Digital Transformation

Humanoid Robots in Packaging Part 2: Cautious Curiosity Among CPGs

Some CPGs are evaluating humanoid robots as an automation solution, but interest isn’t translating to adoption quite yet in part two of this three-part series exploring the potential for humanoid robots in packaging and processing.

September 25, 2025

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Robotics

ABB and LandingAI Launch Generative AI for Robotic Vision

ABB Robotics

This collaboration will integrate LandingAI’s vision AI capabilities, like LandingLens, into ABB Robotics’ own software suite.

September 24, 2025

Digital Transformation

Humanoid Robots in Packaging Part 1: Continuous Upgrades, Some Industry Adoption

Humanoid robot technology has advanced quickly since Packaging World first covered it in 2023. In the first of this three-part series revisiting humanoid robots as a potential packaging labor solution, we hear from suppliers about their latest advancements, industry deployments, and vision for the technology’s future.

September 16, 2025

Labeling

Avery Dennison and Wiliot Expand Partnership to Meet Demand for Mmbient IoT-based Supply Chain Intelligence

Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison will now manufacture Wiliot’s battery-free, Bluetooth-enabled IoT sensors for integration into their Intelligent Labels portfolio and atma.io connected product cloud to scale the technology for global use.

September 17, 2025

Digital Transformation

QR Code Brings Play to Danone’s Plant-Based Kids Line

Danone brings connected packaging to its new Alpro kids range of soy beverages and yogurt in Europe, blending plant-based products with a digital game that entertains while it educates.

September 17, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Humanoid Robots in Packaging

This episode is a conversation between Associate Editor Casey Flanagan and Melonee Wise, former chief product officer at Agility Robotics. Wise participated in this report while in her former role but left the company in late summer 2025. They discuss the company's Digit Humanoid Robot and new features for connecting with autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), improved safety for human collaboration, and its potential to add flexibility to packaging operations.

September 16, 2025

Digital Transformation

CAS Holdings Names Patrick McDermott Chief Revenue Officer and President

CAS Holdings, Inc.

CAS Holdings will leverage McDermott's extensive background in the automation industry to drive strategic growth and enhance revenue-generating initiatives.

September 15, 2025

Digital Transformation

CAS Holdings, Inc.

September 14, 2025

Workforce

Zach Gates Appointed General Manager, North America, at OFS

OFS (Operations Feedback Systems)

September 9, 2025

Digital Transformation

How Wakefern Uses Off-Pack Data to Serve Wellness-Driven Shoppers

By transforming product packaging into a source of structured, searchable data, Wakefern Food Corp. is helping health-conscious shoppers find items that align with their specific wellness goals, both in-store and online.

September 8, 2025

Workforce

Bridging the Gap: Building the Future Workforce of U.S. Manufacturing

The U.S. manufacturing sector is facing a widening talent gap, driven by an aging workforce and a perception that industrial jobs are "dirty, dark, and dangerous," despite the industry's shift toward advanced, digital technologies.

September 8, 2025

Digital Transformation

AI’s Impact on Robotics in Packaging: Smart Automation Meets Real-World Productivity

AI-driven robots are transforming packaging lines—from smart AMRs to vision-guided cobots—helping brand owners tackle SKU complexity, labor gaps, and automation with newfound speed, flexibility, and intelligence.

September 2, 2025

Digital Transformation

BERHALTER Swiss Die-Cutting

A Division of BERHALTER AG

9443 Widnau

Switzerland