Cobot helps Danish firm meet demand for vegan ice cream

THE end-of-line packaging process at Ice Bakers, a Danish producer of plant-based ice cream, has been automated with an OMRON TM cobot featuring a...
Minebea Intec Flexus checkweigher

Minebea Intec to expand UK operations

  MINEBEA Intec has announced plans to expand its UK operations and begin manufacturing from its UK and Ireland headquarters at the Birmingham Business Park...
Tom Bouchier

UK manufacturing can climb even higher with automation

By Tom Bouchier, managing director, FANUC UK Data just released by Make UK reveals that UK manufacturing has overtaken France to claim eighth place in...

Packaging machinery manufacturer hails ‘best ever’ quarter

PACKAGING machinery specialist GIC has reported its best ever first quarter. The company, which produces vertical form fill and seal machines, revealed it has seen...

Latest innovations to be showcased at FoodTec

THE latest machines for the food packaging sector will take centre stage at the Anuga FoodTec trade fair in Cologne in March. Ishida Europe has...

New system proves to be a piece of cake

KENSAL Handling Systems has revealed details of a recent project to install an end of line palletising system for a cake manufacturer. The system,...

Technology increases shelf life of salmon

HIGH technology company JenAct Limited have been working in partnership with Marine Products (Scotland) Limited to produce a system designed to increase the shelf-life...
Paper pallet wrapping machine

YPS offering ‘new concept in pallet wrapping’

YORKSHIRE Packaging Systems (YPS) has announced it is now offering paper pallet wrapping. “We can now offer a pallet wrapping machine that uses paper, adding...
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...
Endoline fully automatic random case sealer

Endoline unveils next-generation random sealer

ENDOLINE Automation will launch the re-engineered 7048 fully automatic random case sealer at Interpack 2026. The firm explained that the latest evolution of one of...