Robotics

Epson Signs Gibson Engineering as Distributor for the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic Regions

Epson Robots signed Gibson Engineering, a solutions provider for manufacturers of industrial automation products, as an official distributor of Epson Robots automation solutions.

November 18, 2021

Secondary Packaging: Page 60

Sustainable Packaging

Big Boost for Compostable Molded Pulp?

Transitioning away from single-use plastic packaging is now widely accepted as a global imperative, and that transition may have gotten a big boost thanks to a recently announced collaboration.

November 17, 2021

Robotics

Motion Controls Robotics Joins Mobile Industrial Robots’ Certified System Integrator Program

Motion Controls Robotics

Motion Controls Robotics, Inc. (MCRI) forms partnership with Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR) as certified integrator for MiR's autonomous mobile robots (AMRs).

November 17, 2021

Robotics

Chris Gallagher Appointed VP of Sales for Pearson Packaging

Pearson Packaging Systems

He will be responsible for accelerating the company’s growth and expansion plans.

November 17, 2021

Cartoning

Triangle Package Machinery Adds George Reschke as Central Regional Sales Manager

Triangle Package Machinery Company

Reschke brings with him a strong background in sales and engineering, which includes over 14 years of sales experience with three different major packaging equipment companies.

November 16, 2021

Secondary Packaging

DTC Creates New Challenges for Secondary Packaging

Direct-to-consumer models require more durable secondary packaging, and considerations such as security, click-and-pick, and branding, also come into play.

November 12, 2021

E-commerce/D2C packaging

Amazon Invests in Fit-to-Size Boxmaking Equipment Company

Amazon expects that the technology could reduce the cubic volume for each box by 24% on average and reduce the use of approximately 1 billion plastic air pillows by the end of 2022.

November 8, 2021

Robotics

Packaging World Presents: Automating Flexible Omnichannel Fulfillment

On today's Take Five with Packaging World video, omnichannel fulfillment drives ABB acquisition of ASTI Mobile Robotics Group.

November 5, 2021

Robotics

Universal Robots’ Cobots Educational Training Programs Endorsed by ARM, Ohio Dept. of Education

Universal Robots

These endorsements of Universal Robots’ products and educational curriculum emphasize the importance of UR’s collaborative robots (cobots) in today’s manufacturing processes and in classrooms.

November 4, 2021

Robotics

AAA20 Group Offers Subscription-based Robotic Solutions

AAA20 Group, LLC

AAA20 Group, LLC's RaaS (Robotics as a Service) is designed to help integrate collaborative robotic automation in small to mid-size companies.

November 3, 2021

Secondary Packaging

How Bumble Bee Seafood is Transitioning Multipack Shrink Wrap to Recyclable Cartons

The company produces 26 million multipacks each year, and saw an opportunity to transition to more readily recyclable packaging through a partnership with R.A Jones.

October 27, 2021

Sustainable Packaging

Cannabis Comes Of Age

Packaging automation has advanced quickly in recent years with quite a few OEMs now offering smaller, slower machines targeted to this market. In materials, the sustainability wave is just starting to swell.

October 26, 2021

Podcasts

unPACKed Podcast: Revisit Cobots, Cannabis and More from PACK EXPO Las Vegas

PMMI Media Group Editors discuss the trends and innovations that drove PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO.

October 25, 2021