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EXHIBIT 21—PARENT AND SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

    The Company has no parent. The following were subsidiaries of the Company as of December 31, 1999.

Name

  Jurisdiction
of
Organization

  Percentage of
Voting Securities
Owned By
Immediate Parent

 
Bemis Company, Inc. (the "Registrant")          
 
Banner Packaging, Inc.
 
 
 
Wisconsin
 
 
 
100
 
%
 
Bemis Europe Holdings, S.A.
 
 
 
Belgium
 
 
 
100
 
%
Techy Marketing S.A.   Belgium   100 %
Techy Bemis S.A.   Belgium   78 %
Techy Bemis S.A.   Belgium   22 %
Techy France E.U.R.L.   France   100 %
 
Bemis Export Company Ltd.
 
 
 
Jamaica
 
 
 
80
 
%
 
Bolsas Bemis S.A. de C.V.
 
 
 
Mexico
 
 
 
51
 
%
 
Curwood, Inc.
 
 
 
Delaware
 
 
 
100
 
%
Curwood Packaging (Canada) Limited   Canada   100 %
Perfecseal, Inc   Delaware   100 %
Perfecseal Internacional de Puerto Rico, Inc.   Delaware   100 %
Perfecseal International Ltd.   Delaware   100 %
Perfecseal Limited   United Kingdom   100 %
Perfecseal (Asia Pacific) Sdn Bhd   Malaysia   100 %
 
Hayco Liquidation Company
 
 
 
Delaware
 
 
 
100
 
%
Bemis U.K. Limited   United Kingdom   50 %
Hayssen Europa Limited   United Kingdom   100 %
Hayssen Europa GmbH   Germany   100 %
Hayssen Europa S.p.A. in liquidazione   Italy   100 %
 
MacKay, Inc.
 
 
 
Kentucky
 
 
 
100
 
%
 
Milprint, Inc.
 
 
 
Wisconsin
 
 
 
100
 
%
Curwood Specialty Films—Lebanon, Inc.   Delaware   100 %
 
Morgan Adhesives Company*
 
 
 
Ohio
 
 
 
87
 
%
MACtac Engineered Products, Inc.   Ohio   100 %
Bemis Coordination Center S.A.   Belgium   33 %
Bemis Export Company Ltd.   Jamaica   20 %
 
Bemis U.K. Limited
 
 
 
United Kingdom
 
 
 
50
 
%
MACtac U.K. Limited   United Kingdom   100 %
Electronic Printing Products, Inc.   Ohio   100 %
Enterprise Software, Inc.   Ohio   100 %
 
MACtac Europe S.A.
 
 
 
Belgium
 
 
 
89
 
%
Bemis Coordination Center S.A.   Belgium   67 %
Bemis Technologies S.A.   Belgium   100 %
MACtac Asia-Pacific Self-Adhesive Products Pte Ltd.   Singapore   100 %
MACtac Deutschland GmbH   Germany   100 %
MACtac France E.U.R.L.   France   100 %

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MACtac Scandinavia A.B.
 
 
 
Sweden
 
 
 
100
 
%
MACtac Canada Limited/Limitee   Canada   100 %
MACtac Europe S.A.   Belgium   11 %
 
MACtac A.G.
 
 
 
Switzerland
 
 
 
100
 
%
MACtac Mexico S.A. de C.V.   Mexico   51 %
Morgan Adhesives America do Sul, Ltda.   Brazil   100 %
 
Paramount Packaging Corporation
 
 
 
Delaware
 
 
 
100
 
%
Bemis Packaging Limited   United Kingdom   100 %
Paramount Packaging Canada, Inc.   Canada   100 %
Bemis Custom Products Shelbyville, Inc.   Tennessee   100 %
Bemis Custom Products, Inc.   Texas   100 %
PPC Royalty, Inc.   Delaware   100 %
 
Pervel Industries, Inc.
 
 
 
Delaware
 
 
 
100
 
%

*
Morgan Adhesives Company was an 87 percent owned subsidiary of the Registrant until January 2000 at which point all outstanding minority shares were acquired by the Registrant.

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