Equipment manufacturer BWI has purchased US-based packaging machinery and robotics supplier R A Jones & Co.
R A Jones, with its headquarters in the Greater Cincinnati area of Ohio, produces pouch packaging systems, carton filling and sealing equipment, case and tray packers, and multipack collation machinery for bottles and cans. In 1997, the company generated a turnover of $83.4 million with a pre-tax profit of $5.5 million.