We help companies and the
people within them realize
their true potential.

We help companies and the people within them realize their true potential.

Our Acquisitions

More adoption than acquisition

Since 1987, Barry-Wehmiller has invited more than 160 companies to join our family, helping us grow from a $20 million business into a $4 billion global leader spanning industrial and packaging automation, professional services, life science technology and more.

But we don't just acquire companies. We adopt them. Because behind every financial statement is something a spreadsheet can't capture: people with families, futures, and often, untapped potential.

Most investors buy, build and flip. With every business we acquire, we buy, build and keep on building, alongside the people who made the business possible. Companies don’t create value; people do. And when we bring forth the best from a company’s team members, together we create long-term value that makes all stakeholders win. By applying our unique blend of strategy and culture, we preserve what makes a business worth preserving, helping it and its team members thrive for generations to come.

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Building long-term value and caring cultures is in our DNA.

Building enduring value

In 2009, BW Forsyth Partners was established as an investment arm of Barry-Wehmiller, to expand our focus beyond industrial manufacturing. Since then, BW Forsyth Partners has helped acquire and build portfolio companies in the printing equipment, insurance services, infrastructure equipment and services, medical device equipment and family office sectors.

The goal with any company BW acquires is to build outstanding portfolios of companies with rich legacies through a more humanistic and holistic approach that realizes value equal to or greater than traditional private equity.

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The right fit

When Barry-Wehmiller or BW Forsyth Partners considers an acquisition, our diligence effort is focused around finding the best fit - including culture and strategy - to ensure mutual alignment. We operate in the most transparent manner and only purchase companies when we are confident that we can care for the people and own the business forever.

What Barry-Wehmiller brings to the table in an acquisition:

  • Long-term growth mindset; our track record of successful sustainable value creation provides us the patience and experience needed to develop companies’ hidden potential
  • People-centric focus that is demonstrated in the way we pursue growth and weather economic cycles and business headwinds. This thoughtful, caring, approach creates a deep sense of trust, loyalty and fulfillment for our team members
  • Commitment to remaining private, which enables our leadership team and Board of Directors to make decisions in the best long-term interests of the business and operate the company with people and performance in harmony
  • Cross-border M&A experience on a global scale and with acquiring all types of companies from all types of sellers

What we look for in possible acquisitions:

  • Business owners who align with our culture, who have a deep sense of commitment to the wellbeing and future of their employees
  • Owners/sellers who have a desire to remain with the business and help execute a shared vision for growth
  • Companies that complement our existing businesses with technology that fills product line gaps, diversifies our sub-segment end-market exposure, and/ or new end markets
  • Dynamic businesses that are an operational fit; ones that have continued to invest in technology, people, and growth; standardized technology and product lines; that have synergy potential and sufficient scale for new facility additions

Contact us

Joe Stevens
Joe Stevens

Vice President of Business Development