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Using Cobots in Packaging Applications

James Cooper, Executive Director of Global Accounts at FANUC America Corp., spoke at the Innovation Stage at PACK EXPO Monday about how CPGs are implementing cobots for packaging applications.

James Cooper
James Cooper

Cooper said mega trends affecting CPG’s products and how they go to market today include the labor shortage, big data, demand for personalized products, warehouse/big box stores, sustainability concerns, and a younger consumer-base with their specific product demands.

The use of robots continues to grow with CPG’s—from 2017 to 2018 there was a 48% increase in the number of robots sold to food/CPG markets, and a 31% increase in those sold to life sciences/pharma. Cooper said there is a “strong adoption of robots and their applications,” with robots being used across the packaging line for picking, primary packaging, secondary packaging and palletizing.

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