Controls & Machine Components

Linear Transport System Syncs 120 Axes for Ultra-Fast Capping

A new cap applicator from Tetra Pak uses the Beckhoff XTS linear servo transport system to deliver 25,000 precisely sealed cartons per hour, tripling output over conventional portion-package cappers that run at 9,000/hour, while combining digital control with flexible, high-speed motion.

November 12, 2025

Digital Transformation

Recycling

Colgate & Amazon Turned Recycling Data into Insight; Now Other CPGs Can, Too

Pilots with Colgate-Palmolive and Amazon helped shape Glacier’s new DataStream platform, a subscription tool launched today that lets CPGs verify recyclability performance and close the loop between packaging design and real sortation and recovery outcomes.

November 4, 2025

Digital Transformation

First Autonomous Mobile Robots Roll Off the Line at Rockwell Automation’s Milwaukee Headquarters

Rockwell Automation Inc.

Milwaukee production marks a milestone as Rockwell says it makes it the largest industrial automation company building AMRs in the U.S.

October 31, 2025

Digital Transformation

Walmart Uses ‘First-to-Market’ RFID in Fresh Categories

Walmart expands its use of RFID technology to fresh food departments like meat, bakery, and deli, introducing digital labels that boost inventory accuracy, reduce food waste, and streamline operations.

October 28, 2025

Controls & machine components

4.0 Data Collection

Fortress Technologies Demonstrated a metal detector with three apertures connected to its 4.0 Data Collection system, which automatically collects real-time data from enabled Fortress Technology metal detectors and checkweighers.

October 17, 2025

Digital Transformation

Community Poll: AI-powered Sortation Technology

See where your peers think AI-powered sortation technology will reshape CPG priorities and investments.

October 15, 2025

Recycling

AI-Powered Recycling Tech Gains National Spotlight in Time’s Top 100 List

AMP, Glacier, and Greyparrot’s inclusion on Time’s list brings AI-powered sortation technologies to a wider audience.

October 13, 2025

Digital Transformation

Digital Link Reveals Conversational Product Packaging Powered by AI

Digital Link

Digital Link embeds conversational intelligence into a QR code, allowing packaging to go beyond static packaging.

October 8, 2025

Digital Transformation

The Rise of Connected Packaging

Jenny Stanley, founder of Appetite Creative, talks with Packaging World about the power of connected packaging to drive data, engagement, and sustainability.

October 7, 2025

Digital Transformation

Report: Agentic AI Moves From Vision to Value

Deloitte’s latest report reveals agentic AI is more than an automation tool, promising smarter design, resilient supply chains, and new aftermarket revenue streams—while keeping people at the center of production.

October 6, 2025

Digital Transformation

Avery Dennison and Wiliot Expand Partnership

Avery Dennison

Avery Dennison is set to manufacture Wiliot's next-generation, lower-cost, and smaller ambient IoT Bluetooth-enabled sensors and integrate them into its Intelligent Labels portfolio and atma.io connected product cloud to scale the technology's global market reach.

October 3, 2025

Robotics

Chef Robotics and JBT Marel's Proseal Partner on Joint Solution for Meal Assembly

The joint solution combines Chef's AI focus and flexibility with Proseal's robust, high-quality tray sealing machines and packaging solutions to provide food manufacturers with a flexible end-to-end solution for their meal assembly and packaging needs.

October 1, 2025

Digital Transformation

Humanoid Robots in Packaging Part 3: An Integrator’s Viewpoint

An integrator describes what it would take for humanoid robots to be a viable automation option, and whether they have seen any interest in the technology among CPG customers, in part three of our series exploring humanoid robots in packaging and processing.

September 30, 2025