Robotics

Future-Proof: Design Your Packaging with Robotic Automation in Mind

As robot usage increases, package design should take into mind ease-of-use for this technology, in all points of a product’s life cycle.

November 18, 2021

Machinery: Page 151

Robotics

Epson Signs Gibson Engineering as Distributor for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions

EPSON Robots

Epson Robots signed Gibson Engineering, a solutions provider for manufacturers of industrial automation products, as an official distributor of Epson Robots automation solutions.

November 18, 2021

Conveying & accumulation

Christina Caccamo Appointed Business Development Manager for NCC Automated Systems

NCC Automated Systems

She will be responsible for new business development, key account management, and OEM relationship growth and development.

November 18, 2021

Robotics

Motion Controls Robotics Joins Mobile Industrial Robots’ Certified System Integrator Program

Motion Controls Robotics, Inc. (MCRI) forms partnership with Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) as certified integrator for MiR's autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).

November 17, 2021

Robotics

Chris Gallagher Appointed VP of Sales for Pearson Packaging

Pearson Packaging Systems

He will be responsible for accelerating the company’s growth and expansion plans.

November 17, 2021

Capping

Shibuya Corporation Appoints New President and Chairman

Shibuya Hoppmann Corporation

Shibuya Corp. appointed Hidetoshi Shibuya, President and Mitsutoshi Shibuya, Chairman.

November 17, 2021

Cartoning

Triangle Package Machinery Adds George Reschke as Central Regional Sales Manager

Triangle Package Machinery Company

Reschke brings with him a strong background in sales and engineering, which includes over 14 years of sales experience with three different major packaging equipment companies.

November 16, 2021

Material handling

Supply Chain Issues Create Opportunities for U.S. Encoder Manufacturer

SMAC Moving Coil Actuators

Extensive slowdowns all along the supply chain are keeping electronics manufacturers from buying the components they need. However, for SMAC, an encoder manufacturing company, the crisis has led to record sales numbers in 2021.

November 10, 2021

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Amazon Invests in Fit-to-Size Boxmaking Equipment Company

Amazon expects that the technology could reduce the cubic volume for each box by 24% on average and reduce the use of approximately 1 billion plastic air pillows by the end of 2022.

November 8, 2021

Robotics

Packaging World Presents: Automating Flexible Omnichannel Fulfillment

On today's Take Five with Packaging World video, omnichannel fulfillment drives ABB acquisition of ASTI Mobile Robotics Group.

November 5, 2021

Robotics

Universal Robots’ Cobots Educational Training Programs Endorsed by ARM, Ohio Dept. of Education

Universal Robots

These endorsements of Universal Robots’ products and educational curriculum emphasize the importance of UR’s collaborative robots (cobots) in today’s manufacturing processes and in classrooms.

November 4, 2021

Flexible packaging

Ecolean Works Toward Circular Economy

Ecolean

Ecolean is working to optimize the entire lifecycle of the raw materials it uses in its packages—from production to end-of-life package recycling—towards the circular use of resources.

November 3, 2021

Robotics

AAA20 Group Offers Subscription-based Robotic Solutions

AAA20 Group, LLC

AAA20 Group, LLC's RaaS (Robotics as a Service) is designed to help integrate collaborative robotic automation in small to mid-size companies.

November 3, 2021