Robotics

AI Must Earn Its Place on the Control Layer

In a keynote address at Automate, Siemens Digital Industries leaders Chris Stevens and Annemarie Breu walked the audience through what it takes for AI and automation to deliver real shop-floor impact.

June 23, 2026

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Podcasts

Through the Line Podcast: Highlights from the 2026 Packaging Recycling Summit

What were some of the biggest takeaways from the summit? Senior Editor, Anne Marie Mohan, sits down with representatives from Google, Nestlé, Kenvue, and Just Born Quality Confections to discuss paperization, sustainable design, and AI as EPR preparation tool.

June 23, 2026

Robotics

Getting Industrial Automation Right the First Time

Vention's Brendan Sterne argues that simulation, digital twins, and AI-assisted virtual commissioning are turning costly automation rework into a digital exercise.

June 23, 2026

Robotics

Physical AI Dominates Automate 2026’s Opening Day, While Humanoids Steal the Show Floor

New eight-axis arms, seven-axis cobots, and AI-driven platforms put physical AI to work in Chicago. Backflipping robots and coffee-pouring humanoids are the fun part, but they aren't ready for the packaging line.

June 23, 2026

Robotics

OpenMind

June 23, 2026

Robotics

Unitree Robotics

June 23, 2026

Robotics

Richtech Robotics

June 23, 2026

Digital Transformation

Xaar Opens New Asia Pacific Headquarters in Dongguan to Strengthen Regional Support and Innovation

Xaar

Xaar's China headquarters combines manufacturing, technical services, R&D, and customer support capabilities to accelerate industrial inkjet innovation across the region.

June 22, 2026

Digital Printing

Xaar

1000 Post and Paddock, Suite 405

Grand Prairie, TX 75050

June 22, 2026

Recycling

Packaging’s Part in the Ultra-Processed Food Debate

They are a convenient, comforting, innocent indulgence, say the defenders of so-called ultra-processed foods. Critics trash them as health threats. Packaging is caught in the middle.

June 22, 2026

Package design

End of the Line Video Series: GS1 Connect Recap and a Look at PRS

Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.

June 22, 2026

Reusable/Returnable

Starbucks, YesStyle, and Limppano Design Reusable and Refillable Packaging

ThePackHub

See a few examples of reusable and refillable packaging from Starbucks, YesStyle, and Limppano from ThePackHub’s Innovation Zone.

June 22, 2026

Bio-based

New Liquid Milk Pouch from India Converts to Bioavailable Wax

Following four years of development, Indian dairy company Mother Dairy has introduced a pouch for liquid milk that microbes in soil can fully consume, leaving no plastic residue.

June 19, 2026