Robotics

Rōbex Launches Automation Education Series

RōBEX LLC, announces the launch of Automation For The NOW, a new educational video series on YouTube. Viewers will receive a firsthand look at how RōBEX is introducing robotic automation into the manufacturing workspace.

April 7, 2021

Machinery: Page 176

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Liquibox Upgrades Safety, Efficiency Features on Its Rotary Bag-in-Box Fller

Liquibox

Liquibox upgraded the safety and efficiency features of its Liquibox Orbiter six-head rotary bag-in-box filler.

April 7, 2021

Conveying & accumulation

NCC Names Director of Sales and Applications Engineering

NCC Automated Systems

Tom Luft joined NCC Automated Systems as Director of Sales and Applications Engineering. He will lead and align the team according to sales strategies, grow existing customer relationships, and support new opportunities.

April 6, 2021

Cartoning

Cama North America Expands Sales, Business Development Staff

Cama North America

Cama North America added Stuart Kenney as Regional Sales Manager for the Southeast region and hired Kim Magon-Haller as Business Development Manager.

April 6, 2021

Capping

Fogg Filler Offers Cost-Saving Sanitizing Technology

Fogg Filler

Fogg Filler's closed-looped Ultrazone O4®sanitizing solution can perform at a 3 - 6+ log reduction, resulting in a near-aseptic rinse for bottles.

April 2, 2021

Controls & machine components

nVent Electric Acquires Vynckier Enclosures

nVent Electric plc

nVent Electric plc acquired all the assets of Vynckier Enclosure Systems, Inc. The Vynckier product line is now part of nVent’s Enclosures business segment.

April 2, 2021

Material handling

SourceHUB Launches Rapid Global Supply Response Program

SourceHUB

SourceHUB, a provider of a collaborative technology platform for packaging procurement, launched its Rapid Global Supply Response Program to help address increasing demands in the midst of global packaging supply chain strain and disruption.

April 2, 2021

Sustainability

QC Boost Through X-ray Inspection

This high-quality pet product company cares deeply about what’s in the packages it ships, so management made x-ray inspection part of a recent plant expansion.

April 1, 2021

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Craft Brew—Can Filling

One story heard time and time again from craft brewers is that when aluminum cans all of a sudden became a must-have format, the canning equipment they first installed to meet the sudden demand quickly proved inadequate.

April 1, 2021

Robotics

Pacteon Acquires Phoenix Stretch Wrappers

Pacteon Group

The addition of Quebec-based Phoenix Wrappers will bring state-of-the-art stretch wrapping technology into Pacteon’s portfolio and expands its packaging line integration capabilities.

April 1, 2021

Conveying & accumulation

NCC Automated Systems Names Director of Systems Engineering

NCC Automated Systems

John French was named Director of Systems Engineering for NCC Automated Systems.

April 1, 2021

Multipacking/shrink bundling/banding

EDL Packaging Ships Shrink Bundler to Food Packaging Supplier

EDL Packaging, a Massman Company

EDL Packaging shipped a Double Tight Wrap shrink bundler for molded pulp fiber beverage carriers and food trays to a supplier of food packaging materials.

April 1, 2021

Operational Excellence

Five Trends that will Define the CPG Industry Post-COVID

According to the Consumer Brands Association, the post-pandemic outlook shows five major trends that will affect CPG companies, from consumer-influenced, to logistics and supply chain.

March 31, 2021