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...
Compact paper void fill converter

Antalis adds compact paper void fill to portfolio

ANTALIS Packaging has announced it has added the FillPak Mini to its range of packaging machinery. The paper void fill converter has been developed by...
Evoguard aseptic valve manifold

Compact solution aids flexibility and reliability in milk processing

MITTELLAND Molkerei in Suhr, Switzerland, produces a wide range of dairy products – from milk and cream to dairy-based drinks, milk alternatives and butter....
Packaging line for food manufacturer

Food manufacturer enhances sauce production with turnkey packaging line

AUTOPACK has installed a second sauce packaging line for P&B (Foods) Ltd in a bid to increase capacity to up to 200 bottles per...
Minebea Intec checkweigher with metal detection

Something for everybody: flexibility key to Minebea Intec’s checkweigher range

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE 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 TIPA 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...