Robotics

JLS Welcomes Visitors to York for Founder’s Week

JLS Automation celebrated its 70th anniversary with a Founder's Week event at its York, PA, headquarters with live demonstrations of its hygienic robotic packaging solutions.

September 5, 2025

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Case/Tray Packing

Soules Foods Serves as Proving Ground for Breakthrough Robotics

When the packaging team at Soules Foods saw its new case packing system in action for the first time, the reaction was unanimous: this was not just another automation upgrade. According to the company, it was something different—more compact and more intelligent than anything they’d seen before.

September 4, 2025

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Ranpak and Walmart Join Forces to Roll Out Automated Technology and Sustainable Packaging Collaboration

Ranpak

Walmart will deploy a significant number of RanpakAutoFill systems throughout its Next Generation Fulfillment Centers under a new multi-year agreement, a move that aims to increase fulfillment speed to customers and reduce packaging waste.

August 27, 2025

Case/tray packing

Tech Minute: Two Products. One Purpose: Making Packaging Easier.

August 19, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Market Garden Brewery Scales Craft Beer Packaging

Market Garden Brewery's nearly all-new packaging line has a rotary filler/rotary seamer at its heart. The line handles 100 cans per minute, allowing the company to future-proof by building more capacity than currently needed.

August 5, 2025

Case/Tray Packing

Cyklop Italy Earns Brand Reputation Compliance Global Standards Certification for Food Packaging Materials

Cyklop

The certification validates Cyklop's adherence to global standards for product safety, quality, and operational criteria in food-contact packaging.

July 30, 2025

Workforce

Duravant Appoints Dean Ekkaia as Director of Product Management for Optical Sorting

Duravant

In this role Dean Ekkaia will manage global activities that support development and sales of advanced sorting technologies that help food processors and packers optimize product quality.

July 30, 2025

Case/tray packing

EOL Group

July 29, 2025

Robotics

Survey: Automation and Robotics Makes Its Way to Secondary & End-of-Line

According to a Packaging World survey, of respondents who participate in automation and robotics, a combined 70% are looking to add secondary packaging or end-of-line capabilities. It stands to reason that primary was acquired first.

June 19, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Once Upon a Farm Automates Case Packing

How does improving case packing benefit a company? For Once Upon a Farm, upgrading their case packer allows for greater hourly throughput and greatly reduces the risk of human error.

June 10, 2025

Workforce

BluePrint Automation Hires Nick Szczechowski as North Central Regional Sales Manager

BluePrint Automation (BPA)

Szczechowski joins BPA to drive growth in Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin, while Hunter Schultheis takes over the northwest region.

May 6, 2025

Digital Printing

SupplyOne Bolsters Northwest Region, Adds Digital Printing with Acquisition of The BoxMaker

SupplyOne, Inc.

The newest addition to the SupplyOne portfolio is a national expert in digital packaging production and distribution, including custom boxes, retail displays, and product labels.

May 1, 2025

Operational Excellence

JLS Celebrates 70 Years of Innovation in Industrial Automation

JLS Automation

JLS Automation has evolved from a manufacturers' representative firm to a specialist in hygienic robotic packaging systems for the food industry.

April 22, 2025