EXHIBIT 21 - PARENT AND SUBSIDIARIES OF THE REGISTRANT

The Company has no parent.  The following were subsidiaries of the Company as of December 31, 2000.

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%
		Bemis do Brasil Ltda.					Brazil	100%
			Curwood Limitada				Brazil	100%
		Curwood Chile Ltda.					Chile	100%
		Curwood Packaging (Canada) Limited					Canada	100%
		Curwood Packaging (Ireland) Limited					Ireland	100%
		Curwood Packaging Limited					United Kingdom	100%
			Bemis Packaging Deutschland
				GmbH			Germany	100%
			Bemis Packaging Espana sl				Spain	100%
			Bemis Packaging France E.U.R.L.				France	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%

Name						Jurisdiction of Organization	Percentage of Voting Securities Owned By Immediate Parent
	MacKay, Inc.					Kentucky	100%
	Milprint, Inc.					Wisconsin	100%
		Curwood Specialty Films – Lebanon, Inc.				Delaware	100%
	Morgan Adhesives Company					Ohio	100%
		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%
		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%

BEMIS COMPANY, INC.

222 South Ninth Street, Suite 2300

Minneapolis, Minnesota

55402-4099

(612) 376-3000

Benjamin R. Field, III
Senior Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer and Treasurer

Melanie E. R. Miller
Director of Investor Relations