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...
Something for everybody: flexibility key to Minebea Intec’s checkweigher range
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Peter Walker, Minebea Intec’s sales manager for the UK and Ireland, tells Packaging Scotland about the manufacturer’s latest checkweighing innovations and increasing presence...
‘Electronic apple’ helps prevent fruit bruising
BRILLOPAK has revealed it has devised a new way of using an electronic apple to improve development of its UniPAKer robotic crate packer for...
Packaging specialists team up to increase efficiency for running compostable films
ULMA Packaging (ULMA) and compostable packaging supplier TIPAÂ have announced a partnership to improve efficiency for running compostable films on advanced packaging machinery.
The collaboration will...
Don’t leave it too late to automate
Unlike many of our European counterparts, the UK has been slow to automate. But a perfect storm of Brexit and Covid-19 is set to...
Machine rental option offers ‘flexibility’ for food processors
PROSEAL has announced that its machine rental options are helping food processors meet a 'surge' in demand during the pandemic.
The manufacturer said the increase...
Five ways that product inspection technologies help co-packers prepare for QA audits
Audits are a reality of business for contract packers in the food supply chain, testing their ability to adapt to the requirements of different...
The 3 C’s behind the UK’s acceleration towards automation
Tom Bouchier, MD of robotics and automation specialist FANUC UK, explains why there has never been a better time for UK firms to invest...
PFF increases production capacity of thermoformed products with new system
 PFF Group has announced a further £1 million investment in a bespoke thermoforming system at its Sedgefield site.
The food packaging specialist said the move...
