Oct. 4, 2006 - Joseph Wilhelm, Managing Partner of Barry-Wehmiller Design
Group, Inc., has announced the promotions of Peter Lapins and Darren DeAnda to the position of Partner, effective immediately.
Peter Lapins started with the Design Group in St. Louis as a Project Manager in 2002, after 10 years of related industry experience with Anheuser-Busch and Marconi Data Systems. He was promoted to Director in 2005. Most recently, Lapins accepted a leadership role in the Philadelphia office to help build the firm's Consumer Products presence in this region.
Darren DeAnda started with the Design Group in Sacramento, Calif., as a Project Manager in 2001, following 10 years of related industry experience with Campbell Soup Company. He was promoted to Director in 2005. During a two-year period while Alan Cheney, Managing Partner- Sacramento, was on assignment in Southern California, Darren "stepped up" in a leadership capacity within this office.
"These are two outstanding examples of dedicated professionals who joined our firm from the outside industry, with the desire to make a greater impact on those whose lives they touch," Wilhelm stated. "We are thrilled to announce these well-deserved promotions as we welcome Peter and Darren onto our senior leadership team."
ABOUT DESIGN GROUP
Barry-Wehmiller Design Group is a leading provider of manufacturing automation and
engineering consulting services to the world's leading consumer products, pharmaceutical and biotech companies. The firm employs approximately 350 engineers, software designers, architects, regulatory specialists and other technical personnel throughout nine offices in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, providing a comprehensive range of solutions for packaging automation, software engineering for business intelligence, process control and instrumentation, regulatory compliance, and facility design and construction.
ABOUT BARRY-WEHMILLER
Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. is a world leading supplier of packaging, corrugating and paper converting technology, as well as consulting services, across a broad spectrum of industries. Barry- Wehmiller's balanced and diversified approach to the market is made possible through 12 interactive divisions: Accraply, a leading manufacturer of automatic labeling systems; Barry-Wehmiller Company, manufacturing bottle washers and pasteurizers for more than 120 years; Barry-Wehmiller International
Resources, a leading information technology services provider and e-business solutions developer; Central Bottling International (CBI), specializing in quality industrial manufacturing equipment and services for the food, beverage, and packaging industries worldwide; Design Group, a world leader in manufacturing automation and engineering consulting services; FleetwoodGoldcoWyard and Ambec, leading suppliers of
advanced conveyance technology and material handling equipment; Hayssen Packaging Technologies, a form/fill/seal technologies and services leader for more than 90 years; MarquipWardUnited, a leading manufacturer of equipment for the corrugated and folded carton industries; Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), specializing in the design and manufacture of converting machinery for the tissue and nonwovens industries, as well as printing systems for the flexible packaging industry; Pneumatic Scale, a global provider for can seaming, capping, centrifugation, dry filling, labeling, and liquid filling; and Thiele Technologies, a leading producer of cartoning, case packing, bagging, and palletizing equipment.
