Pandemic accelerates automation plans in injection moulding

Nigel Flowers, MD of Sumitomo Demag UK, explores the impact of the pandemic on automation trends within the injection moulding sector THE pandemic has amplified...

Education can help alter perception that robots are the ‘enemy’

A report last year suggested the UK ranks just 24th in the world robot density league with 101 units per 10,000 employees, far outpaced...

Packaging trend meat processors are in touch with

PROMOTIONAL FEATURE Global supply chain disruption has led to meat processors increasingly embracing a ‘touchless’ trend of packaging automation. Stephanie Poole, Senior Business Development &...

Poultry processor plucks new solution to meet expectations

ISHIDA has revealed how one of the firm’s multihead weighers has helped improve quality and consistency of packaging at a Polish poultry processor. Roldrob SA...

Thanks a Myllyn: cobots help automate processes

FINLAND food manufacturer Myllyn Paras has automated its palletising operations by utilising collaborative robots designed for tasks that are heavy or too strenuous for...

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...

Flexible systems are in the bag for YPS

YORKSHIRE Packaging Systems (YPS) has divulged details of its various e-commerce packaging machines, encompassing both horizontal and vertical baggers, after the firm joined forces with...

Equipment specialist has spirits raised by whisky sector order

ENTERPRISE Tondelli has revealed it recently received an order for a new blower/filler/capper for the Scottish whisky market. The machine, which is due for delivery...

The necessary shift within sustainable packaging

Although the public has widely supported the switch to sustainable forms of pack materials, more adoption of appropriate machinery is required to allow greater...

OMRON brings Flexible Manufacturing Roadshow to the UK

OMRON has hailed the success of its European Flexible Manufacturing Roadshow, which came to the UK this week to demonstrate the 'factory of the future'. Reeco...