BW Converting’s Hygiene Business Segment proves “The future of tissue is here” at MIAC 2024

Northern Engraving Open House on Oct. 8 in nearby Chitarrino will showcase breakthrough embossing solutions and debut MUSA Pilot Line with Baldwin’s RotorSpray lotioner.


GREEN BAY, Wis. - September 25, 2024 - BW Converting’s Hygiene Business Segment continues to proclaim that “The future of tissue is here” by further strengthening an unprecedented combination of technology, materials and engineering expertise at MIAC 2024 (Lucca, Italy, October 9-11 – Booth # B112).

United under one global organization, BW Converting’s product brands – Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), Winkler+Dünnebier (W+D), STAX Technologies and Northern Engraving and Machine – make a unique comprehensive offering available to customers, comprised of standard and customized solutions covering the entire hygiene and tissue converting and packaging process, including the latest innovations in engraved rolls. The BW Converting Hygiene Business Segment invests all know-how and resources into developing cutting-edge technologies for its customers, to make products of the highest quality and with innovative features, while achieving efficiency and production quality.

At the upcoming MIAC 2024, PCMC will showcase its wide-ranging tissue converting lines offer by illustrating its pre-configured Mia Concept solutions for BRT and HHT products. The range of lines for Mia rolls can offer an innovative combination of complete, pre-configured and balanced solutions for quick commissioning. And in the realm of BRT and HHT rolls, PCMC also confirms the success of its innovative INVISIBLE-O technology for products without a cardboard core, that today counts 22 lines installed and in production in 8 different markets.

For the facial market segment, W+D presents the VENTUS-TI interfolder, the next-generation high-speed production lines for folded facial tissue and hand towels. Designed for high performance and operational efficiency, VENTUS-TI maximizes the synergies among the brands of the Hygiene Business Segment, guaranteeing the best service, new technologies, quality, sustainability, and initiatives aimed at Industry 4.0. W+D’s product portfolio also includes VENTUS-624R, the fastest and most efficient handkerchief converting and packaging platform worldwide, providing the optimum combination of speed and productivity from a single source.

To complete it all are the wide range of solutions offered by STAX for both primary and secondary packaging, as well as product handling and end-of-line automation.

At MIAC, on October 10, Veljko Zlatanović, Product Life Cycle Leader at STAX, will discuss new trends in the packaging industry of folded products and new solutions, machines and devices for creating a modern packaging line during a session titled Folded Tissue Packaging Solutions.

Another highlight during MIAC is that Northern Engraving will open the doors to the new EMBOSSING TechniLAB, the place where customers can develop, test and touch their products first-hand.

The EMBOSSING TechniLAB Open Day will be held on Tuesday, October 8, at PCMC’s plant in Chitarrino, Fornaci di Barga. For the occasion, in addition to showcasing the most innovative solutions and innovations on embossing, the new MUSA Pilot Line equipped with the RotorSpray Baldwin lotioner will be presented.

BW Converting’s Hygiene Division is widely regarded as the center of excellence in the world of tissue and hygiene with the ability to answer any market demand by adapting to changing needs and offering solutions where innovation meets efficiency and production quality.

ABOUT BW CONVERTING

From paper to plastic, ink to textile products, to packaging, BW Converting changes things for the better. ​We design and manufacture precision machinery for Tissue, Hygiene, Print, Packaging, Mailing, Textiles and other high-performance Industrial applications. ​We unify our product brands Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), Winkler+Dünnebier (W+D), Baldwin Technology Co., Hudson-Sharp, STAX Technologies, and Northern Engraving and Machine under one global organization as part of the $3.6 billion Barry-Wehmiller Corporation to help maximize global industry potential today and tomorrow. To learn more, go to bwconverting.com.

ABOUT BARRY-WEHMILLER

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3.7 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world. CEO Bob Chapman shares the story of the company’s transformation in his book, Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring for Your People Like Family. To learn more, go to barrywehmiller.com.