Secondary Packaging

End-of-line Upgrade

Pearlwater Mineralquellen AG of Switzerland recently enhanced the efficiency of its production line as well as its bottle quality by upgrading its end-of-line palletizer.

October 12, 2020

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Conveying & accumulation

Multi-Conveyor Receives Safety Award

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor LLC was presented with the ACUITY Safety Award for businesses that exemplify the partnership with ACUITY that helps ensure a safe work place.

October 12, 2020

Cartoning

BPA Hires Sales Manager for Mexico

BluePrint Automation (BPA)

Rosalbina Treviño was hired as Sales Manager, Mexico for BluePrint Automation (BPA).

October 9, 2020

Case/tray packing

Food Processing Plant Orders Third Somic Case Packer

SOMIC Packaging, Inc.

Due to its rapid growth, OH SNAP! Pickling Co. ordered a third Somic 424 W3 wraparound case packer system to keep up with the demand for its products.

October 8, 2020

Converting equipment

AND&OR Acquires Franco Dolfini Automation

AND&OR

AND&OR has acquired Madrid-based Franco Dolfini Automation a manufacturer of automation machinery for the manufacturing of plastic bottles.

October 8, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Passive Transfers Facilitate Multiple Side Case Printing

Multi-Conveyor

Multi-Conveyor recently built three mild-steel constructed conveyors that passive off transfer from narrow to wide side leading (and back) to facilitate multiple side case printing.

October 8, 2020

Robotics

ABB Acquires Codian Robotics B.V.

The purchase builds on ABB’s industry-leading food, beverage, and logistics portfolio with a new hygienic-design line of delta robots and more.

October 1, 2020

Robotics

Sensor-Equipped AMRs for Conveyor Transfer

ROEQ

New GuardCom sensor technology from ROEQ allows for instant communication between the company’s top-roller conveyors, located on top of mobile robots, with stationery robots, without the use of Wi-Fi.

September 30, 2020

Secondary Packaging

Smooth New Case Packing at Fisher Nuts

Secondary packaging on this new line includes the latest in case erecting, loading, and closing. The machines also accept three very different case styles all formed from one flat blank.

September 29, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Two-phase Upgrade at Ferrara Candy

After four scale/bagger systems produced welcome results on primary packaging efficiency, some impressively versatile and compact case packers were added to the mix.

September 24, 2020

Conveying & accumulation

Material Transfer Doubles Production Space

Material Transfer

Material Transfer & Storage completed an expansion that doubles its assembly space and enables additional processes to be brought in-house.

September 24, 2020

Workforce

Key Technology Appoints Director of Marketing

Key Technology, Inc.

Key Technology appointed Marco Azzaretti Director of Marketing. He will be responsible for marketing strategies and initiatives that will promote the company’s digital sorting, conveying, and process automation solutions worldwide.

September 22, 2020

Cartoning

Custom Cartoner Helps Employ the Blind

As a non-profit with a mission to create jobs, automation can be a tricky proposition. But with a custom machine optimized to be easily used by legally blind operators, Horizon Industries struck a positive balance between labor and automation.

September 21, 2020