The machines are used to clean, sterilize, fill, and label pharmaceutical items such as medicine bottles, ampoules, syringes, cartridges, and injection vials.

In December 2012, Wilco AG in Wohlen, Switzerland, was taken over, which enabled the product range to be expanded to include testing machines.

In 2009 the assembly and storage area at the Ilshofen location was expanded, and in 2010 the technology building.

Since April 2011[4]  Bausch + Stroebel belongs to the Alliance Excellence United a partnership of five leading technical families of specialized machinery for the pharmaceutical, medical technology, and process industries.

In addition to Bausch + Ströbel, the alliance also consists of Glatt, Fette Compacting, Harro Höfliger, and Uhlmann.