Simon Lagoe named Director of U.K. operations for Barry-Wehmiller Companies

Robert H. Chapman, chairman and CEO of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc., has announced the appointment of Simon Lagoe to the role of director for the company’s diversified U.K. operations, which includes six manufacturing facilities operated by five Barry-Wehmiller business units. In addition, Lagoe will continue his role as managing director of the Nottingham, U.K., operation of HayssenSandiacre, a Barry-Wehmiller company specializing in vertical and horizontal form, fill, and seal technology and services.

Lagoe’s appointment follows the 2009 retirement of Stewart Brown, who contributed years of senior leadership experience to Barry-Wehmiller’s U.K. investments and other European interests.

With nearly 30 years of experience in the European packaging equipment industry, Lagoe first joined Barry-Wehmiller in 1983 when the company acquired TI Fords of Bedford, U.K. TI Fords was later one of the businesses divested by Barry-Wehmiller in a successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange in 1987 in which the company spun-off its European operations to create Barry-Wehmiller International (BWI). From 1987 to 1999, Lagoe served in a variety of directorship positions with the newly created BWI in Europe, during which time he worked closely with Chapman, who had accepted a seat on the BWI board of directors.

In 2005, Lagoe joined Sandiacre Rose Forgrove, which was acquired by Barry-Wehmiller Companies in 2006 and integrated with Hayssen Packaging Technologies to form HayssenSandiacre. “I was delighted to find my career had come full circle and to be part of the Barry-Wehmiller family once again,” Lagoe said.