ROMEOVILLE, Ill. — May 6, 2008 — FleetwoodGoldcoWyard hired Jim Meier to the position of Chief Technology Officer. FleetwoodGoldcoWyard makes advanced conveyance technology and material handling equipment. Meier first joined the Barry-Wehmiller organization in 1990 and spent 17 years with Barry-Wehmiller Design Group, a premier engineering consulting services provider, where he served as Technology Partner. He was also one of the key architects and leaders responsible for the launch of the Barry Wehmiller website.
Meier briefly served as head of sales for Barry-Wehmiller International Resources, the company’s information technology and engineering services division, before returning to Design Group to oversee the firm’s rollout of Epicor and other technology initiatives. He spent the past year as CIO of Clayco, a St. Louis-based real estate development, design and construction firm. “Jim is greatly respected for his abilities to nurture talent and build strong teams that work together in a cohesive manner to serve the needs of the organization and our clients,” Ostapowicz stated. “He is a true steward of our Guiding Principles of Leadership and will continually recognize and celebrate those who exemplify the GPL within FleetwoodGoldcoWyard, much as he did as a member of the Design Group.”
Meier earned a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Missouri in Columbia. He will be based at the FleetwoodGoldcoWyard operation in Loveland, Colo. He and his wife, Frankie, and their children, Hayden, Mitchell and Olivia, will be relocating from St. Louis to the Loveland area in the near future.
ABOUT BARRY-WEHMILLER
Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. is a diversified global supplier of packaging, corrugating, and paper converting technology, as well as engineering consulting services, across a broad spectrum of industries. Barry-Wehmiller’s balanced approach to the market is made possible through 10 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 (BWIR), a pioneer in the creation, development, and integration of advanced information technology and engineering solutions; Design Group, a premier supplier of manufacturing automation, facility design, and other engineering consulting services; FleetwoodGoldcoWyard, a leading producer of advanced conveyance technology and material handling equipment; HayssenSandiacre, a form/fill/seal technologies and services leader for more than 100 years; MarquipWardUnited, a leading manufacturer of equipment for the corrugated and folded carton industries; Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC), providing advanced converting, printing, and packaging technologies for the tissue, nonwovens, and flexible packaging industries since 1919; PneumaticScaleAngelus, a global provider for filling, capping, can seaming, labeling, and centrifugation; and Thiele Technologies, a leading supplier of placing, bagging, cartoning, case packing, and palletizing equipment. In fiscal year 2008, a combination of organic and acquisition growth is expected to grow Barry- Wehmiller’s annual revenues to more than $1 billion for the first time in the company’s 122-year history, with more than $300 million in markets outside the U.S.
