Robotics

Schneider Packaging Equipment Expands Operational Capabilities with Machine Investment

Schneider Packaging Equipment Company, Inc., a Pacteon Group company, announces the expansion of in-house production capabilities with an investment in a computer numerical control (CNC) router.

February 1, 2023

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Flexible packaging

Portable Conveyors Improve Bulk Bagging Ergonomics

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor built several conveyors specifically designed and engineered to improve ergonomics in the semi-automated transport of heavy, powder filled and sealed paper bags of dry food.

February 1, 2023

Workforce

Hennepin Technical College Awarded Packaging World, PMMI Scholarship

Five students at the Automation Robotics Engineering Technology program at Hennepin Technical College in Minnesota will split the $5,000 Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship from Packaging World and PMMI.

January 30, 2023

Home

PACK EXPO International 2022 Innovations Report

Back after four years, PACK EXPO International convened more than 44,000 attendees during its Oct. 23-26 run at Chicago’s McCormick Place, thus surpassing the 2018 event.

January 28, 2023

Sustainability

Smart Packaging Illustrates Ongoing Industrial Revolution

The AIPIA World Congress proved smart packaging holds promise for brand objectives like traceability, recyclability, consumer engagement, food waste reduction, and supply chain logistics. Can tech suppliers band together to deliver total solutions?

January 23, 2023

Cartoning

Massman Companies Acquires Ultra Packaging, Inc.

Massman Companies

Massman Companies, a worldwide leader in packaging machinery, announces the acquisition of Ultra Packaging Inc., a privately held company based in Chicago.

January 26, 2023

Robotics

Bastian Solutions Unveils Plans for New Corporate Campus in Indiana

Bastian Solutions

Bastian Solutions’, a Toyota Advanced Logistics company, 162-acre site will serve as the future home to its corporate headquarters and advanced manufacturing facilities which will produce industry leading supply chain automation technologies.

January 26, 2023

Capping

Serac Group Acquires NFM and its subsidiary Doselec

Serac Inc

Serac announces the acquisition of Doselec, a company specializing in the design of dosing systems and filling machines for preformed cups.

January 26, 2023

Cartoning

Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Benefit by Using Schubert-Pharma Digital Top-Loading Machines

Schubert North America

With the robot-assisted digital top-loading machines from Schubert-Pharma, pharmaceutical manufacturers benefit from a fully automated, highly efficient packaging solution in a single line.

January 25, 2023

Secondary Packaging

The Importance of Pallet Patterns

This article addresses the subject from the perspective of homogenous loads comprised of goods in corrugated cases.

January 25, 2023

Cartoning

Schubert North America Appoints Dominik Streicher Chief Operating Officer for Its Canadian Entity Schubert Packaging Automation, Inc.

Schubert North America

Streicher joins Schubert Packaging Automation from Gerhard Schubert GmbH, the headquarters of the Schubert group, located in Crailsheim, Germany.

January 24, 2023

Inspect/detect/checkweigh/x-ray

Wellington Foods Protects Dietary Supplement Safety with X-Ray Inspection System

This versatile system by Mettler-Toledo inspects liquid dietary supplements such as multivitamins, mineral products, and joint health products in bottles made of HDPE, PVC, or glass and ranging in size from two ounces to one liter.

January 24, 2023

Robotics

Exact Metrology Displays the GOM ScanCobot

Exact Metrology: A Division of In-Place Machining Company

Exact Metrology: A Division of In-Place Machining Co, announces the arrival of the GOM ScanCobot, a mobile measuring station with a collaborative robot at it’s Milwaukee location.

January 24, 2023