BW Design Group

We're heading to ICC 2026 in Sacramento next week. Join Keith Gamble for his session, Rethinking On-Prem: Modern Delivery for OT Environments, and cheer on our team as they compete in the Build-a-Thon final with their sights set on reclaiming the championship title. We look forward to connecting with industry peers and hope to see you there!

Manufacturers and distributors are under increasing pressure to optimize performance across their networks while continuing to meet the demands of today. Success requires a strategic partner who understands the realities of manufacturing operations and can help organizations make smarter investment decisions, develop practical roadmaps, and seamlessly deliver results.   BW Design Group helps clients maximize the impact of their capital investments, optimize operations across their networks, and drive sustainable growth through an integrated approach that connects strategy, design, execution, and startup.   For Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast (CCBN)'s Needham facility, that partnership began long before construction started. Working with the client early in the process, our team developed a phased transformation strategy that allowed a 355,000 sq. ft. production and distribution facility to remain fully operational throughout a multi-year renovation. Through careful planning, coordination, and design-build execution, we transformed manual case-picking operations into a semi-automated distribution center featuring advanced material handling systems, increased dock capacity, and modernized workspaces, all while minimizing disruption to day-to-day operations. The result: improved safety, increased labor efficiency, and a facility that now stands as the highest-throughput site in the CCBN network.   Want to learn how a strategy-first approach can help maximize the return on your next capital investment? Meet our team at PACK Expo 2026!

The manufacturing industry is changing dramatically with the advent of new technologies, shifting consumer preferences, and external forces driving demand for maximum efficiency and faster speed to market. Companies are challenged to understand how to drive better performance today and how every decision impacts their business long-term. Meeting that challenge requires more than a service provider: it requires a partner that understands the realities of modern manufacturing and helps organizations make smarter investment decisions through an integrated, enterprise-wide perspective.   Built on generations of manufacturing innovation and firsthand operational experience, BW Design Group brings a unique understanding of the operational, engineering, and technology decisions that drive sustainable growth and performance.   From day one, our mission has been simple: to build a firm defined by its commitment to serving manufacturers. With deep roots in the manufacturing industry, we've intentionally developed our platform, culture, and approach around the evolving challenges our clients face and the opportunities that move their businesses forward.   Join us at PACK Expo 2026 to learn how our Manufacturer's Mindset™ can help you transform operations, maximize performance, and build a lasting competitive advantage. #PACKEXPO2026 #OperationalExcellence #ManufacturingInnovation

Today's CPG manufacturers face a fundamental challenge: how to succeed in a market where consumer expectations, technologies, regulations, and competitive pressures are evolving faster than ever, while workforce and resource constraints continue to intensify. Maximizing productivity and efficiency today is essential, but companies must simultaneously define and execute a vision for the future of their operations.   It’s a complex balancing act, and it means old playbook no longer works.   Lasting competitive advantage can only be achieved by managing your manufacturing enterprise as one connected system, with every layer of the organization across the built and digital environments working in sync. Only then can you maximize performance, meet consumers where they are, and unlock the insights needed for long-term growth.   As a fully integrated platform for the built and digital environments, BW Design Group partners with clients to unify facilities, operations, automation, and data to perform as one across the enterprise. The result is smarter decision-making, greater agility, and the infrastructure needed to drive sustained performance, resilience, and long-term competitive advantage in a rapidly changing market.   Meet our team at PACK Expo 2026 to learn more about we help CPG companies navigate the challenges of today's evolving market landscape.  #packexpo #CPG #manufacturing #operationalexcellence

We’re honored to be named a Build-a-Thon finalist once again at Ignition Community Conference 2026! On September 24, our team will take the stage at #ICCUnleashed in Sacramento, CA, showcasing the innovation, technical expertise, and problem-solving capabilities that define our system integration team. Follow along as we take on the challenge and cheer on our team at this year’s event!

Tuesday marked an exciting milestone for ABARTA Coca-Cola Beverages, LLC as the team celebrated the topping out of its new automated beverage sales and distribution center in South Lebanon, Pennsylvania.   Delivered by BW Design Group through an integrated design-build approach, the facility reflects our unique Strategy to Commercialization™ methodology and commitment to long-term, trusted partnership. Drawing on our more than 30-year collaboration with Coca-Cola and its bottling affiliates, we worked closely with ABARTA to accomplish their key commercial objectives: enhancing network efficiency, strengthening market service, and creating a scalable platform for future growth.   Beginning with operational strategy, our team identified the optimal site location to support the client's distribution network and defined the ideal facility footprint, capacity, and functions needed to consolidate pick operations and meet local market demand. We then designed and are delivering the 240,000-square-foot facility through a fully integrated approach that fosters collaboration, reduces risk, and positions the operation for long-term success.   “The partnership built for this project between ABARTA, BW Design Group, and our outstanding consultants and contractors is fueling success across the entire team.” — Mike Kolakowski, Managing Partner, BW Design Group   We're honored to support this transformational investment which will enhance operational performance, maximize commercial impact, and enable sustained growth for years to come.

We're headed to the ISPE AI in Life Sciences Summit starting Monday! Our Life Sciences leaders will be connecting with peers and clients to explore the opportunities and implications of AI across the industry. Stop by our booth to learn about our integrated approach to project delivery, rooted in our Manufacturer's Mindset™, and how we can help select, integrate, and validate advanced technologies for Life Sciences manufacturers. While you're there, don't miss the scavenger hunt hosted by BW Design Group, Kneat Solutions, and Blue Mountain — with a chance to win a $1,000 gift card! Learn how our teams partner together to advance the future of manufacturing and technology for Life Sciences clients. Stop by one of our booths to learn more and get started.

Life sciences manufacturers face mounting pressure to embrace AI and the full promise of Pharma 4.0, all while safeguarding the regulatory compliance and operational integrity their products demand. At BW Design Group, our Manufacturer's Mindset™ means we uniquely understand our clients' biggest challenges and risks across the built and digital environment. We're deeply versed in the FDA's risk-based framework for AI and bring CQV expertise early in the process to drive compliance from the start. And because our fully integrated platform gives us a holistic understanding of the manufacturing environment, we can help clients thoughtfully evaluate and validate new technologies with confidence across every discipline. Stop by Booth #108 at the ISPE AI in Life Sciences Summit, June 22–23 in Boston, to talk with our SMEs. See you there!

As Rockwell Automation's System Integrator Partner of the Year, BW Design Group is proud to be recognized for our continued collaboration and the meaningful work our teams deliver every day.   As a Platinum System Integrator and part of Rockwell's PartnerNetwork™, we work alongside Rockwell Automation to help leading manufacturers advance the future of manufacturing & technology and translate capital investments into real commercial outcomes.   Learn more about our Partner of the Year recognition, leading System Integration expertise, and the value of our partnership: https://lnkd.in/gR48983B

Building a Future with More Leaders means fueling the growth of high-performing professionals who show the potential to shape the future of our firm. That's why BW Design Group created the Rise Leadership Acceleration Program. Since being selected, the 31 high-performing, high-potential team members in this cohort have been stepping up to elevate their impact through an immersive, year-long leadership experience.   As a key milestone in the program journey, the cohort recently gathered in St. Louis for a two-day Rise Leadership Summit. Through engaging discussions, hands-on application, and open conversations with senior leaders, participants strengthened their ability to think commercially, lead through complexity, and develop thriving teams.   We walked away energized and with a clear, aligned vision for the future. We can't wait to witness the impact these emerging leaders have on our clients, our people, and our world as we continue to build the future of manufacturing and technology—together, and with purpose.