Robotics

25 Years of Innovation: Robopac USA and TopTier Shape the Future of Packaging Automation

Robopac USA and TopTier Palletizing Solutions mark 25 years serving the North American packaging industry with complementary solutions in stretch wrapping, end-of-line packaging, and palletizing automation.

September 25, 2026

Stretch wrapping/load stabilization

Stretch wrapping/load stabilization

Aetna Group USA

2475 B Satellite Blvd.

Duluth, GA 30096-5808

September 18, 2026

Stretch wrapping/load stabilization

Robopac USA

2150 Boggs Rd Suite 200

Duluth, GA 30096

September 18, 2026

Stretch wrapping/load stabilization

Coca-Cola Bottler Cuts Stretch Film Costs 20% with IoT Monitoring

By putting sensors on every automatic stretch wrapper in its network, the bottler tracks more than 6 million loads a year, has cut film costs 20%. Today, AI is being applied to the system to push the bottler's savings even further.

July 20, 2026

Workforce

Orion Names Paul Kalina Director of Sales

Orion, a ProMach brand

Kalina will oversee the sales strategy across distribution, direct sales, and ProMach brand partnerships as Orion continues to expand its U.S.-based stretch wrapping operations.

July 2, 2026

Stretch wrapping/load stabilization

Inteplast Engineered Films (IEF)

May 29, 2026

Stretch wrapping/load stabilization

Wulftec, a Duravant company

May 7, 2026

Material handling

Handle-It Inc. Celebrates 50 Years of Solutions

Handle-It, Inc.

Handle-It Inc. is marking five decades of providing material handling and end-of-line packaging solutions that improve efficiency, safety, and productivity across North America.

May 4, 2026

Workforce

Barry-Wehmiller Announces the Passing of Chairman Bob Chapman

Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc

The company’s former CEO and acclaimed author died March 19.

March 23, 2026

Logistics/Supply Chain

Big Things Are Happening Inside Signode’s Customer Experience Center

Signode

Signode expands its CEC in Roselle, Illinois, adding the Octopus Prestige automatic rotary ring stretch wrapper and the Little David LDX-RC random case opener to its showroom for testing and validating transit packaging solutions.

March 12, 2026

Stretch wrapping/load stabilization

MD Packaging Forms Partnership with ProMach Brand Texwrap in Canada

MD Packaging, part of the Tessera Group

Partnership aims to elevate Canadian manufacturing, combining MD Packaging’s local expertise with Texwrap’s advanced side sealers and turnkey shrink-packaging technologies.

January 29, 2026

Stretch wrapping/load stabilization

Lantech Expands Louisville Manufacturing to Include CS300 and CS1000 Case Sealers

Lantech

Lantech now is producing its CS300 and CS1000 case sealers at its Kentucky facility—previously manufactured only in the Netherlands—enhancing North American production capacity, reducing lead times, and strengthening regional customer support.

November 12, 2025

Strapping

Robotic Infeed De-Strapping System

Safely de-strap pallets of cans or other containers in a robotic cell directly ahead of depalletizing operations.

October 2, 2025