Digital Transformation

Digital Link Reveals Conversational Product Packaging Powered by AI

Digital Link embeds conversational intelligence into a QR code, allowing packaging to go beyond static packaging.

October 8, 2025

Machinery: Page 33

Workforce

Barry-Wehmiller Tabs New CEO, Outgoing CEO Remains Chairman of the Board

Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc

The planned succession of Kyle Chapman to Barry-Wehmiller CEO, with Bob Chapman remaining as Chairman of the Board, represents BW’s continued mission to redefine success in business.

October 8, 2025

Material handling

Hai Robotics Wins Technology Excellence Award at PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2025 for HaiPick Climb System

Hai Robotics

Hai Robotics' compact goods-to-person ASRS, which uses climbing robots mounted to one side of standard warehouse racking, won for making advanced automation accessible and delivering up to 34% faster tote delivery and a 75% reduction in storage footprint.

October 7, 2025

Inspect/detect/checkweigh/x-ray

Easy-Access Screener

Ultrex bulk-solid screener offers single-operator changes and easy access.

October 7, 2025

Shrink wrapping

Reel Over Reel Automatic Splicing

First-time at the show: This two-reel shrink sleeve splicer with tail end splice system operates at 400 parts per minute.

October 7, 2025

Flexible packaging

Vital Pack

October 7, 2025

Robotics

Ready Meals Assembly Line

From tray denesting to vision-guided robotic placement of protein product to volumetric filling of pasta to sauce depositing to a robot that feeds an MAP unit, Orics’ solution does it all.

October 7, 2025

Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: "Tattooed" Fruits Save Plastic with Laser Date Coding

Laser etching directly onto suitably thick-skinned fruits like mangos and avocados lets Westfalia Fruit eschew plastic price look-up tags with date codes, while standing out on the shelf. Possibilities for unique designs, even 2D codes, abound.

October 7, 2025

Workforce

Spartanics Brings a New Captain on Board

Spartanics

Spartanics appoints Jake Kowalewski as its new CEO as Tom O’Hara steps down after more than 20 years with the company.

October 6, 2025

Digital Printing

Digital Sign Technologies

October 6, 2025

Digital Transformation

Avery Dennison and Wiliot Expand Partnership

Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison is set to manufacture Wiliot's next-generation, lower-cost, and smaller ambient IoT Bluetooth-enabled sensors and integrate them into its Intelligent Labels portfolio and atma.io connected product cloud to scale the technology's global market reach.

October 3, 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

Robotics

Robotic Layer Forming

Schneider Packaging of the Pacteon group debuted a layer forming system using four Fanuc LR-10 robots to arrange 12-count cases of cans into desired patterns prior to palletizing.

October 1, 2025