Robotics

Soft Robotics Webinar: Handling Variation in Food Packaging

Soft Robotics, Inc. will host a free webinar on March 26 at 12 p.m. EDT that will help integrators and manufacturers successfully launch food and consumer packaged goods to market.

March 18, 2020

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Cartoning

Blueprint Automation Hires VP of Sales for Latin America

BluePrint Automation (BPA)

Blueprint Automation (BPA) hired Mario Pino as Vice President of Sales for Latin America.

February 25, 2020

Robotics

Future innovators of the packaging industry showcase their creations at PACK EXPO East

Future innovators of the packaging industry showcase their creations at PACK EXPO East

February 20, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Robotic Case Packing Solution

Midwest Engineered Systems Inc.

Midwest Engineered Systems introduces a robotic case packing solution designed for bagged products that have proven difficult to automate. Available in packing speeds up to 120 bags/min.

February 12, 2020

Robotics

EOAT Vacuum Tool

Piab Group

Piab’s piCOBOT EOAT is now configurable with any collaborative robot or smaller industrial robots.

February 5, 2020

Robotics

Report: Innovative New Robotics at PACK EXPO Las Vegas

Ten intrepid Packaging World editors fanned out across PACK EXPO Las Vegas in October in search of packaging innovation. Here's what they found.

January 17, 2020

Robotics

Top Supply Chain Issues in 2020

Supply chain and logistics professionals will be focusing on labor issues and new technology in 2020, particularly those that improve safety and efficiency.

January 7, 2020

Operational Excellence

Robotics Industry to Shift from Fixed Automation to Mobile Systems

New market report forecasts that of the 8 million robots that will be shipped in 2030, nearly 6 million will be mobile.

January 4, 2020

Cartoning

Counting Down the Top 10 Articles of 2019 - #1: Robotic Lines Clear Peeps’ Automation Hurdles

Based on online clicks and unique page views, we're counting down the Top 10 articles of 2019. In the year's top article, we cover the popular Peeps brand on its journey from manual packing of a difficult product to an ultra-automated robotic line.

December 31, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Motion Controls Robotics Adds Sales Manager

John Elffers joined Motion Controls Robotics, Inc. (MCRI) as Regional Sales Manager. He will provide system solutions to customers in the Northeastern United States.

December 19, 2019

Robotics

Tomato Grower Automates Palletizer to Stack Higher, Faster

To maximize how much product could fit on a truck for shipment, Canadian tomato farm Cecelia Acres wanted to stack its pallets higher than its employees could comfortably handle. A Kawasaki CP180L robot integrated by Caxton Mark did that and more.

December 19, 2019

Controls & Machine Components

Gantry Robot Replaces Delta-style

When space constraints made it difficult to use the top-mounted delta-style robot that Nuspark was accustomed to, the firm opted for a compact gantry-style robot in its tray packer.

December 5, 2019

Robotics

Robots and Cobots Chip in to Pack Food for Hungry Kids

Showcasing the capabilities of several automation suppliers in the Robotics Zone at PACK EXPO Las Vegas, a PMMI cooperation with Blessings in a Backpack filled more than 6,000 bags of food for kids facing food insecurity.

December 4, 2019