Operational Excellence

Top Seven U.S. Packaging Machinery Trends in 2021

According to a new report by PMMI Business Intelligence, there are seven areas currently trending in the U.S. packaging machinery market.

August 31, 2021

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Operational Excellence

The Bottling Plant in the Mountains

Sheikh Mohammed Mussallam describes what it’s like to build a brand new water bottling company, A&M Rare, in the remote Pambak Mountains of Armenia.

August 30, 2021

Weighing/combination scales

Heat and Control Constructing New Facility in Pennsylvania

Heat and Control, Inc.

The new site, located in Lancaster, will expand Heat and Control’s North American manufacturing industry and meet the increased needs of pre-sale and after-market needs, including product/equipment testing, demonstrations, service support, and training.

August 30, 2021

Capping

Hi-tech Bottling Comes to Remote Armenian Mountains

A&M Rare’s new, ultramodern bottling plant seems almost surreal in a place where unspoiled scenery and mountain grandeur are on full display.

August 26, 2021

Robotics

New Advances in Robotics for Packaging

Despite a turbulent 18 months, robot suppliers continue to introduce advancements in robotics technology that include innovations in payload and reach, end-of-arm tooling, software, and applications.

August 23, 2021

Robotics

Motion Controls Robotics to Launch Industrial Software Department

Motion Controls Robotics

The new department will help Motion Controls Robotics’ customers connect production and front office.

August 20, 2021

Robotics

Renato Maia Joins Columbia Machine, Inc.

Columbia Machine, Inc.

Maia will assist Columbia with the business development and market expansion of its palletizing and robotics business in Brazil.

August 19, 2021

Robotics

Robot Accurately Places Bin Lids at 45/min

A supplier of PET preforms for Coca-Cola, Western Container installs a lid-placing cell that features a six-axis robot that reliably and accurately picks and places lids onto reusable totes.

August 19, 2021

Robotics

Syntegon to Showcase Robotics and Automation Solutions at PACK EXPO 2021

Syntegon

See it at Booth C-2800: New robotics pick-and-place platform RPP on show live for the first time, two automated lines for cookie and cracker packaging underline innovation potential, and live demos include virtual live launch of new LFS filling machine.

August 18, 2021

Secondary Packaging

Mettler Toledo to Demonstrate Product Inspection Systems at Process Expo

Mettler-Toledo Product Inspection

Mettler Toledo Product Inspection will demonstrate a variety of inspection systems for food processing in Booth #8003 at Process Expo, McCormick Place, Chicago, November 2 – 5, 2021.

August 18, 2021

Robotics

Robots Handle Packaging of Pastries at 160 Cakes/min

A modular packaging line at J. Skinner Baking Co. uses a number of robots to pack Danish pastries in clamshells and then into cases of various formats.

August 18, 2021

Robotics

E-commerce Poses New Automation Challenges

Two new robotic technologies help address e-commerce related packaging issues, including a reduced labor pool, the need for speed, and sorting of intermixed products.

August 17, 2021

Cup/tray filling/depositing/sealing

As Café-Hatched Egg Bites Hit Retail Shelves, Vital Farms Reimagines Pack Design, Function

The foodservice channel gave us the egg bites trend with sous vide, but Vital Farms advanced it with a new retail pack format allowing for in-pack baking in CPET trays at the production facility. Consumers simply microwave the MAP trays at home.

August 16, 2021