PMMI News

ABB to Divest Robotics Division to SoftBank Group

Rather than an originally planned spin-off, ABB agrees to sell its Robotics division to SoftBank Group for $5.375 billion, which will merge ABB's industrial robotics technology with SoftBank's advanced AI capabilities.

October 8, 2025

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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

Protective/transport packaging

GLP-1 Mailer Solution Takes Up Less Space

These packs ship flat and replace coolers to save warehouse space while maintaining the correct temperature for shipping GLP-1s.

October 1, 2025

Multipacking

New Bundler

Eastey Enterprises introduced a new shrink bundler that was bundling six-count bottles at 25/min thanks in part to B&R servo motors that provide a smooth push of bottles into film.

September 30, 2025

Case/Tray Packing

Unwrapper Machine

Polypack showed a machine designed to help producers of rainbow packs automate the removal of shrink wrap from wrapped trays of beverage containers.

September 30, 2025

Cartoning

New Aseptic Range Now Runs on High Speed Lines

The new Tetra Brik Aseptic 1420 Edge (48 oz.) and new Tetra Prisma Aseptic 400 (4 oz. to 14 oz.), now run on the new Tetra Pak A3/Speed filling lines, helping brands and their co-man/co-pack suppliers scale, differentiate their business and develop full plant solutions.

September 30, 2025

E-commerce

Right-size Packaging Now Includes High-res Print Decoration, Variable Data

September 30, 2025

Robotics

First Plug-and-Play Robotic Palletizer Introduced

September 30, 2025

Robotics

Compact Robots Simplify Vertical Automated Storage and Retrieval

Hai Robotics’ HaiPick Climb System uses a simple two-points-of-contact design to reduce maintenance while increasing efficiency, offering manufacturers and warehouses a smarter path to automation.

September 30, 2025

Robotics

AI-enabled Robot Builds of Mixed Pallets to Optimal Pattern

This AI-backed palletizer with articulated arm robot handles variable infeed of mixed case sizes, using artificial intelligence to build out the optimized pallet pattern.

September 29, 2025

Palletizing/depalletizing

Gantry Robot Palletizer Series

The new CODI Flex Stack series palletizers are equipped with a gantry robot.

September 29, 2025

Case/Tray Packing

434 Super Flex Case Packer Offers Max Flexibility

SOMIC packaging machines offer almost unlimited solutions for packing various products in a one-piece, closed wraparound carton.

September 29, 2025

Cartoning

Metsä Board Design for LUMENE’s Advent Calendar Wins “Carton of the Year” Award

Metsä Board

The 2024 LUMENE Beauty Advent Calendar, designed by Metsä Board and manufactured by VG Kvadra Pak using Metsä Board's paperboard, won the Carton of the Year award at the European Carton Excellence Awards.

September 23, 2025