AI-powered robots used to pick valuable materials from Fife waste
AI-powered robots are being used to sort Fife Council's household waste in its Dunfermline material recovery facility (MRF).
Installed in late 2022, the robotic pickers...
Loma appoints new Scottish sales manager
IVOR Milne has been appointed regional sales manager for Scotland at machinery specialist Loma Systems.
He was most recently a sales engineer with coding and...
Parkside confirms new lamination machine investment
PARKSIDE has announced it has invested in additional lamination equipment to meet consumer demand for flexible packaging
New system claims to take traceability ‘to a new level’
FORTRESS Technology, in collaboration with Sparc Systems, has unveiled its first ever modular combination metal detector and checkweighing conveyor system.
Described as featuring a single...
Packaging machinery specialist provides filling solution for Covid testing kits
EXCEL Packaging Machinery has announced it has stepped up the supply of its latest pharmaceutical vial filling and capping machines to help the NHS...
Thin walling delivers the whole package
Thin walling has long been a practice in primary food and medical packaging to save material, showcase brand quality and maintain manufacturing standards. Nigel...
Warehouse workforce pressures driving packaging equipment boom
RECRUITMENT challenges in the warehouse sector are being helped by the 'booming' market for equipment and machinery, according to packaging supplier Southgate Global.
The business...
New fill level monitoring system tipped to help avoid machine downtime
A digital service that gives 'instant visibility' to filling levels in packaging machinery has been developed by SICK in collaboration with industry end-users.
SICK Filling...
Manufacturer looks to ease challenges with PPMA machinery line-up
YAMATO Scale Dataweigh UK is to present a 'special selection' of the firm's weighing solutions at PPMA Total Show next month.
The manufacturer explained that...
Inspection technology specialist to launch new training academy
LOMA Systems is set to launch its new training academy later this month in what the company said will deliver a 'much-enhanced' training experience.
It...
