Penny Bretl Joins Thiele Technologies as Director of Organizational Empowerment


MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. - Oct. 27, 2006 - Larry Smith, President and CEO of Thiele
Technologies, Inc., and David Gianini, Vice President of Human Resources at Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc., have announced the appointment of Penny Bretl to the position of Director of Organizational Empowerment for Thiele Technologies. Bretl will assume her duties on Saturday, Oct. 28 during PACK EXPO International 2006 in Chicago.

In her new position, Bretl will be responsible for the human resource activities throughout Thiele and will play a key role in Thiele's continuing journey to becoming a World Class Organization in concert with parent company Barry-Wehmiller, which integrates the Lean Enterprise system with its Guiding Principles of Leadership.

"Penny is uniquely qualified for this new challenge, having spent nine years as a human
resource manager for several divisions of Remmele Engineering, a Minnesota-based
manufacturer of custom automated manufacturing equipment," Smith stated. "In this position, she combined strategic and tactical approaches that allowed her to develop and implement processes to enable the organization to meet its goals."

Prior to Remmele, Bretl held human resource manager and generalist positions with Great
Lakes Aviation and Aveda Corporation. She is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin and has held PHR certification in Human Resources since 1998. Bretl and her family are longtime residents of Stillwater, Minn.

About Thiele Technologies
Thiele Technologies, Inc. provides advanced high-speed automation solutions to a variety of industries around the globe, including petro-chemicals, fresh and frozen food, pet food, beverage, dairy, bakery, pharmaceutical, medical devices, cosmetics, horticultural, paper goods, consumer mailing and collating, and paint filling. With more than 70 years of service, Thiele leads the industry in the design, manufacture and integration of placing, bagging, cartoning, case packing and palletizing systems.

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 11 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, a leading supplier 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.

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