Automation hailed as accessible for all

RARUK Automation plans to demonstrate the viability of robotic technology for businesses of all sizes at PPMA Total Show in September. The firm said the...

Interactive experience offered at PPMA Show

Annual event returned to Birmingham with a wide range of innovations on show. Fraser Rummens reports THE buzz and whirr of machinery filled the NEC...

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...

Spirits are high in Kirkcaldy thanks to new bottling line

A new spirits facility that allows bottling and packaging from small volumes in single casks to 30,000 litre tankers has been established by QAS...
Minebea Intec checkweighwer

Engineered for you: from concept to design

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE Peter Walker, Country Manager UK & Ireland at Minebea Intec, tells Packaging Scotland about the company’s plans for PPMA 2026 and why bespoke...

Putting packhouses in control of efficiency

Brillopak director David Jahn extols the benefits of semi-automated packing systems APPLYING robotics to a case packing process may well make a sound business case,...
ULMA thermoforming machine

ULMA launches new range of thermoforming machines

ULMA Packaging UK has announced the launch of its new TFX range of thermoforming machines. Designed for the demands of the food industry, ULMA said...

New X-ray system helps tackle contamination fears

METTLER-Toledo has launched a new X-ray system that the machinery specialist claims will help food manufacturers identify very small contaminants faster and more reliably. The X34...

Sowing the seeds for increased production

An Ishida multihead weigher at premium Irish vegetable grower Leo Dunne Ltd has played a central role in helping the company expand its operation...
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Conveyor specialist strengthens sales team

MANUFACTURER Avanti Conveyors has appointed Nigel Avison as key account manager for the UK and Ireland. He has spent 30 years working in the materials...