PMMI News

Live from interpack: PMMI Addresses Insights on Packaging Automation

Robots, cobots, predictive maintenance, and 3D parts printing top list of growing trends driven by labor shortages and e-commerce.

May 5, 2023

Secondary Packaging: Page 31

Conveying & accumulation

Servo Divert, Multi-Strand Indexing Handle Big Loads

Multi-Conveyor

For two different construction projects, Multi-Conveyor recently built a series of mild-steel, plastic belt conveyors to transport elongated building construction materials.

May 4, 2023

Robotics

Live at interpack: Syntegon Debuts Discharge Station for Gentle Handling of Baked Goods

Syntegon

This week at interpack, visitors saw Syntegon’s DCG (Distribution Continous Gentle) discharge station in action as it continuously discharged 400 sliced cakes onto a downstream packaging leg at 18 cycles/min.

May 4, 2023

Robotics

F.R. Drake Co. Announces Senior Management Promotions

Middleby Food Processing Group

George Reed was named President and Sergio Saez was named Vice President Sales for the F.R. Drake Co., a Middleby Corp. brand.

May 2, 2023

Cartoning

Triangle Celebrates Centennial Anniversary

Triangle Package Machinery Company

Louis R. Muskat (L.R.), founded Triangle Packaging Co. on May 1, 1923. Now in its 100th year of business and under its third generation of Muskat leadership, L.R.’s legacy lives on.

May 2, 2023

Secondary Packaging

Primer: Automating End-of-Line Packaging

Automation can make it more automatic that products go out of the door shipshape and ship-worthy.

April 27, 2023

PMMI News

Packaging Robotics Live & Local Launches September 27, 2023 in Orange County, Calif.

PMMI

Solving the Nationwide Labor Shortage with Robotics & Workforce Automation

April 25, 2023

Robotics

Hai Robotics Equipment to be Used in New E-commerce Distribution Center

Hai Robotics

John Lewis' new e-commerce distribution center will have Logistex deploying an array of automated solutions, including Hai Robotics' HaiPick systems.

April 24, 2023

Weighing/combination scales

Heat and Control Opens New Facility in Mexico

Heat and Control, Inc.

Heat and Control’s new facility in Jalisco, Mexico is the headquarters for Mexico and Latin American operations.

April 24, 2023

Weighing/combination scales

Yamato Announces Leadership Change in the Americas

Yamato Corporation

Ralph Kieselhorst stepped down as president, chief executive officer and Bill Pierce was appointed president by Yamato’s board of directors.

April 18, 2023

Controls & Machine Components

Custom Case Packers Employ PC-Based Controls

The CP-30 custom case packer with integrated robotics ensures ultra-fast throughput and reduces changeover times by over 80% using advanced PC-based control technology and EtherCAT.

April 14, 2023

Conveying & accumulation

Multi-Conveyor’s C-Grippers Solve Issues for CPG Manufacturer

Multi-Conveyor

The manufacturer switched from flighted incline conveyors to Multi-Conveyor's C-Grippers due to their smaller overall size, increased product flexibility, and solved jamming or gapping issues in the process.

March 31, 2023

Contract Packaging

GreenSeed Contract Packaging Increases Line Efficiency Through Automation

A pay-by-the-hour robot model has mitigated the effects of labor shortages and provided scalability for the contract manufacturer.

March 28, 2023