The robot cell is fitted with a six-axis ABB robot arm which can be fitted with between six and 12 suction grippers to suit a range of product quantities

Automation helps meet shelf-ready criteria

A newly-installed fully-automated case-erecting and robotic-loading solution by Endoline Machinery at Nairn’s Oatcakes has automated a labour-intensive operation, improved efficiency and overcome previous limitations...
Andy Thomas-Emans, strategic director at Informa Markets Labels & Packaging Group

Folding cartons come to Labelexpo Europe

From this year Labelexpo Europe will be expanded to include folding carton technology. Andy Thomas-Emans, strategic director at Informa Markets Labels & Packaging Group,...
Cartonboard reels

European carton industry cuts fossil carbon footprint by 8%

PRO Carton, the European association of cartonboard and carton manufacturers, has announced that the carton packaging industry has achieved an 8% reduction in cradle-to-gate...

Winners of European Carton Excellence Awards announced

WINNERS of the 2022 European Carton Excellence Awards have been announced. Rutgers Printing & Packaging Solutions ‘masterpiece of elementary and sustainable design’ for cherry tomatoes...

New solvent barrier solution from RPC Moirans

RPC Emballages Moirans has developed a new barrier solution for its range of blow-moulded containers up to 30 litres. Providing an effective barrier against solvent-based...

GPI champions cartonboard sustainability during MEP visit

GRAPHIC Packaging International (GPI), has welcomed MEP Amjad Bashir to its Leeds base to demonstrate the environmental advantages of cartonboard. The visit was arranged as...

Organisers hail ‘exceptional’ entries for European Carton Excellence Award

PRO Carton and the European Carton Makers Association (ECMA) have hailed the 'exceptional entries' for the 2020 European Carton Excellence Award, despite challenges brought...

IMA FLX Hub. At the centre of your next complete flexible packaging line

Let us answer your demands with an infinity of targeted technologies developed through the synergies within the IMA FLX HUB.

Future of cartonboard ‘in good hands’ as student awards shortlist is revealed

PRO Carton has announced that voting for the Public Award category in this year’s Pro Carton Young Designers Award and Pro Carton Student Video...

Functional and fabulous: CCE International to showcase latest corrugated and cartonboard trends

LONG gone are the days when corrugated packaging was merely functional. With innovation playing a greater role in the industry than ever before, and...