Digital Transformation

Ask the Right Questions of AI in Packaging

AI is accelerating packaging innovation—but long-term success depends on defining the right problems before seeking the right answers.

June 29, 2026

Digital Transformation

Robotics

Next Gen AMRs Adapt to Labor Constraints

The next generation of OMRON Robotics' flagship LD Series adds payload, speed, and 360-degree safety in a smaller footprint.

June 24, 2026

Robotics

Siemens: AI Must Earn Its Place on the Control Layer

In a Day 2 keynote at Automate, Siemens Digital Industries leaders Chris Stevens and Annemarie Breu walked the audience through what it takes for AI and automation to deliver real shop-floor impact.

June 23, 2026

Robotics

Getting Industrial Automation Right the First Time

Vention's Brendan Sterne argues that simulation, digital twins, and AI-assisted virtual commissioning are turning costly automation rework into a digital exercise.

June 23, 2026

Digital Transformation

Xaar Opens New Asia Pacific Headquarters in Dongguan to Strengthen Regional Support and Innovation

Xaar

Xaar's China headquarters combines manufacturing, technical services, R&D, and customer support capabilities to accelerate industrial inkjet innovation across the region.

June 22, 2026

Robotics

Novarc and Yaskawa Enter Strategic Memorandum of Understanding to Advance AI-powered Autonomous Welding Automation

Yaskawa America, Inc.

Novarc and Yaskawa partnership aims to integrate AI-powered welding intelligence with industrial robotics, advancing autonomous welding, improving precision, and enabling connected Industry 4.0 fabrication environments.

June 16, 2026

Logistics/Supply Chain

Live at GS1 Connect: Driscoll's Gives a Billion Clamshells Unique IDs

The fresh berry juggernaut had more than two million consumer survey responses, but no way to act on any of them. Changing that now is item-level serialization via one unique QR code per clamshell, across four thousand growers and a billion packages.

June 11, 2026

Logistics/Supply Chain

GS1 Connect: P&G, Ken's Foods, Walmart, EPR, Data Cleanliness, & 2D Barcodes

Packaging World and Healthcare Packaging editors report from Las Vegas, where Sunrise 2027 adoption, a new GS1 EPR playbook, and a warning about retiring institutional knowledge dominated day two at GS1 Connect 2026.

June 10, 2026

Contract Packaging

Portland Co-packer Doubles Production With Single Data Platform

Portland Bottling Company replaces disconnected, paper-based plant operations with a single connected platform, reaching 99% inventory accuracy and 100% shipping accuracy while doubling production volume.

June 9, 2026

Digital Transformation

Interpack Wrap: Packaging Forced to be All Things to All People

At interpack 2026, one theme stood out: packaging’s growing challenge of balancing sustainability, traceability, intelligence, compliance, and efficiency in a single package.

June 1, 2026

Robotics

End of the Line Video Series: Interpack Coverage, AI, plus What Recycling and Cadavers Have in Common

Watch as some of the PMG editors sit down and talk about trends, insights, and the cool things that pass by our desks.

May 25, 2026

Controls & Machine Components

Direct-to-Object Printing Application a Practical Proving Ground for Planar

Norwalt Automation Group applied Beckhoff’s XPlanar magnetic planar transport technology to a direct-to-object printing platform designed to handle multiple package geometries through software-defined motion rather than dedicated mechanical change parts.

May 21, 2026

Digital Transformation

Live from interpack: Compact Machines, Smart Packaging, & Multi-Function Design

From space-saving inspection systems and energy-efficient drives to recyclable mono-material films and smart packaging tradeoffs, interpack’s final day highlighted how suppliers are balancing sustainability, functionality, and operational simplicity.

May 14, 2026