RMGroup to showcase collaborative robots and automated systems at PPMA

ROBOTICS and automation specialist RMGroup will be showcasing a palletising cell equipped with ABB's Safemove and an IRB 1600 industrial robot at this year's...

Trials tipped to help reduce packaging waste

THE packaging industry has been urged to keep an open mind and invest in sustainable ways to reduce materials waste, but it will be...

A Wise move: FANUC apprentice scoops top student prize

FANUC apprentice George Wise has won a top student award after being nominated for his “industrious and mature approach to further education studies". The 19-year-old won the Best...

Hugo Beck names new international sales chief

Mario Möginger has been appointed international sales manager at Hugo Beck. The manufacturer of horizontal flowpack, film packaging and post-print processing machines said he will...

ULMA Packaging moves to new HQ after rise in sales

ULMA Packaging has announced a move to larger headquarters in Sheffield after almost trebling machinery sales in six years. The firm, which provides packaging solutions...

CKF to showcase robotics and automation solutions at PPMA

CKF Systems has outlined plans to share the benefits of automation through live demos and video footage of real-world systems in action at this...

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...

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...

Five signs you should be benefiting from automated packaging

Operators are not always aware when it’s the best time to automate their packing lines. Busy workloads, unpredictable spikes in demand, and seemingly routine...

Built to last: new weigh price labeller delivers quality and safety gains

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE MINEBEA Intec’s WPL-S OCM weigh price labeller is helping customers in the food sector by guaranteeing product quality, speeding up production and increasing...